GL84 After an accident on the highway, a woman recuperating at a brother- and-sister owned roadside motel nearby finds that the strange number of nearby disappearances are travelers being killed and harvested for a popular meat forcing her to try to stop them.This is really one of the weirdest films from the time period. This comes from the apparent work of the majority of the film where the whole general concept is weird and it is full of this sort of style. There is really no way other to describe it as weird here due to the rather out-there elements featured here from the central storyline of a man and his portly sister putting a special ingredient into their meat and will stop at nothing to get it and keep others from finding out while using some pretty wild ways to keep others from doing so. The manners of going out hunting the pedestrians along the woods which ties into their harvesting methods showing them trapped in the gardening patch with their throats slit provide some laughs, and the way that they came about harvesting their ingredients is some dark black comedy. That is the main element present here as the black comedy more than horror dominates this one as well since there were some scenes that normally shouldn't be funny were twisted in such a way that the results are just out there enough to be funny, from trying to distract someone while a pair of fingers boils up to the top of a soup can and finding the horny couple in the hotel room. The only time it is even near horror is the end, which is some pretty intense stuff from the revolt and attempted training that ends with a great dueling chainsaw fight that is great to behold, mostly for the mask worn throughout that creates one of the defining images from the film. These here manage to work quite nicely here for this one although it does have a big problem here. The main issue for this one is that the film has so much black comedy and no real horror until the end that for those that don't like that style, this will be a really hard film to sit through. A couple of innovative scenes spread liberally through the film are nice, but beyond that, it really isn't that much of a horror film during many of it's supposed scares scenes. The fact that this one is that way for the majority of the film is the problem, tending to come off as camp rather than scary as its weirdness doesn't bother that much, but it is something for those not interested in that style to have to sit through. Even still, this one focuses on the killer more than the victims, another obstacle to overcome which becomes a style that some don't like this approach as there's little about him or his plans that are really interesting. These here are what really hold this one back.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, Full Nudity and some mild S&M scenes.

gwnightscream This 1980 horror comedy stars Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nina Axelrod and Nancy Parsons. The late, Calhoun (Pure Country) plays Farmer, Vincent who run a motel with his sister, Ida (Parsons) where they secretly trap and slaughter travelers to make pork products out of them. Axelrod (Critters 3) plays Terry, a young woman who gets into a motorcycle accident and is nursed by Vincent and Ida. Soon, Terry meets their younger brother, Bruce (CHiPs) who is the sheriff and they eventually learn of Vincent and Ida's twisted secret. This is an amusing and a bit disturbing film that pokes fun/pays tribute to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Psycho." Calhoun was great in it and if you like horror/slasher flicks, check it out at least once.

Lechuguilla Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) runs Motel Hello. But the decrepit red neon sign out front sputters the "O" in "Hello", so as to read "Motel Hell", an apt description for strangers passing through this rural area. Farmer Vincent also has a sideline business; he tends a pig farm and garden. He also sets traps for creatures that enter his domain. But the good farmer and his sister Ida (Nancy Parsons), who lives with him at the motel, are righteous people. We know this because their TV is constantly tuned to a preacher who tells listeners to send money. What would overnighters possibly have to fear from such noble souls as Vincent and Ida?As a comedy-horror film "Motel Hell" is better than most I have seen. It's got humor. In one segment, the driver of a van carrying a bunch of hippie musicians announces to his passengers: "Oh man, this rent's too heavy; we better find a place to crash". Within seconds the van wheels into a bear trap that sends the van tumbling into a ravine where it crashes.But the film has some problems. A twenty-something character named Terry, who stays with Vincent and Ida is so annoyingly helpless and gullible as to be not the least bit credible. And although Nancy Parsons makes an ideal Ida, Rory Calhoun looks too much like an actor to be a credible farmer. And his false teeth are visually annoying.A low-budget film, "Motel Hell" projects grainy visuals, though that doesn't necessarily hurt the overall tone. Many scenes occur at night and there is a distinct fog present, something of a cliché for horror films.One of the great visual images of this film comes near the end, when, in dim lighting, someone wearing a large pig head attacks another character. The pig- head person laughs maniacally, creating a creepy atmosphere. Had this sequence come earlier in the plot and in a non-comedic whodunit horror film, the creep factor would have been exponentially higher.The film doesn't take itself seriously, and neither should the viewer. If you're in the right mood for a tongue-in-cheek fluff film, "Motel Hell" has quite a bit to offer.

SnoopyStyle This is an unabashed B-movie black comedy. Nobody should have any illusions. The acting is over the top amateurism. The writing is unwavering parody. The characters are unflinching stereotypes. The style is low grade Corman-esk. But whatever problems and limitations it has, the movie enjoys itself and it shows on the screen. This is a black comedy that is having fun with the horror genre.Farmer Vincent (Rory Calhoun) kidnaps unsuspecting travelers and buries them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are buried alive, and grown like cabbage. Then he harvest them. You will enjoy the gore.