“Farmer Vincent’s furnaces are something!” Vincent and his sister Aida maintain a small roadside hotel, and at the same time, produce various meat products that are in great demand. By day they are quite decent farmers, and at night they are engaged in catching the “harvest”, planting it, and, accordingly, its collection. A young girl carefully selected by Vincent after a motorcycle accident and kindly placed her in his motel, it is difficult to even imagine what a secret these pleasant-looking farmers hide. And when she gets the chance, it will be too late.
This movie is better classified as a black comedy than a horror movie. The film will not scare you, but it can easily make you laugh to colic in your stomach. Despite the fact that the film is about meat and cannibalism, it has a minimal amount of blood and looks surprisingly easy.
The presentation of the material is quite original. You won’t see this idea of using humans as an ingredient in smoked foods anywhere. The very method of killing victims simply causes homeric laughter, however strange it may sound. The film is full of humor, both black and simple. That's really lucky farmers, cannibals, when they stopped a couple of sadomasochists, who do not mind that the owners of the ill-fated motel tied them up and let them smell the "laughing" gas. And this is just one example of humour. And Vincent’s final monologue simply kills the clichédness of this moment and makes him laugh hysterically.
But, unfortunately, this film does not hold on one humor, the impression somewhat spoils the sluggish action and a mix of genres. But these are minor flaws if you think of the film as a “black comedy.”
Conclusion: A sparkling "black comedy" that became the inspiration for the continuation of Tobe Hooper's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (in particular, the final battle on chainsaws). Fans of “sharp” this film is unlikely to like – the flow of blood can not wait. But fans of the genre of comedy with elements of horror, the film will like. Far from a masterpiece, but definitely worth seeing.
6 out of 10