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Honey Britches

  • 1971
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
2.9/10
730
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Honey Britches (1971)
ComedyCrimeHorrorMysteryThriller

This is the story of four jewel thieves on the run who decide to hole up with a hillbilly couple until the search for them slackens off.This is the story of four jewel thieves on the run who decide to hole up with a hillbilly couple until the search for them slackens off.This is the story of four jewel thieves on the run who decide to hole up with a hillbilly couple until the search for them slackens off.

  • Director
    • Donn Davison
  • Writer
    • Barbara Morris Davison
  • Stars
    • Ashley Brooks
    • George Ellis
    • Trudy Moore
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.9/10
    730
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Donn Davison
    • Writer
      • Barbara Morris Davison
    • Stars
      • Ashley Brooks
      • George Ellis
      • Trudy Moore
    • 19User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Ashley Brooks
    • Reba Sue Craven
    • (as Ashley Brooke)
    George Ellis
    George Ellis
    • Horlon P. Craven
    Trudy Moore
    • Karen
    Michael Battlesmith
    • Kirk
    • (as Mike Coolik)
    Jim Peck
    Jim Peck
    • Phillip
    Pepper Thurston
    • Suzanne
    Valarie Lipsey
    • Madame Jessabelle
    R. Kenneth Wade
    • Tobe
    Frank Jones
    • Brother Love
    Alan Davis
    • Moonshine Customer
    Ben Ennis
    • Moonshine Customer
    Chris Christ
    • Moonshine Customer
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • The Judge of Hell
    Al Goldstein
    Al Goldstein
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Donn Davison
    • Writer
      • Barbara Morris Davison
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    2Leofwine_draca

    Troma up to their usual nonsense

    A classic exploitation title for a film with almost no exploitation features in it, this tame affair is hugely disappointing on every level. A low budget, cheap effects and amateur acting are all to be expected in films such as these, but the lack of action in the film - which doesn't pick up until the last twenty minutes - is intensely disappointing. This was my first exposure to a Troma film and it left me pretty deflated, but at least the trailer for A NYMPHOID BARBARIAN IN DINOSAUR HELL looks cool.

    So, the film has little happening except characters talking to each other a lot, and slapping each other and shouting. Big deal. There are also some incredibly racist attitudes towards the 'redneck' Bible-thumping farmers, which are intended as comedy but I'm not sure. The trouble with the film is the lack of any exploitative features. No nudity, swearing, violence, anything to get excited about. When the murders finally arrive the camera shies away from them, and all we get is a little bit of fake blood. At least some effort could have been taken with them, bad effects are better than no effects! This may be because this was actually filmed FIFTEEN YEARS before being released by Troma!

    The only thing the film has going for it are some humorous performances from the two male leads. The first, that of the farmer Harlan, is pretty funny, and he's a weird guy - he hates his wife but lusts after local prostitutes, he's apparently dim-witted but violent when he wants to be. He also looks a lot like Perry Mason but with a big bushy beard. The other performance is from a bald man with a distinct (and slightly overdone - but hey!) British accent, the cool, calm and collected ringleader. The main comedy highlight here is that he looks the spitting image of Sir Clive Sinclair, renowned Spectrum founder of the 1980s and something of a cult icon for those of us interested in those old ZX computers. In fact I think it was Clive in a rare acting role - but this information needs to be verified.

    Also on hand, and obviously to trade on his image as a horror icon, is John Carradine, whose scenes are filmed separately from the rest. Carradine brings the Biblical references to the film and presents it in a series of chapters about man's greed and evil leading to death and destruction. Poor John is looking pretty old here, it was one of his last films and he's obviously reading from an autocue, it's quite sad to see the type of films he was reduced to - although it has to be said some of his earlier efforts weren't much better! Altogether this was something of a missed opportunity, it has the right atmosphere but just not enough violence or action to make it entertaining. Preferably avoid if you can.
    1tinchimp

    This movie reeks of excrement.

    I bought this movie, as in paid over 10 English pounds for a film called Demented Death Farm Massacre: The Movie. I got Honey Britches. Okay, let that sum the disappointment in one line? The blurb sounded a total undiscovered gem, with the desperate Jewel Thieves hiding out with a clan of psychotic rednecks - ends in a brutal battle for survival.. Sounded almost like a wild combo of Dusk till Dawn and the Chainsaw massacre! The phrase polishing a turd springs to mind. Unfortunately, in the instance of buying videos a turd can be polished very nicely and sold under a groovy title to unsuspecting horror fans. To say the blurb is misleading would be an understatement. Lame people can be jewel thieves too.. just as psychotic rednecks can be goofy rather than aggressive... ARRRRGHGGGHHHHH

    LAME LOSER JEWEL THIEVES VS GOOFY JERK OFF RETARD FARMERS WHO DON'T KNOW A CHAINSAW FROM A MICROWAVE!!!!

    For the record, this movie was released in the UK as Demented Death Farm Massacre The Movie. Why, I have no idea.

    If you too ended up seeing this, please accept my commiserations... If you are reading up on this, please heed my warnings and avoid like the plague.. this doesn't have a 1.7 mark for nothing!!! (Probably worse than that coz its about to get a 1 from me!!!)
    doctorgonzo23

    Well, they got the "demented" part right

    I am usually a big fan of movies like this one, however I felt that this film failed to deliver on several levels. Firstly, and it might just be my copy, the sound (especially the dialog) was awful. I was sure I could hear a generator running in several places; probably to keep the lights/other equipment going. The characters were horrible. I can't even complain about clichés and stereotypes as these particular characters were far too one dimensional for even those embarrassing labels. It is fun to listen to the "actors" flub their lines and awkwardly phrase even the most dry dialog. Worst of all however, was the complete lack of nudity/gore. There were some tantalizing glimpses that held some promise, but it was disappointing in the end. The one exception is a murder by pitchfork, but it was short and ultimately underwhelming. Best left alone even for fans of the genre. There are so many more worthy pieces out there that deliver the goods. All in all, I found myself bored and reaching for the fast forward button.
    Michael_Elliott

    Pretty Bland Film Has a Couple Highlights

    Demented Death Farm Massacre (1971/86)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    This is yet another low-budget drive-in flick where it's history is a lot more interesting than the actual film. In 1972 a movie called SHANTYTOWN HONEYMOON was made but found very limited distribution so it was forgotten until director Fred Olen Ray bought it and tried to sell it to the video market. No one wanted it unless Ray could get a "star" to appear so he hired John Carradine for a day and filmed the added scenes of him pretty much telling us the story of what happened. It turned out that Carradine filmed these scenes in an hour and since Ray hired him for a full day of work, the low-budget filmmaker decided to take advantage of his star by having him act out other scenes, which would eventually be used in films such as STAR SLAMMER, EVIL SPAWN and JACK-O, which would actually be released nearly seven years after the death of Carradine.

    Four jewel thieves make a daring robbery but along the way of their escape they must get rid of their vehicle and take off on foot. They come across a redneck man (George Ellis) and his younger, sexy white trash wife (Ashley Brooks) and take them hostage but the rednecks have their own idea of how things are going to go. Those wanting to see the original film will have a pretty simple time doing so because the newly shot Ray/Carradine footage doesn't last over a couple minutes. We see Carradine at the very start for under a minute and then he pops up briefly throughout the film for about another minute total. Those just watching this for Carradine will probably feel cheated. The "real" movie here isn't that bad and in fact it contains some rather campy, fun moments but sadly even at 80-minutes this thing runs way too long. I'll admit that I found plenty of the redneck humor to be fun and a large part of this is due to the performances by Brooks and Ellis as the redneck couple. Ellis is the old, bearded man who is constantly preaching about sins while at the same time paying a black woman for sex and selling moonshine. I found Ellis to be pretty good at screaming off these Bible quotes and it made me laugh several times. Brooks is certainly easy on the eyes in her little redneck dress and her silly accent just really makes you love her. The four actors playing the thieves all give bad performances but thankfully they're all so over-the-top that you can't help but laugh. I really loved it when they tried to get dramatic or "scary" because of the way they'd carry on was just downright hilarious at times. There are a couple quick nude shots as well as some minor gore including one pitchfork sequence. Fans of the horror genre might get a chuckle out of those scenes but it's those looking for low-budget hicksploitation that are going to be the ones finding this most appealing. The biggest problem with the film is its extended running time plus there are way too many moments where the film stops dead in its tracks as it seems the screenplay just wants to talk and talk and talk without the dialogue ever moving the story along.
    4jordondave-28085

    Just when you think there is more nudity there isn't

    (1971) Demented Death Farm Massacre/ Honey Britches THRILLER/ COMEDY DRAMA

    Co-produced and directed by Donn Davison that has four convicts on the run from the police riding their jeep until it runs out of gas. Leading the group is Phillip Courtney (Jim Peck) and his girlfriend, Karen (Trudy Moore) and Kirk Taylor ( Mike Coolik) and his girlfriend, Suzanne (Pepper Thurston) as their jeep runs out of gas. They are then forced to walk and soon stumble onto a farm with a single hillbilly wife, Reba Sue Craven (Ashley Brooke) waiting at home for her husband, Horlon (George Ellis). Complicating matters is when one of the criminals holds them hostage and begins to seduce Horlon's wife, Reba Sue The movie has poor acting, low budget, using an idea used a dozen times, and just when one presumes there is nudity in there, there is perhaps a breast scene and that is basically it.

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    • Trivia
      Producer Fred Olen Ray bought this 1971 film (which had already been re-titled "Shantytown Honeymoon" by Something Weird Video), shot a 5-minute introduction scene for it with John Carradine as the Judge of Hell, re-titled it "Demented Death Farm Massacre...The Movie" and sold it to Troma Films in 1986. Ray's company made six times their investment back on the deal.
    • Goofs
      Karen's short, curly red hair turns into a large black hairdo after just one hour of walking through the woods.
    • Quotes

      Phillip: [looking down at Karen] Damn God!... She's dead!

      Reba Sue Craven: [screaming] Yeah!...

    • Alternate versions
      Producer Fred Olen Ray bought this 1971 film (which had already been re-titled "Shantytown Honeymoon" by Something Weird Video), shot a 5-minute introduction scene for it with John Carradine as the Judge of Hell, re-titled it "Demented Death Farm Massacre...The Movie" and sold it to Troma Films in 1986. Ray's company made six times their investment back on the deal.
    • Connections
      Featured in 42nd Street Forever! Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street (2004)

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    • Release date
      • June 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Something Weird Video
      • Troma
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Demented Death Farm Massacre... The Movie
    • Filming locations
      • Alpharetta, Georgia, USA(location)
    • Production companies
      • Lion Dog
      • Troma Entertainment
      • Untamed Video
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    • Budget
      • $50,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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