Auntie Lee's Meat Pies

From just reading the description, this sounded like a great time, but the execution is lacking. There are a few good gore gags and some creative camera angles/lighting effects, but it goes on too long and focuses on boring subplots instead of digging into the meat of the story.

"Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" is supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek (no pun intended) horror film. Basically, Aunti Lee (Karen Black) employs her four nieces to lure unsuspecting men to their shack. The men are then robbed of all their belongings and get ground up as meat pies to hide the evidence.

The only way you can really stomach this film (no pun intended) is by looking for the stars. Karen Black took the role to break what she thought was her pigeon-holing as a good two-shoes. It's fun to see Pat Morita take a break from his Karate Kid series to play the sheriff. The best cameo belongs to Huntz Hall as a farmer. Hall, for those who don't know, was one of the original Dead End Kids, also known, in various incarnations, as the East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys.

But, the best reason to watch this film is for Auntie Lee's nubile nieces. Pia Reyes, Ava Fabian, Kristine Rose and Teri Weigel were all Playboy playmates prior to this movie. Weigel is also currently a porn star, so you can see why men eagerly followed her home.

If you're in the mood for something really gruesome, though, try finding "Sweeny Todd: The Demon of Barber Street" instead. Auntie Lee may make meat pies, but you will find something much better with her nieces' eye candy.

This film begins with a homicidal maniac by the name of "Bruno" (Richard Vidan) having car problems and after being picked up by a beautiful, young woman named "Magnolia" (Ava Fabian) pulls out a gun and orders her to drive onto an isolated dirt road. Once completely out of sight from anyone on the highway he then orders her to get out of the car where he proceeds to knock her out and rape her while she is dazed and confused. The tables quickly turn, however, when she regains consciousness and subsequently kills him with a sharp hair pin. At that point she calmly puts his body in the back of her car and drives off to her home where "Auntie Lee" (Karen Black) is more than happy to grind up his body in order to make her famous meat pies. The scene then shifts to a beautiful blonde named "Fawn" (Kristine Rose) picking up a hitchhiker by the name of "Bob Evans" (Stephan Quadros) and taking him to Auntie Lee's house where he is quickly killed and ground up as well. It's then revealed that Auntie Lee has two other nieces named "Coral" (Teri Weigel) and "Sky" (Pia Reyes) who also lure young men to the house to supply Auntie Lee with the necessary ingredient for her meat pies as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that--although it had an interesting plot--the movie lacked the necessary suspense to qualify as a horror film and the humor wasn't nearly as sharp as it should have been for a good comedy. So, what we're left with are four beautiful young ladies and a couple of good actors in Pat Morita (as "Chief Koal") and the aforementioned Karen Black. But nothing of any substance to really sink your teeth into--and I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly below average.

I love horror movies! So, I was shocked to see this film was from 1993 and I had never heard of it! There's something about this movie that I really like. Only discovered it a month ago and I've watched it 3 times already! Yes, you can tell it's a low budget movie but I have to say, they made the most of what they had. Good actors, good script (although slopes off at times) and a genuinely enjoyable film.

Best part of the movie is how incredibly beautiful the nieces are! All four actresses were actually playboy models before signing on to do movies! Give this a go, trust me, you will not be disappointed!

Oddly enough, with my admiration and fascination with horror movies, then I have actually never even heard about this 1992 horror comedy titled "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies". Not before now in 2021, as I stumbled upon the movie by random chance.

And seeing that the movie had Karen Black on the cast list, of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies". Then I noticed that the movie also had Pat Morita and Michael Berryman on the cast list, then of course things became even more interesting.

Let me just say that "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" was an enjoyable movie. Writers Joseph F. Robertson and Gerald Stein definitely managed to put together a good storyline. Sure, this was archetypical early 1990s stuff and it showed in every way, but that was part of what made "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" so fun to watch. It was as cheesy as it was fun.

"Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" is not a movie that takes itself too serious, hence the comedy aspect to it. And while the comedy is subtle, it is definitely the type of dark and twisted humor that appealed to me, so I enjoyed what the writers did with the movie.

If you haven't already seen "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies", then I suggest you do so, should you have the opportunity. I was genuinely entertained by director Joseph F. Robertson's movie.

My rating of "Auntie Lee's Meat Pies" lands on a six out of ten stars.