Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Paul Bartel | ... | Paul Bland | |
Mary Woronov | ... | Mary Bland | |
Robert Beltran | ... | Raoul Mendoza | |
Susan Saiger | ... | Doris the Dominatrix / Nurse Sally Cummings | |
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Lynn Hobart | ... | Lady Customer |
Richard Paul | ... | Mr. Cray - Liquor Store Owner | |
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Mark Woods | ... | Hold-up Man |
John Shearin | ... | Mr. Baker - the Horny Patient | |
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Darcy Pulliam | ... | Nurse Sheila |
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Ben Haller | ... | Dewey |
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Roberta Spero | ... | Swinger |
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Vernon Demetrius | ... | Swinger |
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Arlene Harris | ... | Swinger |
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Buster Wilson | ... | Swinger |
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Marta Fergusson | ... | Swinger |
When a Paul enters his apartment to find Mary fighting off a swinger who has gotten into the wrong apartement (and thinks that Mary is just playing hard to get) he hits the man with a frying pan, killing him. Their dreams of running a small resturant seem to be in jeopardy until they decide to dispose of the body, keep the wallet, and to advertise for other sexually oriented visitors who are summarily killed, bagged, robbed and disposed of. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Eating Raoul is so eager to please and never overstays its welcome. Shot for what seems to be $3, it's amazing that the film turns out as nice and polished as it is. Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov play the aptly named Blands. They dream to, one day, start their own eatery, but it seems as if it's just not in the cards for them. After a mix up, they end up accidentally killing a man and, thinking he's a nobody, they take his wallet. At that moment, a brilliant business plan is born and the Blands pose as sexual deviants to lure people to their homes, kill them (with a frying pan) and steal their money. Things get complicated when a young man named Raoul discovers their secret and wants in on their scheme.
The basic concept of Eating Raoul is so damn goofy that it's amazing it works as well as it does, but Bartel and Woronov smartly play everything super straight and it works.
If you consider yourself a dark comedy fan and haven't seen this movie, you need to change that right now.