Similar to The Town That Dreaded Sundown from 1976, Motel Hell (1980) is a movie that tries to include such an odd mix of comedy and horror with a sleazoid lowbrow spin in a way that falls short so bafflingly in enough major ways that the resulting film makes for a peculiar stew that a few seem to love while some find difficulty in swallowing it.

This week's conversation attempts to unpack some of that, examining what's working and what isn't in Motel Hell, while I try to work out a decent operational dialog for films of this nature.  We're split on this one, and I trust our audience will be as well, but I'll be damned if we don't try our hardest to state a case for looking at the movie in a specific way for potential best results. 

Is Motel Hell one you've seen before?  We'd love to hear your thoughts on the movie, and your thoughts on lowbrow horror and satire in general.  I have it on good authority this isn't the last time we'll be sinking our teeth into the flank of weird and potentially groanworthy cinema, because I'm the one who picks the offerings and well...meat's meat, a man's gotta eat!

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Shonny Constant

12/2/2019

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