😈 Devil Times Five / People Toys — The Killer Kid Chaos Classic
Ohhh yes — Devil Times Five (aka People Toys) is one of those gloriously unhinged 70s shockers that feels like it crawled out of a drive‑in double feature and dared you to keep watching. Let’s dig into it Coconutdaddy‑style, because this cast lineup is wild.
This movie is what happens when the 70s said, “What if we made a horror film where the kids are the problem… and we cast half of TV Land in it?”
⭐ Lief Garrett
Baby‑faced, blond, and looking like he should be on a Tiger Beat cover — instead he’s out here playing one of the most unsettling child psychos ever filmed. It’s like watching a future teen idol go full slasher before puberty.
🐖 Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke)
Yes, that Boss Hogg. Before he was scheming against the Duke boys, he was in a snowy cabin trying to survive a pack of homicidal children. The man went from “Hazzard County hijinks” to “murderous moppets” real fast.
🤠 One of the Damby Boys from Support Your Local Sheriff
That’s right — the 70s character‑actor universe is all connected. You’ve got a Damby Boy stepping straight out of a James Garner western comedy and into a horror flick where the kids are running the asylum. Talk about a career pivot.
🎬 Why This Movie Hits That Perfect 70s Grindhouse Sweet Spot
- The tone is off in the best way — part TV movie, part exploitation, part “did they really just film that?”
- The kids act like they’re auditioning for a cult.
- The adults act like they’re auditioning for a soap opera.
- The kills are weirdly creative, weirdly slow, and weirdly polite.
- The whole thing feels like a snowbound fever dream.
It’s the kind of movie where you finish it and go, “Did I watch that… or did I hallucinate it?”
🥥Daddy’s Take
This is pure Coconutdaddy territory — cult cinema, oddball casting, and that 70s energy where every actor looks like they wandered onto the wrong set but committed anyway.
If you want, I can whip up:
- a blog intro for your Coconutdaddy readers
- a funny riff list
- a cast breakdown
- or a “Why This Movie Still Slaps” section
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