Review of The Meateater

The Meateater (1979)
Good lord what have they done.....
10 July 2001
Warning: Spoilers
***********SPOILERS IN HERE****************

ok, this movie makes absolutely NO sense. I am not kidding, it REALLY makes no sense. at all. this is a good one to laugh at though. a lot. a whole freakin' lot.

when you watch this, the first indication that there's going to be trouble is that the leading male character's name is Mitford. MITFORD???? honestly that will spark enough laughs in itself. this is a film that consists of, well some of the WORST acting I have ever born witness to. i do not know how to stress that enough-one may hear that often, but seriously this is BAD ACTING. I have seen my cat do a better job.

The other thing to keep in mind going into this is: what does the title have to do with the film? other than the multiple random references to meat, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! it is truly bizarre: there are numerous times throughout where out of the blue, a reference to meat and it's wonderful values are emphasized. I have never heard a more truly, beautifully bad line than "We serve only the finest pure pork weiners here" while the Mother/owner of the "THEEAITUR" holds up a hot dog with a scary stepford-wives type grin on her face. WHY???? what is the freaking point??? is this some sort of wacky propaganda unleashed on the citizens of the world by the USDA and the cow farmers of America? that is the only explanation i can come up with-and while incredibly strange, after you see it you too may agree it is the most rational of possible explanations. actually i think that is the only thing that scared me about this.

not to mention the unnervingly odd nature films shown in the theater(or as pronounced in the god-knows-what-part-of-the-country accent, THEEAITUR); the fact that it seems to have been shot in the director's basement for various scenes; the sore lack of a complete conclusion to the story; or just the hilarity of a Sherrif named "Wombat."

I believe that the ending was hastily thrown together when the crew finally put down the water bong and said "oh s*** we only have $165 left and we have no ending! ok let's just do this!" the lack of continuity in the attempted plot is staggering.

honestly though folks, if you appreciate 'horror' movies that are so bad they're funny, this one will have you rolling on the floor.
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