Isn't this movie poster cool? Somehow I've managed not to see this movie yet, even with all my horror movie watching. It's one of those classic horror movies that everyone has seen, and I kept meaning to watch it, but I got distracted by shiny objects every time, so I didn't see it until this year. Is it as great as so many people think it is?
This movie is about a motel in a small, nowhere town, owned by a man and his sister. The man is marginally famous around those parts for selling a line of his own smoked meats that everyone praised for tasting better than any they've ever had before. Right away, we see he's not as good natured as people think he is, because he sets up traps to trip up passing motorists, killing one guy and wounding the girl with him, who he takes back to the motel and nurses back to health. Soon the woman realizes that the man and his sister are hiding dark secrets at the motel which could be deadly.
I say "soon" she realizes all this, but it honestly takes her FOREVER to realize something bad is going on, even as the old man and his sister act weirder and weirder. She even starts to fall in love with the old guy (sweetie, he's NOT good husband material). The old man's younger sister is absolutely apeshit insane, and I think she's my favorite character in this movie. She's a lot of fun.
The gore is pretty good, and once it's revealed what's actually going on at the motel, it's INSANE. You have to see it to believe it. And it makes for a cool ending when the "critters" that make up "Farmer Vincent's fritters" (the smoked meats the old man sells) escape and start to wreak havoc. I honestly can't believe it's been this long and nothing has escaped ever before, because the setup is ridiculous and you think someone would notice what's going on after all these years, even in a small town. Don't worry about the silly aspects of the plot, though, because if you just sit back and watch, this movie is crazy, gory fun.
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