Thundercrack! (1975)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastMarion Eaton, Melinda McDowell, George Kuchar, Mookie Blodgett, Ken Scudder, Bernie Boyle, Mark Ellinger, Laurie Hendricks, Moira Benson, Virginia Giritlian
KeywordsBlack Comedy, Pornographic, Parody, Absurdist Comedy
Review
"Imagine a SNL-skit parodying a black-and-white whodunit mystery-melodrama expanded to epic-length proportions on a single dingy set, but armed with an oddly funny script that has some semblance of wit, and featuring a no-name cast that not only can act decently but is gung-ho for anything on-screen and is also in on the joke for the sake of the audience. Well, that description might be a little much for one to digest, but it does sum-up Thundercrack! in a nutshell, and the film certainly falls under the definitions of "bizarre", "campy" and, well, "crude"." - PopOptiq
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0000
HIGHEST#1,8222019
LOWEST#3,5422026
Top 1,000Outside Top 1,000Missing ranking data
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Hidden Horrors
Published rankingNot ranked (outside published list)
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Lists featuring this film 3 lists
| BFI's 10 great gay horror films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #112 |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1975 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |