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Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnap bums and hippies, forcing them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape endure ritualistic murder.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
48 audience votes
Key crew
- Freddie FrancisDirector
- Brian ComportScreenplay
- Bernard EbbinghouseOriginal Music Composer
- Maisie MoscoWriter
Cast
- Michael BryantNew Friend
- Ursula HowellsMumsy
- Pat HeywoodNanny
- Vanessa HowardGirly
- Robert SwannSoldier
- Imogen HassallGirlfriend
- Michael RipperZoo attendant
- Hugh ArmstrongFriend in No. 5
- Howard TrevorSonny
Stills
Themes
exploitationdark comedybased on play or musicalmurderslasherfamily