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Death Row Diner

  • 1988
  • Unrated
  • 1h 8m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
195
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John Content in Death Row Diner (1988)
Horror

A wealthy Hollywood tycoon is framed for murder and sent to the electric chair without the customary last dinner. Years later he comes back looking for revenge, and he's hungry.A wealthy Hollywood tycoon is framed for murder and sent to the electric chair without the customary last dinner. Years later he comes back looking for revenge, and he's hungry.A wealthy Hollywood tycoon is framed for murder and sent to the electric chair without the customary last dinner. Years later he comes back looking for revenge, and he's hungry.

  • Director
    • D3
  • Writers
    • James Golff
    • D3
    • Salvatore Richichi
  • Stars
    • John Henry Richardson
    • Michelle Bauer
    • John Content
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.6/10
    195
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • D3
    • Writers
      • James Golff
      • D3
      • Salvatore Richichi
    • Stars
      • John Henry Richardson
      • Michelle Bauer
      • John Content
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    John Henry Richardson
    John Henry Richardson
    • Bill Weston
    • (as Jay Richardson)
    Michelle Bauer
    Michelle Bauer
    • Julia Wilcox-Weston
    John Content
    • Otis Wilcox
    Salvatore Richichi
    • Tony Milano
    Frank Sarcinello Sr.
    Frank Sarcinello Jr.
    • Stanley
    Dennis T. Mooney
    • Jackie
    • (as Dennis Mooney)
    Dana Lis Mason
    • Phoebe
    Michael Antin
    Jon Blatt
    Jim Grizzle
      Brooke Healey
      Lob Keem
      Alex Kay
        Howard Ward Jr.
        Mark Mayers
        James Golff
        • Jimmy
        Rick Preston
        • Elvis Caterer
        • (as Elvis Soundalike Rick Preston)
        • Director
          • D3
        • Writers
          • James Golff
          • D3
          • Salvatore Richichi
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        6procosbest

        Deathrow Diner

        Here goes my review of this low budget horror movie. First off, I agree with the above statement that it was cheaply made, sometimes the dialog goes a little long, and that it gives hope to any filmmaker but, that's what makes it great.... The cheesy special fx and peeing Elvis alone make it worth watching.... Come on, you can't get any better than that. I feel that anyone that's a fan of cheesy, 80's horror movies, should watch and enjoy. I promise that you will get a laugh out of this movie and will watch again and again. If not, then I am sure that the $5.00 that you spent to own this movie shouldn't break you.

        P.S. Please drink a lot of beer and watch with friends.
        10missangel

        what a piece of work

        i couldn't believe this movie! the realism was above and beyond any movie of this genre that i have ever, in my long, long life, ever seen. it's even in color...which adds so much vividness to the gore. i like that. i play ping pong and i enjoyed that scene especially. i only used the paddle on young women. now i see it has other uses. the outtakes at the end should have been the movie itself. they were funny especially the bloody parts. i don't know why directors think they have to spare the viewer the reality of life. i really don't. i can't understand why this didn't get an award at Cannes! i mean this genre is so underrated. and there's not enough straight-to-video-trash on the shelves.
        2capkronos

        Shot-on-video trash.

        There's no reason to sit through this entry in the late 80s death row/ electric chair horror movies (like SHOCKER, DESTROYER, THE CHAIR)... It's the cheapest of the bunch, with obvious improvised dialogue and scenes that go on and on and on for no apparent reason.

        Jay Richardson and Michelle Bauer star as husband and wife B-movie filmmakers who, along with crew, are stalked and killed off by the ghost of Otis Wilcox (John Content); Bauer's uncle, who is POed that his once prosperous movie studio has been turned into a B-grade sleaze factory. There's no nudity, terrible gore FX (like eyeballs popping out after a thud to the back of the head with a ping pong paddle) and the cheapest production values this side of your high school graduation video. Total trash, but it gives hope to amateur filmmakers out there. If this thing can get a video release, then ANYTHING can.
        10Fearnloathingrocks

        Excellent if accepted for what it is.

        Death Row Diner is not meant to be taken seriously. It's a movie meant to be enjoyed for it's schlokeyness, like Plan 9 or Reefer Madness. If you take it at that, you're bound to get an hour's worth of entertainment. Now if only I could find a copy of it.
        bassett

        Another lame made for video with Michelle Bauer!

        When I first watched this movie I had to crank up the volume on my T.V. set to actually hear what was said. I also thought that this would be a comedy/horror, but towards the end, it turned out to be just a plain stupid dark comedy!There's inside jokes on her movie "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers", which also featured Jay Richardson, who's also in this dumb movie and was distributed by the same company and director. C'mon Michelle do an interesting movie for once, with a better made budget!

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          [Bill offers Julia chopped up human arms for dinner]

          Julia Wilcox-Weston: Take it away!

          Otis Wilcox: Aren't you hungry?

          Julia Wilcox-Weston: No! No, um, I'm on a diet

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          • United States
        • Language
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          • Los Angeles, California, USA
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          • 1h 8m(68 min)
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