Sigh! I wish I put aside one dollar for each time I promised myself never to watch another lousy SOV-horror movie from the 80s, and then broke that promise. I must have saved up... 12 to 15 dollars by now!
"Death Row Diner" starts in a prison in 1948, in black and white, with the execution of an obese guy. He - Otis - is about to fry in the electric chair for a murder he supposedly didn't commit, and yet all he's upset about is that he hasn't received his last meal yet. Believe it or not, this is actually the funniest scene in this horror "comedy". Fifty years later, the prison turned into a film-set, and during the making of a cheap B-movie, Otis gets - surprise, surprise - resurrected. Even though he is still mainly interested in the catering facilities, Otis at least tries to get some bloody vengeance for his unjust death.
Life is simply too short to watch insufferably awful movies like "Death Row Diner", especially when you learn the director calls himself D3 and elsewhere only worked as a video technician for raunchy adult movies. Although short (70 minutes), ask yourself the question if you want to waste time on a lousy SOV without nudity or creativity, but with an imbecilic plot, dreadful amateur performances, DIY gore-effects that look embarrassing, a totally unnecessary voiceover, and infantile humor? No, didn't think so.