Directed by:
Jack HillScreenplay:
Jack HillCinematography:
Alfred TaylorComposer:
Ronald SteinCast:
Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Beverly Washburn, Sid Haig, Quinn K. Redeker, Mantan Moreland, Mary Mitchel, Jill BannerPlots(1)
This highly influential cult classic from writer-director Jack Hill tells the demented and darkly comic tale of the Merrye children -- Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), Virginia (Jill Banner) and Ralph (Sid Haig)-- all of whom suffer from a rare genetic malady that causes its victims to mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism."
The children live in the old family mansion, and though under the cautious guardianship of chauffeur Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.), they manage to terrorize anyone or anything which passes through the gates. So when the family is visited by a pair of distant relatives and their greedy lawyer, a wild night of murderous thrills ensues.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Lon Chaney Jr.
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Carol Ohmart
USA
Best movies:
Beverly Washburn
USA
Best movies:
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Shane (1953)
Sid Haig
USA
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Quinn K. Redeker
USA
Best movies:
Ordinary People (1980)
Airport (1970)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Mantan Moreland
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Mary Mitchel
USA
Best movies:
Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Jill Banner
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Deadlier Than the Male (1967)