(1974) The Candy Snatchers
SUSPENSE THRILLER
Low budget exploitation flick which is the kind of movie that can possibly be championed by the Quentin Tarantino's movie vault, centering on 3 ambitious kidnappers kidnapping the daughter named Candy (hence the title) of the owner of a jewelry store. I have to say that the way Candy was kidnapped was so blatantly absurd, it's not even funny, for all she does is after coming out of school, she then tries to hitch rides with total strangers so that she can sneak to go to a friend's place. I mean, if she's supposed to be so rich why does she even have to resort into hitching rides with total strangers. Doesn't she have any friends or perhaps have enough money to pay for a taxi. After the kidnappers kidnapped her, they then stick her into this pre-dug hole shaped like a cemetery drop with a steel hollow pipe so that she can have some air while being tied and blindfolded. They then send a letter to the father informing him that if they want to see his daughter again, that he would have to take some of the store's jewels before dropping them into an unknown trunk of a car. This ransom plot sounds simple, right. Wrong. (Spoilers) As it turns out, while viewers are baffled about why the father insists on Candy being dead, we soon find out that the so-called father is not really her father after all, but really a step father. And that the father only married her mother so that he can be associated to the family fortune, with Candy's getting to inherit all of the jewels once turning the age of 21. What's absurd is that this environment the producers call a mansion is really a nice house with no maid or butlers, and that the husband provides all the needs to his wife, even though he often cheats on her. All that means, is that the entire environment has been compromised to adapt to this nonsensical level. In this movie, Candy has no friends, and that the mother only believes whatever her husband tells her. And although, she goes to school, the school or her school friends don't even try to contact them as well. It's like the father has everything conveniently happening well for him. I was cheering for the boy to be the hero, but the ending says otherwise, as he is as disturbed and troubled as his parents are. There would've been at least one character to root for, but the movie says no, for they prefer a cliffhanging ending to get people to think. And although they're correct on that spectrum, I'm still capable to argue why this movie is inconsistent and not worth watching at all. While there's plenty of suspense, there's not so much consistency in terms of plot.
Low budget exploitation flick which is the kind of movie that can possibly be championed by the Quentin Tarantino's movie vault, centering on 3 ambitious kidnappers kidnapping the daughter named Candy (hence the title) of the owner of a jewelry store. I have to say that the way Candy was kidnapped was so blatantly absurd, it's not even funny, for all she does is after coming out of school, she then tries to hitch rides with total strangers so that she can sneak to go to a friend's place. I mean, if she's supposed to be so rich why does she even have to resort into hitching rides with total strangers. Doesn't she have any friends or perhaps have enough money to pay for a taxi. After the kidnappers kidnapped her, they then stick her into this pre-dug hole shaped like a cemetery drop with a steel hollow pipe so that she can have some air while being tied and blindfolded. They then send a letter to the father informing him that if they want to see his daughter again, that he would have to take some of the store's jewels before dropping them into an unknown trunk of a car. This ransom plot sounds simple, right. Wrong. (Spoilers) As it turns out, while viewers are baffled about why the father insists on Candy being dead, we soon find out that the so-called father is not really her father after all, but really a step father. And that the father only married her mother so that he can be associated to the family fortune, with Candy's getting to inherit all of the jewels once turning the age of 21. What's absurd is that this environment the producers call a mansion is really a nice house with no maid or butlers, and that the husband provides all the needs to his wife, even though he often cheats on her. All that means, is that the entire environment has been compromised to adapt to this nonsensical level. In this movie, Candy has no friends, and that the mother only believes whatever her husband tells her. And although, she goes to school, the school or her school friends don't even try to contact them as well. It's like the father has everything conveniently happening well for him. I was cheering for the boy to be the hero, but the ending says otherwise, as he is as disturbed and troubled as his parents are. There would've been at least one character to root for, but the movie says no, for they prefer a cliffhanging ending to get people to think. And although they're correct on that spectrum, I'm still capable to argue why this movie is inconsistent and not worth watching at all. While there's plenty of suspense, there's not so much consistency in terms of plot.