Name this "horror" movie

Cafe Society
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I had a very brief memory today of this movie from the late 1970’s,. perhaps early 80’s.

All I can remember about the plot is some people were kidnapping the townsfolk and then chopping them up and selling the meat (or perhaps they were just eating them, I can’t remember)

In the movie we learn the townsfolk were buring up to their heads in “the garden” to be fattened up -or some other nonsense. Their mouths were taped shut and a bag was put over their heads.

I remember one silly scene where they show “the garden” and it is a row of bags moving around.

The movie in all was pretty crappy low-grade horror. I want to figure out what it was so I can see it again and giggle.

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“the townsfolk were buring”

Huh??

That should say “the townsfolk were buried”

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Motel Hell from 1980:

The Motel’s sign originally read “Motel Hello”, but the “o” burned out. An idea Tim Burton stole for Batman Returns.

I never saw this movie, but the buried-up-to-their-necks townspeople wer on the movie ad. (And, as you can see, the video cover).

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It takes all kinds of critters
to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters!

I think it was inspired by both SWEENY TODD & Ed Gein, perhaps with a nod to Fritz Haarmaan also.

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A pre “Cheers” John Ratzenberger was one of the human “plants”. Just caught it again the other night on TMC. Such a fun odd movie. lol.

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Motel Hell! That’s it. Thanks Cal.

*now, if I can get this clunker on DVD I’ll be set for “MST3K - the home game”

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I’ve been having The CalMeacham Bad Film Festival – sarcastic comments and all – every year since the mid-eighties, well before MST3K hit cable.

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And it stars that guy. You know the one. The guy who’s always standing and walking. Ummm…

Rory Calhoun… that’s it!

:smiley:

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I used to have a VHS copy of this. It’s a classic. Think I wore it out though. Come on DVD!

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It is on DVD as a double feature with Deranged.

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Was just about to say that. Looked it up and it is available on Netflix. Sounds like a good old fashioned fun night at the movies…lol!

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Yup, here is the DVD,… In widescreen format no less.

drools

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DERANGED was great except that the end was totally inconsistent with both the movie & the facts of the case (it was another “based on Gein” & closer to the facts than PSYCHO or TEXAS CHAINSAW).

I loved the portly “Charles Martin Smith-esque” narrator explaining things as he sat on the end of Dead Mom’s bed (assuming I recall correctly L)