George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls seduce Manning and ultimately kidnap and torture him in his own home.
Acting
Sondra Locke's unhinged, unpredictable menace—she's terrifying and magnetic.
Direction
Traynor's sleazy confidence; he knows exactly how uncomfortable to make you.
Director
Peter S. Traynor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sondra Locke was Clint Eastwood's partner at the time; she used her industry clout to get this grimy indie made, then immediately pivoted to Oscar-nominated prestige films.
This film's 'home invasion by seductive strangers' premise was so potent it was remade twice—once officially in 2015, and once very unofficially by Eli Roth as Knock Knock.
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