Monday, July 11, 2011

The Todd Killings (1971)


National General Pictures
Directed by Barry Shear
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

Skipper is a 23-year-old drop out living off mom. He hangs out with teens at the local high school. He has wild parties in his pad, freely giving out drugs, becoming something of a hero to the impressionable teens. He's got a thing for the young girls, first seducing them and occasionally murdering them. He makes friends with reform school reject Richard Thomas, a sensitive type. He hooks him up with the girl of his dreams but then drags him into his murder scheme. The police eventually catch up with him and he tries to pin it all on Thomas. Nihilistic drama loosely based on teen gurus such as Charles Manson and the earlier "Pied Piper of Tuscon".

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