Motel Hell

If there is a fine art to preparing and cooking human meat, farmer Vincent is the king!

Parody or not, Motel Hell makes for a fun time at the movies. Rory Calhoun plays old-timer Vincent Smith, a farmer who along with his charming wife captures humans, plants them in his garden, and when they're nice and plump turns them into the most delectable smoked meat this side of Missouri. Only his Sheriff son and a useless young girl spared by Vincent. Throw in Wolfman Jack as a local reverend and pig head costume, you got yourself quite the memorable flick.

If it wasn't for Rory Calhoun's hilariously over-the-top performance and his awesome pig-headed killing costume, this would just be another bad slasher flick; instead you get a funny result where a lot of people interpret it as a slasher parody, which I don't think was intentional. A bad ripoff of Texas Chainsaw? Maybe. But a direct parody? I doubt it. Regardless, Motel Hell is one fun b-movie this side of Missouri.

Final Mark: 3.5/5



EXTRA CRAP
The Good: Legendary actor Rory Calhoun owns this movie!
The Bad: Vincent's fatal flaw: he uses preservatives. Shame...
The Ugly: Ida is quite the catch there, Vincent.
Food of Choice: Not Your Every Day Smoked Pork Spare Ribs
Drink of Choice: Smoked Martini
Useless Trivia: Tobe Hooper was once attached to direct this, as funny as that may sound. But he dropped out and instead made The Funhouse. Yep, he made the right decision.
Favourite Quote: Vincent Smith - There's too many people in the world and not enough food. Now this takes care of both problems at the same time.