Jewel thieves, moonshine, and murder collide on a Carolina backroad.
DEMENTED DEATH FARM MASSACRE
They came to the farm with stolen jewels. Nobody planned to leave empty-handed—or alive.
The robbers expect Harlin’s farm to hide them until the roadblocks disappear. Instead, stolen jewels and unwanted desire give everyone under his roof a reason to kill.
Quick Answer
Demented Death Farm Massacre is a 1971 American comedy-crime-horror-thriller film directed by Donn Davison and Fred Olen Ray about four jewel thieves who hide out at a rural moonshiner’s farm, where greed and betrayal spiral into violence.
Programmer's Pick
Where else can you watch jewel thieves in hot pants try to outsmart a moonshiner with a steel trap—and lose their shirts in more ways than one? This is drive-in mayhem at its most unrefined, with a cast as wild as the Carolina backwoods.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Directors
- Donn Davison, Fred Olen Ray
- Writer
- Barbara Morris Davison
- Release
- 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Also Known As
- Die Todesfarm, Honey Britches, Moonshiners' Women, The Hillbilly Hooker, Shantytown Honeymoon, Dias de Horror y Muerte, Demented Death Farm Massacre... The Movie, Little Whorehouse on the Prairie, Death Farm, Honey Pie
Why This Matters
This film is notable for its 1986 re-edit by Fred Olen Ray, which added John Carradine as a new host character and rebranded the original 1972 crime thriller under a new title.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
The film serves up rural Americana with moonshiners, rednecks, and backwoods lust—all with a campy, grindhouse flavor.
A million-dollar score unravels fast when greed and jealousy turn a supposed safehouse into a blood-soaked battleground.
Expect topless brawls, hot pants, and moonshine-fueled lust—this film leans into its softcore and camp credentials.
Horror legend John Carradine presides in a surreal framing role, adding old-school genre gravitas to the rural carnage.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Jewel thieves hide out at rural farm
Violence from greed and betrayal
Brutal deaths among thieves and hosts
Isolated Carolina moonshiner's farm
Questions from the Vault
When was Demented Death Farm Massacre released? +
Demented Death Farm Massacre was released in 1971.
Who directed Demented Death Farm Massacre? +
Demented Death Farm Massacre was directed by Donn Davison and Fred Olen Ray.
How long is Demented Death Farm Massacre? +
Demented Death Farm Massacre has a runtime of 85 minutes.
What genre is Demented Death Farm Massacre? +
Demented Death Farm Massacre is a comedy, crime, horror, and thriller film.
Where can I watch Demented Death Farm Massacre? +
You can watch Demented Death Farm Massacre on SassyFlix.
