Blood Diner (1987)

Director:

Jackie Kong

Writer:

Michael Sonye (writer)

Release Date:

July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

First they greet you, then they eat you.

Plot:

Two cannibalistic brothers kill various young women to make their flesh part of their new special dish at their rundown restaurant while seeking blood sacrifices to awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess.

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Body Part | Severed Head | Electronic Music Score | Throat Ripping

Cast

Rick Burks	...	Michael Tutman
Carl Crew	...	George Tutman
Roger Dauer	...	Mark Shepard
LaNette La France	...	Sheba Jackson
Lisa Elaina	...	Connie Stanton (as Lisa Guggenheim)
Max Morris	...	Chief Miller
Roxanne Cybelle	...	Little Michael
Sir Lamont Rodeheaver	...	Little George (as Sir Rodenheaver)
Dino Lee	...	King of White Trash
The Luv Johnsons	...	The White Trash Review
Drew Godderis	...	Anwar
Bob Loya	...	Stan Saldin
Alan Corona	...	Paul Stanton
Deseree Rose	...	Mrs. Stanton
Laurie Guzda	...	Joanne

Also Known As:

Blood Feast 2 (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 (heavily cut) | Italy:VM14 (video rating, cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2009) (uncut) | Australia:R | Iceland:(Banned) | UK:18 (cut) | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario)

Company:

PMS Filmworks

Trivia:

Upon release Blood Diner was banned in a number of provinces of Canada.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the very beginning, uncle Anwar is gunned down outside during the day. In a flashback, it shows uncle Anwar being shot by the police as it happened. In the flashback, it is night time, but Anwar was clearly shot during the daytime; not the night.

Movie Connections:

Version of Blood Feast (1963)

Soundtrack:

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Did you all expect this to be a serious film? Honestly?

The reviews of this movie honestly befuddle me to no end. The only way the movie could be rated this low by so many people, is that somehow, for some reason, they were expecting a serious film of some sort or another. Assuming the title itself didn't give them a rather obvious clue that this was to be a Herschell Gordon Lewis homage. And if they were..... well, if the first 5 minutes of the movie didn't serve them notice that they were dealing with a movie reveling in a flamboyant sense of camp and bad taste, then perhaps they would have been better off watching some pretentious art film. 'Twould serve them right for taking themselves sooooo very, very seriously.

This movie is a cheaply made gore fest, masquerading as a comedy, no excuses. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you. Sort of Grand Guignol in fish net stockings and garters. Evoking screams even as you laugh at it's over the top absurdity. Is it for all tastes? No, certainly not. But at what it tries to do, it succeeds at, for the most part. For me, at least, the movie struck a delicate balance between horror and comedy, two extremes that are fairly difficult to make work very effectively together, though it must be said, it succeeded far better with the latter than the former.

If you liked this genre (splatter comedies.... a rather narrow genre of film-making, to say the least), check out any one of the following, 2001 Maniacs, Frankenhooker, Psychos In Love, Bloodsucking Freaks, The Toxic Avenger, and Brain Damage. All cut from the same bolt of bloody cloth. And all equally worthwhile in their own way. Just try not to confuse any of them with Gandhi, okay? Class dismissed.