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Director:

William Girdler

Writer:

William Girdler (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

30 April 1975 (France) more

Genre:

Horror more

Tagline:

A Padlocked Shed, Hooks of Cold Steel -- a Maniac on the loose more

Plot:

Four girls go on a romping weekend at a lake, and have car problems on the way home. A nice local boy takes them back to his farm... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

An enjoyable piece of grainy horror! more (26 total)


Cast

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Charles Kissinger ... Pa Townsend
James Carroll Pickett ... Billy Townsend (as James Pickett)
Sherry Steiner ... Sherry
Madelyn Buzzard ... Becky
John Shaw
Marsha Tarbis
Carolyn Thompson
Kiersten Laine
Linda Thompson ... Debbie
Hugh Smith
Thomas Todd
Smith Haynie ... Young Billy
Alice Summers
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Tobin Fields ... Nude girl swimming
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

3 on a Meathook! (UK) (video title)
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Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Studio One more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

According to director William Girdler, the truck Billy drives in the film wasn't working on the night when the scene where Billy picks up the four girls was shot, so crew members had to push the truck into the shot to make it appear that it 'drove' up. This is also the reason why we don't hear the motor running during this scene. more

Movie Connections:

Edited into Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) (V) more


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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
An enjoyable piece of grainy horror!, 17 March 2003
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Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

William Girdler's "Three on a Meathook" is obviously inspired by the Ed Gein case.It's a very bizarre tale of a twisted murder and cannibalism in the tradition of Tobe Hooper's "Texas Chain Saw Massacre".There's plenty of nudity and cheesy gore,however the film is not as gory as the title suggests.Still there are some good kill scenes,a good amount of blood plus a nice plot twist at the end.The film is quite slow at times,but its low-budget gives it a raw look.Highly recommended and a good companion piece to "Daddy's Deadly Darling"(1972)-another grainy horror masterpiece from early 70's.

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