Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.
Ray Dennis Steckler
- Mort "Mad Dog" Click
- (as Cash Flagg)
Joseph Bardo
- Joe Saxon
- (as Brick Bardo)
George Caldwell
- First Police Officer
- (as Force McCall)
Ron Haydock
- Third Police Officer
- (as Lonnie Lord)
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- TriviaAtlas King plays a character named "Dennis Kesdekian". That is actually King's real name.
- Alternate versionsThe film was re-released under the title "The Maniacs Are Loose!" which added a color prologue with famed hypnotist Ormond McGill (billed as "The Amazing Ormond"), as well as extended color sequences of a "hypnodisc" during the moments where Steckler and company would burst out into the audience.
- ConnectionsFeatured in No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008)
- SoundtracksRunning Wild
Performed by Ron Haydock & the Boppers
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I dug this film so much when I first saw it because it epitomizes what makes low budget exploitation good camp entertainment. It seems to be made made solely to exploit itself and does it's damndest to deliver. I like the b & w cinematography and the various cinematic devices used albeit some quite cliche. The camp and subversive elements are given to us hand in hand when serial killer Mort Click tells one of his female victims "People are no good" "I hate People!" "I'm going to kill you". Super cheesy chase at the end is the capper and, because it's slightly anti-climactic, only makes the exploitation motives more obvious therefore giving "The Thrill Killers" very high camp value. I still think it's an admirable and entertaining effort by a spirited and eccentric auteur.
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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