Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1973 Wide
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A gang of ruthless but inept kidnappers pull off a crime with startling and unexpected consequences in this tough, nervy thriller which has won a cult following. Candy Phillips (Susan Sennett) is a sixteen-year-old student at an exclusive private Catholic school who, while walking home from school, is suddenly dragged into a waiting van that quickly speeds away. Candy has been kidnapped by an unlikely team of criminals -- pretty but hard-edged Jessie (Tiffany Bolling), her psychopathic brother
Jan 1, 1973 Wide
Sep 27, 2005
All Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1) | DVD (9)
Not a classic, but an unjustly forgotten oldie from the golden age of violent exploitation ...
Off-beat '70s drive-in fare about a kidnapping gone awry. Exhibits a twisted sense of humor that put it years ahead of its time. Tarantino obviously got a few ideas from this one.
If you're interested in seeing the kinds of films that influenced Tarantino (as this must have), give The Candy Snatchers a chance.
... a forgotten classic of cynical drive-in noir, a perfectly nasty seventies exploitation film with a vicious sense of doom.
Fairly benign exploitation fare with a hilarious, bizarre performance by the young boy in the film.
September 24, 2006
Super Reviewer
Excellent, sordid, exploitation crime shocker. Made in the same vein as teh far inferior Last House on the Left, this rises above the genre to be a well acted, nicely paced nihilistic film with a great story involving kidnapping and double-crosses.The opening song claims again and again, "Money is the root of all
February 9, 2008Super Reviewer
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