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"It takes all kinds
of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters." -
Front Cover
Summary
"Veteran actor Rory
Calhoun stars as the delightfully fiendish Farmer
Vincent in a deliciously ghoulish tale of the macabre
that has now become a cult classic. "Meat is meat,
and man's gotta eat" That was always granny's philosophy. And that's the way folks still think over at
the Motel Hello where Farmer Vincent mixes up his
special blend of smoked meats. Heck, everybody in th
ecounty just loves Farmer Vincent's sausages and
hams-there's nothin' quite like 'em. But pray tell,
what's that we've heard about strangers just
disappearing after passing by Vincent's motel? And what
are those odd things planted in Vincent's "secret
garden" that he tends to only at night? And, gosh,
what are those strange carcasses Vincent has hangin' in
the smoke-house? The Motel Hello is open for business,
folks. But if you're asked to stay for dinner, you may
want to think twice!" - Back Cover
Soundtrack - 0 Sticks of Butter
The reason I rate this movies
soundtrack is because, frankly speaking, I cannot remember if
there was one, and I watched this movie this morning. Either the
movie's soundtrack blended in so well with the movie that I
never noticed one, the tape was recorded in stereo so I could
not here it through my lovely Mono television set, or the
soundtrack was so abhorrent that I blocked it from my memory.
Regardless I cannot remember the soundtrack so the rating
stays!
Plot - 3.5 Sticks of Butter
Ah, what can I say about this
movies plot? ... It was no Killer Klowns from Outer Space,
however it was mildly entertaining...okay so the story might be
considered "disturbing" to some novice cheesy movie
goers, but I am a Master of Cheese. This said, the movie was not
so stimulating as to get a rating beyond 3.5. Having previously
worked in the hospitality industry I could relate to this movie,
after all who wouldn't want to come out with their own line of
smoked meats after working at a Hotel/Motel for a day or two.
After my second evening on the job I had all too many ideas
floating around in my head.
Characters - 3.5 Sticks of Butter
While I enjoyed the characters
Terry pissed me off (for reasons I cannot write lest I spoil the
movie for y'all), I was always rooting for Farmer Vincent whom I
believe was a all around swell guy not like his brother, a man
who is willing to do anything to get what he wants....even LIE!!
Overall Impressions - 3 Sticks of Butter
This movie was made in 1980 a
time before horror movies really came into their own and it does
show. The ideas are there but not implemented quite as well as
they could have been. I do not believe this movie was a high
budget film, but when watching cheese one tends to hope for a
low budget, however I do believe the producers should have
splurged on better lighting. While night scenes should be filmed
in quasi darkness the viewer should still be able to see the
characters clearly. I do not detract too many points for this
though, after all the lighting was not nearly as bad a Texas
Chainsaw Massacre.
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