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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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