''Cycle Psycho'' (also known as ''The Bloody Slaying of Sarah Ridelander'' and ''Savage Abduction'') is a 1973

action thriller Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

exploitation film An exploitation film is a film that tries to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content. Exploitation films are generally low-quality "B movies", though some set trends, attract critical attention, become hi ...

written and directed by John Lawrence and distributed by

Troma Entertainment Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent films, primarily of the horror comedy genre. Many of them p ...

. This was the last film appearance for

Stafford Repp Stafford Alois Repp (April 26, 1918November 5, 1974) was an American actor best known for his role as Police Chief Miles Clancy O'Hara on ABC's ''Batman'' television series. Career Soon after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he ser ...

before his death a year later.

Plot

A businessman hires a psychopath to murder his wife. After he accomplishes the deed, the psychopath blackmails the businessman into finding young girls for him to torture and kill. The man makes a deal with a motorcycle gang to kidnap two young girls for that purpose.

Cast

Joe Turkel Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American character actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He is known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films '' The Killing'', '' Pat ...

as Harry * Stephen Oliver as Chelsea Miller * Sean Kenney as Romeo * Kitty Vallacher as Faye * Bill Barney as Irish *

Tom Drake Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

as Dick Ridelander * Tanis Gallik as Jenny Madison *

Amy Thomson Amy Thomson (born October 28, 1958) is an American science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as ...

as Lorie

References

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* 1973 films 1970s action thriller films 1970s exploitation films American action thriller films American exploitation films American independent films Films about kidnapping Films scored by Jerry Styner Outlaw biker films Troma Entertainment films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-thriller-film-stub