The Candy Snatchers (1973)

Directed by

Guerdon Trueblood

Genre

horror film, exploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three amateur criminals kidnap a teenage girl and hold her for ransom. The film follows the tense and violent struggle as her family tries to get her back.

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What happens

The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 American exploitation crime film directed by Guerdon Trueblood. The film was unofficially inspired by the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. It stars Susan Sennett as a teenager who is kidnapped and held for ransom by three amateur criminals. The picture gained cult film status which received a DVD release in 2005 through Subversive Cinema and a Blu-ray release by Vinegar Syndrome in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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