Teen-Age Strangler


Teen-Age Strangler is a 1964 crime drama film directed by Ben Parker. It was made in Huntington, West Virginia. It was re-released in black & white in 1990, resulting in local screenings, newspaper writeups, and cast reunions.

Summary

It exploits the popular concern with juvenile delinquency as a serial killer is on the loose baffling policemen. Their main suspects are mostly a gang of street racers with one of them, Jimmy, never having an alibi. Even though he's innocent, a can of worms opens as Jimmy's life throws into chaos.

MST3K appearance

It was featured on a Season 5 episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Actor John Humphreys, who played the role of "Mikey" appeared at the MST3K first Conventio-Con in September, 1994.

Video and DVD releases

Teen-Age Strangler was released by Sinister Cinema on VHS in 1990 as part of its "wild youth" roster.
The film was released by Something Weird Video in 2001 with the movie Teenage Gang Debs as a DVD double feature.
The MST3K version has been released by Rhino Home Video as part of the Collection, Volume 10 and Collection, Volume 10.2 box sets. As of January 2010, Volume 10.2 is out-of-print on Rhino's official website, but still available on MST3K's official website.