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The Thrill Killers is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Ray Dennis Steckler released in USA on 7 august 1964 with Ray Dennis Steckler
The Thrill Killers (1964)
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Add to a movie listThe Thrill Killers is a horror/thriller film released in 1964 and directed by low-budget film-maker Ray Dennis Steckler. It stars Cash Flagg (Steckler under a nom de plume) and Liz Renay.
The story concerns several psychotic murderers who escape a mental institution and go on a killing spree in Los Angeles.
Synopsis
The story takes place in 1964 in Hollywood, California. Joe Saxon (Joe Bardo) is an aspiring actor whose outlandish parties and spending worry his wife, Liz (Liz Renay). As per the narrator, he is "trapped in the world of non-reality".Actors
Ray Dennis Steckler
Liz Renay
(Liz Saxon)
Carolyn Brandt
(Carol)
Ron Haydock
(Third Police Officer)
Coleman Francis
(Narrator (uncredited))
Arch Hall, Sr.
(Himself (uncredited))
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