Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) runs Motel Hello with his sister Ida (Nancy Parsons). He also causes accidents for unsuspecting motorists, buries them up to their necks in a secret garden...and periodically kills them to make his delicious famous meat. There's also unsuspecting Terry (Nina Axelrod) and bumbling sheriff Bruce (Paul Linke).
This is a failed attempt at a cannibal comedy. The basic idea of the script is decent but it's ruined by terrible dialogue and stupid comedy. To make things worse Axelrod and Linke have to be two of the worst actors I've ever seen. Axelrod is beautiful but has zero acting ability. Linke is somewhat handsome but acts like an idiot most of the time. Also Parsons goes WAY over the top in her role. It's amusing at first but gets tired pretty quickly. The only thing that saves this is a few--very few--comedic and horror bits do work (LOVE the homage to "Night of the Living Dead" near the end) and Calhoun. He has an easy-going charm that suits this role perfectly and does what he can with his bad dialogue. His casual explanation about why he's doing this is very funny and his final line is a classic. So it is worth seeing for him and the final chainsaw fight is kind of fun. Still I was bored more often that not. I can only give it a 4.
This is a failed attempt at a cannibal comedy. The basic idea of the script is decent but it's ruined by terrible dialogue and stupid comedy. To make things worse Axelrod and Linke have to be two of the worst actors I've ever seen. Axelrod is beautiful but has zero acting ability. Linke is somewhat handsome but acts like an idiot most of the time. Also Parsons goes WAY over the top in her role. It's amusing at first but gets tired pretty quickly. The only thing that saves this is a few--very few--comedic and horror bits do work (LOVE the homage to "Night of the Living Dead" near the end) and Calhoun. He has an easy-going charm that suits this role perfectly and does what he can with his bad dialogue. His casual explanation about why he's doing this is very funny and his final line is a classic. So it is worth seeing for him and the final chainsaw fight is kind of fun. Still I was bored more often that not. I can only give it a 4.