Motel Hell (1980)
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Duration: 102 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Kevin Connor
Stars: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke and Nancy Parsons
IMDb score:
6,0 (14.995)
Releasedate: 14 August 1980
Motel Hell plot
"It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters!"
Farmer Vincent picks up innocent passers-by and buries them on his land. Only the victims are not dead. Vincent's intention is to prepare for his upcoming hospitality venture.
Actors and actresses
Vincent Smith
Sheriff Bruce Smith
Ida Smith
Terry
Reverend Billy
Edith Olson
Debbie
Drummer
Mr. Owens
Mrs. Owens
Reviews & comments
rensenbrinck
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- 71 messages
- 0 votes
Nice horror/comedy with good b-actors (except the sheriff, that's a disaster).
for me personally a pleasant reunion with Rory Calhoun, hero of so many westerns in the years
50,60 and70.
Only the very last could have been finished better; or had they counted on a sequel?
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knusse stoel
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- 3292 messages
- 4358 votes
"Hotel Hell" does what it has to do well.
And that's fun!
The film entertains the viewer with a good touch of horror 
interspersed with 'black humour' 
and that is well done in this film. It strikes me after reading the reviews from the viewer(s) that they come across as rather negative here on MM, but just like 'Jeroentjuhhhhh' indicates; 'the film gets a well-deserved Arrow treatment! That says a lot about a movie, right?
I keep wondering who got what kind of meat and how the meat tastes at all in "Hotel Hell".
As for our sheriff, many complain about the best man's performance, I lean towards it too. It could indeed be less amateurish, but as a whole, I didn't find it really annoying.
Also nice: A secret garden, in which the food is partly prepared.
Unfortunately a trailer is missing here, so here it is: Motel Hell (1980) trailer - YouTube
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
I've known Motel Hell for a long time, when I was just getting acquainted with the horror genre. Actual viewing took a while, however, until someone recommended it to me. It was all quite disappointing, but I can hardly say that the film is not original. Where they got the Motel Hell concepts from is a mystery to me, but it does bring some extra life to the brewery. Less strong is that the characters make little impression. Lousy acting by the protagonists and the villains come across as completely charismaless. Calhoun doesn't do a bad job, but a role like his demands a lot more and Motel Hell gives him nothing but a pig's head. Director Connor also does not get enough in terms of gore, so that a film with a quite promising title mainly leaves a good impression. Always a shame, because the heart was in the right place and for some time the film remains unpredictable.
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