If you're a fan of extremely cheesy, early-80s horror, let me suggest "Motel Hell," which I recently caught on late night cable after hearing a lot about it over the years. An old guy produces these high quality meats in this little nook out in the middle of nowhere, and people come from far and wide to sample it (because he doesn't market it beyond about 90 miles for some contrived reason). I'm not giving anything away by telling you that the meat is made from people, random folks who wander near this guy's house. He doesn't kill them, but buries them up to their necks in this garden, basically seasoning them until they're ready to be "harvested." Very funny, campy film if you're in the mood.

I know we're not supposed to reveal any spoilers, but since nobody cares, here goes. Rory Calhoun plays Farmer Vincent, aka Farmer John. His meats ARE REEEEL GOOD!!! The scenes where the vocal chords are cut, the tractors do wheelies, and the chainsaw duel are beyond the pale, in a good way.

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Originally posted by mark f:
I know we're not supposed to reveal any spoilers, but since nobody cares, here goes. Rory Calhoun plays Farmer Vincent, aka Farmer John. His meats ARE REEEEL GOOD!!! The scenes where the vocal chords are cut, the tractors do wheelies, and the chainsaw duel are beyond the pale, in a good way.

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Beyond the pale, indeed! In a very good way. I can't believe somebody besides me has seen that movie. I worked in a video store during the summers of 91 & 92, and that sucker gathered dust like no other movie on our shelves....

My mom actually suggested I rent this a year ago or so (I was looking for some camp horror in the Evil Dead vein). I thought this was pretty good. Parts were hilarious, although parts of it were a tad too dated/weird for my tastes...

Did you catch John Ratzenberger as a rock star?

RayRay, maybe I shouldn't admit this, but I saw this at a theatre in 1980. So much, for you can't believe... I used to see all kinds of things from 1975-1983 because it was part of my job. Check out my intro in that section. I wish someone could comment about my babbling about The Exorcist/ Rosemary's Baby/ The Innocents in the horror section. This is some serious shit. Don't ignore or dis it because some "old" fart made cracks about "old" movies. I know lots of "youngsters" who enjoy (is that the right word?) these movies, but only because I babbled about them.

is the movie any better than "killer klowns from outter space"?

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Originally posted by Lbc:
is the movie any better than "killer klowns from outter space"?

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Well, let's not mix apples and oranges. "Clowns" is good because it's intentionally ridiculous (at least I think it is.) "Hell" is a "legitimate" flick, at least mostly, so I guess that puts it somewhere else, although the makers KNEW parts of it were funny. I have a friend who saw a press-screening, and he told me 1/3 of the reviewers walked out at the vocal chord scene. So what do you think about its street cred? Does that make it "better" or "worse"?

I got the feeling from the tagline is wasn't meant to be as serious as it played out.

"It takes all kinds of critters to make farmer vincents fritters!"

I liked that one. As far as cheese goes though, it's not a patch on Killer Klowns from Outer Space, or Story of Ricky.

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Originally posted by kphipps3000:
Did you catch John Ratzenberger as a rock star?

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And the rest of the band looks suspiciously like The Strokes (albeit 20 years ago). I'm going to steal their band name for my group: "Ivan & The Terribles"!