Canibal

Some of you might have been turned away from this "gory" film, but might I explain to you, this film is equivalent to an elementary school TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. It is lame and stupid and the goriest thing about this B-Movie mistake is its cover. The reviewer before me said it all- he is absolutely correct! The title does explain it all. Although this film is more like leftover lunch meat. It's moldy, you don't want to go near it, it turns you off, and it surprises you how it can look so good-yet taste so bad! As you can imagine, I'm pretty ticked off. I bought this film-though cheap and used-expecting another gory massacre, produced well on a low budget. What I got was a PG TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. There is nothing redeeming or interesting here for horror fans, and don't waste the money to rent it. The characters that are described on the back of the box are described as sick cannibals. "Paw is the father, his sons use shovels and drills to cut up people in the San Barnardino mountains and then they sell their inner organs as lunch meat in a restaurant in the local city." Sure, this happens, and the majority of the gore happens in the first ten minutes of the film, because after that, it becomes more and more like an extremely pointless and boring chase in the woods. The characters are barely developed and I didn't care whether they lived or died.

WELL, to sum it all up, this film is a pointless boring mockery of good B-Movies. Not even cheap films can be this bad. But if you must, then go ahead-because this film does have nice scenery-to say the least! I'd give this film *1/2 out of ****.

One of my all-time favorite hobbies is collecting VHS tapes. Sure, it's not as fun now that all the major rental stores have either been shut down or don't carry the format anymore, but it's still fun to browse online. On that note, any self-respecting VHS collector knows one of the rarest finds is a big box VHS of 1987's LUNCH MEAT.

A group of fun-loving teenagers decide to head up to a cabin in the woods for the weekend. However, the gang encounters a backwoods, cannibal family looking to chop them up and sell their meat to the local hamburger joint. Will anyone survive?

Indeed, will anyone survive the grating experience that is the unbelievably inept LUNCH MEAT? I know I did, but just barely. Honestly, this is one of the only films I've come across that nearly fails on all levels, both in actual quality and genuine entertainment. However, a few bits of cheesy goodness put it one or two levels above the bottom of the barrel.

The people who made this obviously had no idea what they were doing, which is blatantly obvious because of how poorly executed everything in this movie is. The acting is horrible and these people are clearly friends and family of the director (it does have Ashlyn Gere, who starred in one of my favorite cheesy slashers, 1986's EVIL LAUGH). Also, I have to throw in that one character sounded a lot like Roger from the show American DAD.

The biggest problem I have with LUNCH MEAT is the chase. Here's the case: first, we get thirty minutes of hilarious character development (hilarious for the wrong reasons, of course). Then we get a forty minute long chase scene that's just that: people running around. Nothing happens except PEOPLE. RUNNING. AWAY. It has to be one of the most excruciating things I've had to sit through in a while.

The film does have the occasional fun and/or funny moment, but they are few and far between. For the burger stand, they just put a white sign reading "So-and-So's Burgers" on the side of a run-down building in downtown Detroit (or some other place). Some of the character interactions are amusing as well. Once the final couple begins to fight back, the pace picks up considerably, but it resorts back to mediocrity after a while.

Overall, I don't want to say LUNCH MEAT is worth watching, but I don't want to advise anyone to avoid it at all costs. It has its fun moments, but the painful-to-watch middle section is enough to scare anyone away. Also, for a film to sell itself as a really gruesome movie filled with carnage, there isn't a whole lot of bloodshed. In fact, I might even say I enjoyed CANNIBAL CAMPOUT more than this. It's that bad.

My advice: If you stumble upon it by chance, watch it once just to say you did. Then throw it in the trash.

Here, we have the typical slasher flick set-up. A group of kids set out on a nice trip in the woods get ambushed by a group of red-neck maniacs.

While I can admit this film was very poorly made, it still managed to be entertaining. The acting is about as bad as it gets and there is a severe lack of character development. It's one of those flicks where you have nothing to do so you slap this movie in your VCR. What this movie is, basically is just mindless fun. Not a classic in any way shape or form but somehow manages to entertain.

'Lunch Meat' is not for everyone but for those of you lucky(unlucky?) enough to get a hold of this rare b-horror flick, you just may be surprised.

I give it 6 red-necks out of 10.

A truly lame film. The box depicts a freaky looking redneck covered in blood eating a severed arm, the scene does not appear in the movie!!! Most of the movie contained scenes of a bunch of redneck retards chasing people through the woods, with little gore. A total waste of time!

The dynamics of this 8mm horror movie are by far the best in category, cinematography is excellent, the cast is perfectly matched for their roles, the plot is very similar to " Chain Saw Massacre " you are thrust into the world of four young people from the soft side of Los Angelas California, on there journey for fun and relaxation, they stop for a much needed LUNCH break. This is where the true horror of there venture begins. On a sunny California Spring day, after a long voyage they stop at an out-of-the-way, off the main highway food/rest area. Enjoying there LUNCH MEAT sandwiches. The tasty secret ingredient is all to overpowering for there taste buds, but what is the secret ingredient ??, .... RENT THE MOVIE AND YOU CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION. THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART !!!