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The Candy Snatchers (1974)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 5
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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

R, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Guerdon Trueblood (I) , Guerdon Trueblood

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1973 Wide

On DVD: Sep 27, 2005

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All Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1) | DVD (9)

Not a classic, but an unjustly forgotten oldie from the golden age of violent exploitation ...

August 4, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Lucius Gore

ESplatter

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.

September 1, 2007 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

If you're interested in seeing the kinds of films that influenced Tarantino (as this must have), give The Candy Snatchers a chance.

February 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Johnny Butane

Dread Central

... a forgotten classic of cynical drive-in noir, a perfectly nasty seventies exploitation film with a vicious sense of doom.

December 14, 2005 Full Review Source: St@tic Multimedia

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Sean Axmaker

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Fairly benign exploitation fare with a hilarious, bizarre performance by the young boy in the film.

September 24, 2006

Steve K

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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, 2008