Talking to my dad about DVDs that he had recently picked up,I was surprised to learn that he had gotten hold of a forgotten Horror Comedy by the director of Ghostbusters,which led to me getting ready to meet the Cannibal Girls.
The plot:
Wanting to spend some quality time with each other, Clifford Sturges & Gloria Wellaby decide to visit a small town for a romantic weekend.Booking in the sole motel in the village,Sturges and Wellaby are told about an old town legend,which says that a major restaurant in the town is cursed,and that 3 cannibal women used to live there.Being curious about this myth,the couple decide to pay a visit to the place.Being welcomed in by restaurant owner Rev. Alex St. John,Sturges and Wellaby soon discover that a special meal has been prepared for them.
View on the film:
Taking just 9 days to film, (with an extra day being used for pick- ups!)co-story writer/(along with Robert Sandler & Daniel Goldberg)director Ivan Reitman matches the films splashes of blood with stylish fade ins/fade outs which create a startling dream atmosphere.For what was only his second film,Reitman impressively shows that he is already starting to pick up one of the major themes of his future work,with each of the stunning,naked cannibal girls being counted by she & nervous geeky men.
Using the story by Reitman/Sandler and Goldberg as a bare outline,the cast show a good level of improve skills which keep the title away from every drying out,with Andrea Martin and Eugene Levy (who says that he spent most of the shooting time thinking about the free food & drink that he would get at the hotel later that night!) giving Sturges and Wellaby a real sweet charm,as they both find out that dinner is about to be served.
The plot:
Wanting to spend some quality time with each other, Clifford Sturges & Gloria Wellaby decide to visit a small town for a romantic weekend.Booking in the sole motel in the village,Sturges and Wellaby are told about an old town legend,which says that a major restaurant in the town is cursed,and that 3 cannibal women used to live there.Being curious about this myth,the couple decide to pay a visit to the place.Being welcomed in by restaurant owner Rev. Alex St. John,Sturges and Wellaby soon discover that a special meal has been prepared for them.
View on the film:
Taking just 9 days to film, (with an extra day being used for pick- ups!)co-story writer/(along with Robert Sandler & Daniel Goldberg)director Ivan Reitman matches the films splashes of blood with stylish fade ins/fade outs which create a startling dream atmosphere.For what was only his second film,Reitman impressively shows that he is already starting to pick up one of the major themes of his future work,with each of the stunning,naked cannibal girls being counted by she & nervous geeky men.
Using the story by Reitman/Sandler and Goldberg as a bare outline,the cast show a good level of improve skills which keep the title away from every drying out,with Andrea Martin and Eugene Levy (who says that he spent most of the shooting time thinking about the free food & drink that he would get at the hotel later that night!) giving Sturges and Wellaby a real sweet charm,as they both find out that dinner is about to be served.