Dylan Jones is the writer behind Devil Times Five (1974), a film that delves into the unsettling dynamics of childhood and malevolence. Released during the height of the exploitation genre, this film showcases the chilling potential of seemingly innocent children turned sinister. Jones's work contributes to the unique narrative style of the 1970s grindhouse era, where boundaries were pushed and societal norms challenged. His writing in Devil Times Five captures a raw, unsettling atmosphere that resonates within the cult film community.
Devil Times Five
This quirky psychological thriller involves a quintet of weird kids who stumble into the luxurious winter retreat of a wealthy patriarch (Gene Evans) and his arrogant guests. Little do the effete vacationers realize that the children are escapees from an asylum for the criminally insane -- a fact they realize only after their doom has been sealed. The only known film from director Sean MacGregor (released theatrically as People Toys), this is a seldom-seen but thoroughly satisfying horror sleeper with a sardonic sense of morality, taking great delight in knocking off Evans' circle of decadent snobs in graphic and innovative ways (one guest is joined in the bath by piranhas; another is pummeled with chains in a creepy still-photo montage). Known also to some drive-in venues as The Horrible House on the Hill, no doubt as part of a double-bill with Wes Craven's Last House on the Left.
