Scarecrow-88 Deranged cannibal comedy, in the cheap, gory spirit of Herschel Gordon Lewis, has three psychos in motorcycle gear(black helmets, leather jackets, and goggles), intruding upon female victims, stabbing them with knives as they compass the delicious curvy ladies, not allowing them to escape for help. We see right from the beginning that THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS is abnormal in its methods towards macabre humor..a woman is writing to her sailor boyfriend when the trio break into her apartment, plunging their knives into her stomach, soon amputating her legs for the future consumption of their diner customers! And, for extra giggles, they show the various expressions change of the victim's sailor boyfriend's photograph when she is accosted and killed..it's simply bizarre. Yes, two of the gang run a greasy spoon which, to tell you the truth, shouldn't be in operation to begin with. Why they continue to even get patrons to enter their less-than-sanitary establishment(often not producing meals advertised in their menus)is a miracle. The other member is an underhanded undertaker who aligns himself with the other two because their outfit produces bodies for funerals! I mentioned HGL because the gore produced in this film is of the variety you would associate with the godfather of grue's notorious classicks. A victim impaled on a spike fence. The wannabe surgeon of the trio opening up a victim, fondling her innards. A delivery man getting an ax to the skull. Each murder in this film, however, isn't shot with long, lingering takes as you'd see in a HGL flick. Many might recognize the dashing James Westmoreland as the detective in the infamous DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE!(1980), his role in this film is a businessman who loses not one but two dames to the murderous trio. He seems to be set up as the hero, but is anything but, which in itself is rather amusing. I just love the sexy women from this era, their curves bring back that Marilyn Monroe kind of figure that is sorely missing today. The movie looks as if it operated with a zero budget, using limited sets and actors brought off the street. It's amazing films like this one were in existence during this period in time, but here we have yet another gore curio which might appeal to fans of Velveeta cinema.

JoeKarlosi What a load of crap. Three friends who own a restaurant kill women to serve on their menu. This unofficial Herschell Gordon Lewis inspiration is very tongue-in-cheek and supposedly funny, but very little is humorous. It's also badly acted and executed, and is not even enjoyable for the "offbeat exploitation fun" category. Badly acted and plays very much like a "Sweeney Todd" send-up, and features an aged Robert Lowery in a cameo as one of the restaurant patrons. The most interesting thing for me personally was that I've now confirmed that this garbage flick was indeed one that I saw at the drive-in (at least parts of it) which I remembered from being a child peeking from the backseat of my parents' car in the '60s. For decades I've had images in my mind and wondered where they came from. Now at least that mystery is solved. * out of ****

Michael O'Keefe Campy. Macabre humor and very low-budget. An enterprising undertaker(Ray Dannis) teams with the owners of a greasy spoon diner to carry out a plan to improve his business and expand the menu at the eatery. One of the deceased was named Susie Lamb...so the next day the special of the day was leg of lamb. The violence is actually pretty watered down due to the lack of budget. The humor is mostly sick. The acting is non-existent; but there is some fetching and well shaped female flesh. Typical drive-in fun of the mid 60's. Players include: Robert Lowery, Warrene Ott, Sally Frei, Rick Cooper, Tiffany Sharon O'Hara and James Westmoreland.

Kenneth Eagle Spirit Built around puns and sight gags this film is a sort of treasure. Sick humor, the players do a good job. None of them are accomplished actors or actresses but that actually seems to lend itself well to the characters themselves. Some times a little inexperience comes across in a positive way when the goal is silliness anyway. No tongue in cheek here, unless you just bought a tongue sandwich at the corner dinner and are still chewing, its all straight forward slap stick. For quality of production and etc. I would compare it to "Little Shop of Horrors". Its just plain funny. Not a great flick, but not a bad one either. All of it works well enough, and certain of the scenes show an actual flair for photography and staging. Which helps make it as cool as it is.