The Severed Arm

The Severed Arm
Directed by Thomas S. Alderman
Produced by Gary Adelman
Written by Thomas S. Alderman
Darrel Presnell
Starring Deborah Walley
Paul Carr
David G. Cannon
Marvin Kaplan
John Crawford
Vince Martorano
Music by Phillan Bishop
Release dates
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Severed Arm is a 1973 horror film co-written and directed by Thomas S. Alderman.

Plot

A group of cave explorers are trapped by a cave-in. In order to avoid starvation, the group cuts off the arm of one of their fellow cavers. However, moments after doing so, the entire group is rescued.

Several years later, members of the group are being killed by having their arm hacked off in the same way as their original victim. All suspect the original victim (who has disappeared) and contact the victim's daughter who offers to help find her father and stop the killings.

In the end, it is revealed that the daughter was behind the killings. She kidnaps the original leader of the caving group who came up with the idea to cut her father's arm off. She seals him in a room beneath an isolated country house where he will slowly starve to death...unless he cuts off his own arm.

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Media Cinema Group in 1973.[1]

The film was released on VHS and DVD by various companies, the legality of which pertaining to official licensing rights is in question. In addition, most current releases feature the edited TV version of the film. The fully uncut version was released on VHS by Video Gems in 1981.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Company Credits for The Severed Arm". imdb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Alternate Versions for The Severed Arm". imdb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-31.


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