The Thrill Killers

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NR,1hr 22min

Genres:

Action,Horror,Drama

Released:

January 1, 1963

Distributor:

Shriek Show

Starring:

Cash Flagg, Liz Renay, Brick Bardo ... More

Synopsis: Joe Saxon (Brick Bardo) is an unsuccessful actor in Hollywood who refuses to accept defeat. His wife, Liz (Liz Renay), is fed up with his dreaming, not to mention the wild parties he throws to suck up to movie industry bigwigs. Worried over their finances, Liz leaves him and goes to stay with her cousin, Linda (Laura Benedict), at the roadside café she runs, but Joe follows with a movie producer in tow who wants to give him a break. Meanwhile, a trio of lunatics has escaped from a mental hospital, ... Full Synopsis

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	Fred Beldin, AMG Review The Thrill Killers is one of Ray Dennis Steckler's most coherent films, before he degenerated completely into the amateurish home-movie style cinema that distinguishes his later efforts. The film boasts some taut, energetic sequences that use camera angles and fast cuts to achieve genuinely disturbing results, particularly during the murders of the young newlywed couple. Aside from one silly rubber ... Read Review