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Eating Raoul

(1982)

"A story of Hollywood today", in which a liquor store robbery is foiled when the owner shoots him, then some bearded guy gives some douche bag an enema... and thus begins William Shakespeare's famed tragedy, EATING RAOUL. I don't care if Joe Bob Briggs does think this is one of the greatest cannibal films of all times, Joe Bob has been on a major downward spiral lately... I haven't liked him much since he gave WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE a 5 star rating and changed TNT MONSTERVISION to JOE BOB'S HOLLYWOOD LOAD OF CRAP or whatever he calls it now. Anyway, a husband and wife couple with dreams of owning a restaurant are having trouble with bills (not guys named Bill, but stuff like gas and rent and such) and their apartment building is being overrun by swingers (that's bad?). They kill a confused, drunken swinger, swipe his wallet, and stuff him in the trash. Since it works out for them, they decide to parlay it into a profitable hobby, suckering swingers into getting their fantasies full-filled, but clocking them with a frying pan before they get their money's worth. But, Raoul the locksmith stumbles upon their monkey shines and blackmails them into letting him in on the festivities. Raoul disposes of the bodies (selling them to a hot dog company) and sells the valuables for some extra cash too. But, Raoul falls for Mary (the wife) and Paul gets paranoid, following Raoul around on his daily routine. Paul then hires an actress to try and scare Raoul into forgetting about Mary (probably not in the way you're thinking haha), but Raoul finds out it's all a trick and gets mighty pissed. Meanwhile, Paul and Mary (no Peter?) go to a swinger party, throw an electric lamp into a swinger stuffed hot tub, stealing the cash from the ex-breathers and sell their cars too. Raoul turns on the couple, then they *whack* him and feed him to their real estate agent, open their restaurant, and live happily ever after. Big fucking deal. For being one of Joe Bob's favorite "cannibal" movies, this thing had almost NO cannibalism! Sure, the bodies were ground up into hot dogs, but we didn't actually get to see it happen. So, the only real cannibalism was when they were, EATING RAOUL. Bah, to Hell with all this crap, I can't believe I paid 38 cents for this damn thing. I'm gonna kill that 5 year old and get my money back....

Sequels: Wahoo! Not a one!

If You Liked This Flick, Check Out: SWINGERS MASSACRE