Three on a Meathook (1972)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

William Girdler

Writer:

William Girdler (writer)

Release Date:

30 April 1975 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

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

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...

Plot Keywords:

Lake | Farm | Nudity | Bathtub Scene | Knife

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tobin Fields	...	Nude girl swimming

Directed by
William Girdler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Girdler		writer

Produced by
John Asman	....	producer
Lee Jones	....	producer
Joseph Shulten	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Girdler

Cinematography by
William L. Asman		(as William Asman)

Film Editing by
Henry Asman

Makeup Department
J.G. Patterson Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist (as Pat Patterson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Kissinger	....	assistant director

Art Department
Barbara Peter	....	set designer
Sherry Steiner	....	property (as Sherry Carpender)

Sound Department
John Asman	....	sound
Warren Maxey	....	sound (as Warren Maxie)

Special Effects by
Richard Fowler	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Todd	....	head gaffer (as Tom Todd)

Editorial Department
Bill Jordan	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Alice Hay	....	production secretary
Lois Haynie	....	script supervisor
Clare Pearce	....	executive secretary

Production Companies

• Studio One

Distributors

• Cinécran (1975) (France) (theatrical)
• Studio One (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Exploited Film (1999) (UK) (VHS) (as "3 on a Meathook!")
• Front Row Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Lost Domain (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Regal Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Televista (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Treasures (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

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

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | France:-16 | Australia:R | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Company:

Studio One

Trivia:

Based on real-life killer/cannibal Ed Gein, whose story also inspired, among other films, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Psycho (1960).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Wrong Turn (2003/I)

TOTALLY AMAZING!!!!!!

I long for days when films like Three on a Meat hook painted the screen red. The year 1999 bloodless lame horror films with models and rap singers play your local multi-plexes. I was lucky enough to live through the 70's and 80's to see fun movies like this. Today horror is a shadow of what is used to be. I feel sorry for today's fans who watch such bloodless weak pieces of total garbage like Scream and Halloween H2o and call that horror!! This is horror. Mindless, poorly acted, edited, and basically just a lot of fun. Sorry to dwell on the past so much but Three On a Meat hook represents what will never be seen again thanks to Politically correct morons in today's film world!! Long live 3 on a Meathook!!!!