Peopletoys is a 1974 American film directed by Sean MacGregor and David Sheldon

David Sheldon

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 (uncredited).

The film is also known as Devil Times Five (American reissue title), Tantrums (United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 video title) and The Horrible House on the Hill (American reissue title).

Plot

Five children crawl from the wreckage of a deadly van accident in a snowy canyon. The juvenile survivors (including teen heartthrob Leif Garrett) seek shelter at a secluded mountaintop winter home occupied by a rich businessman (Gene Evans) and his friends (including Sorrell Booke and Shelly Morrison). Soon, strange mishaps occur and the group is stranded without electricity and telephones. One by one, the adults begin to fell prey to a series of shocking and violent deaths. By the time the few surviving adults suspect the demented delinquents it may be too late.

Cast

• Sorrell Booke
  Sorrell Booke
  Sorrell Booke was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as the heavyset, corrupt politician "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard....
  
   as Harvey Beckman
• Gene Evans
  Gene Evans
  Gene Evans was an American actor.He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career began while he was serving in World War II. He performed with a theatrical troupe of GIs in Europe. Evans made his film debut in 1947 and appeared in dozens of movies and...
  
   as Papa Doc
• Taylor Lacher as Rick
• Joan McCall
  Joan McCall
  Joan McCall is an American actress, screenwriter and minister. Her first film roles were in the 1976 horror/adventure hit Devil Times Five and Grizzly...
  
   as Julie
• Shelley Morrison
  Shelley Morrison
  Shelley Morrison is an American actress. Early in her career, she was sometimes credited as Rachel Domínguez. Morrison has been a theater and television actress since the early 1960s, predominantly as a character actress in ethnic roles...
  
   as Ruth
• Carolyn Stellar as Lovely
• John Durren as Ralph
• Leif Garrett
  Leif Garrett
  Leif Garrett is an American singer and actor. He became famous in the late 1970s as a teen idol, but received much publicity in later life for his drug abuse and legal troubles.-Early life:...
  
   as David
• Gail Smale as Sister Hannah
• Dawn Lyn
  Dawn Lyn
  Dawn Lyn is an American actress best known for her role as Dodie Douglas during the last three seasons of the long-running CBS family comedy My Three Sons.-Career:...
  
   as Moe
• Tierre Turner as Brian
• Tia Thompson as Susan
• Henry Beckman
  Henry Beckman
  Henry Beckman was a Canadian stage, film and television actor. He appeared in well over 100 productions in the United States and Canada, including recurring roles as Commander Paul Richards in the 1954 Flash Gordon space opera television series, Bob Mulligan in the ABC sitcom I'm Dickens, He's...
  
   as Dr. Brown

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States

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 by Cinemation Industries

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 in 1974.

The film was released on VHS

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 by Media Home Entertainment

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. It was later re-released by Video Treasures.

In 2006, Code Red DVD released the film on DVD

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.