Motel Hell
It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent fritters!
Rating: 5.8 out of 10TMDB(281 votes)
Overview
Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats."
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $6.34M worldwide, about 2.1 times its $3M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Thomas Del Ruth
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Robert JaffeWriter
- Steven-Charles JaffeWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 14, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3M
- Revenue
- $6.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Rory CalhounVincent Smith
Paul LinkeSheriff Bruce Smith
Nancy ParsonsIda Smith
Nina AxelrodTerry
Wolfman JackReverend Billy
Elaine JoyceEdith Olson
Monique St. PierreDebbie
John RatzenbergerDrummer
Gwil RichardsMr. Owens
Toni GilmanMrs. Owens- Margot HopeDixie
Rosanne KatonSuzi
Dick CurtisGuy Robaire / TV Preacher- E. Hampton BeagleBob Anderson
- Everett CreachBo Tulinski
- Michael MelvinIvan
Marc SilverGuitarist- Victoria HartmanFemale Terrible
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