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      The Candy Snatchers

      R 1974 1h 38m Drama List
      83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 60% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A girl is kidnapped and buried alive by criminals demanding a fortune in diamonds from her father's jewelry store. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews If nothing else, all the sleaze gets your attention in this neglected cult film and keeps you interested even if it repels you. Rated: B- Apr 30, 2014 Full Review Lucius Gore ESplatter Not a classic, but an unjustly forgotten oldie from the golden age of violent exploitation ... Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 4, 2008 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com 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. Rated: 7/10 Sep 1, 2007 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 1.5/5 Dec 24, 2005 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 24, 2005 Full Review Sean Axmaker St@tic Multimedia ... a forgotten classic of cynical drive-in noir, a perfectly nasty seventies exploitation film with a vicious sense of doom. Dec 14, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      the s Love it or hate it (there isn't much in between), at least you know what you're in for with a 70s exploitation flick. It's not particularly original except in the use of an autistic child as part of the plot development. Beyond that, it's as standard as 70s exploitation films get. Trio of hoods looking for money so they don't have to get a job working for ‘the man,' dimestore weapons, breast shots here and there, damsel in distress with unconcerened parents, creepy van, etc. Still better than a lot of movies made these days because there was at least a little charm to it all. The characters have some quality to them and the pace in these movies is always consistent. Not much down time and not much effort wasted on details. All in all, if this is your thing, it will fall right in the center of the spectrum for what it is. If you're not a fan of the genre, don't bother. The chid steals the movie even if he kind of lets everyone down in the end. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review delysid d this is a great find for collectors of nasty trash movies Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review Audience Member Interesting exploitation film whose graphic subject matter blends moments of dark humor and gritty realism with a made-for-television production style. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A trio of vaguely counter-culture ne'er do wells kidnap a young schoolgirl Candy and hold her for ransom. Her father manages a diamond store, and they want all of the diamonds he has in exchange for his daughter. The problem is that her father doesn't seem to care about getting her back. He doesn't tell her alcoholic mother that she's even missing and goes and sleeps with his mistress. Meanwhile, a young autistic boy witnesses the crime and could save her, but his abusive parents pay no attention to him. Everybody in this film apart from the young autistic boy and Candy herself is some variation of a scumbag, and there's a lot of joy in watching them all collide into each other and do each other in. It's a cheap, exploitative film for sure, but it has a wicked sense of humor. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Three morons kidnap a young girl named Candy in hopes that her dad, who manages a diamond store, will give them lots of money in diamonds in exchange for her life. The only witness to the crime is an autistic kid who can't speak and is constantly belittled by his asshole mother. The kidnappers plan falls apart when it turns out the diamond store manager is actually a stepdad, who stands to gain a ton of money in the event if Candy's death, so he is in no hurry to pay up. The film is weird, it has bad acting and characters that are all over the place. It can be fun though, if you are looking for a bad 70s grindhouse movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Finally gave this sleazy little gem a look after tracking down the OOP DVD for a somewhat reasonable price. Loved it from start to finish, everything you'd want from the Exploitation and Sexpolitation of the '70s, though I was saddened to hear that the lovely Tiffany Bolling has a low opinion of her work from this period and has gone all Right-Wing type in her later years. Well worth a look, track that mother down! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A girl is kidnapped and buried alive by criminals demanding a fortune in diamonds from her father's jewelry store.
      Director
      Guerdon Trueblood
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 28, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 38m