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by Frank Showalter

Motel Hell

D: 2 stars (out of 5)
1980 | United States | 101 min | More...
Reviewed Jan 27, 2012

Backwoods siblings Calhoun and Parsons abduct tourists and bury them in a hidden garden before slaughtering them for meat for Calhoun’s popular beef jerky and sausage.

Calhoun’s great and the finale’s a hoot, but this would-be satire of rural horror films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre isn’t anywhere near as funny or scary as it needs to be.