11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Motel Hell is a classic and the best on top of that!!!!!!!!!, January 23, 1999
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 a man's gotta eat!" That was always granny's philosophy. And that's the way folks still think over at the Motel Hello (the o is burnt out on the sign) where Farmer Vincent mixes up his special blend of smoked meats. Heck, everybody in the county just loves Farmer Vincent's sausages and hams there's nothing quite like 'em. But pray tell , what's that we've heard about strangers just passing by Vincent's motel? And what are those odd things planted in vincent's "secret garden" that he only tends to at night? And, gosh, what are those strange carcasses Vincent has hangin' in the smokehouse? The Motel Hello is open for business folks. But if you're asked to stay for dinner, you may want to think twice!! Go rent motel hell at your local video store and just sit back and watch trust me you will be happy you did!!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Meat's meat..., December 16, 1999
The term Cult Classic was invented to describe films just like this. I still can't decide whether it's the funniest horror film I've ever seen or the most horrific comedy, but its refusal to fit either of those categories is what makes it so memorable. The central concept of "Meat's meat, and a man's gotta eat" is hardly original (Soylent Green, for example) but the way Farmer Vincent selects and prepares his livestock is so wonderfully macabre and hilarious at the same time. Buy this movie! I can guarantee that you've never seen anything like it, but you'll probably want to see it again and again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Meat's Meat, and a Man's Gotta Eat!, November 16, 2003
Whether this film is great, or completely awful, depends on what you're looking for. If you go into this movie eyes wide open, you can have a great time. After films like Plan 9 from Outer Space became cult classics, the genre of "films so bad they're good" was born. Motel Hell is an intentional addition to this genre.
Guests check in to Motel Hell[o] (the "o" on the neon sign is burned out), but they don't check out. Think you've seen it before? just wait: this is the first slasher flick where the point-of-view characters are the slashers. You'll think the victims are idiots, and almost want to root for Vincent and Ida, makers of a meat jerky with a very special ingredient. Their motto: "Meat's meat, and a man's gotta eat!" which Ida gleefully declares in one of the film's creepier scenes. This scene, with one of their young guests inducted into the cannibal hall of fame, is a scene that reminds me of the obligatory moment in vampire movies where the vampire turns an unwitting lover into the undead.
Expect to be horrified, rather than terrified, to be grossed-out, rather than sat on the edge of your seat, and you'll have a great time laughing at Motel Hell.
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