Eating Raoul
Eating Raoul
R | 24 March 1982 (USA)
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A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

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lasttimeisaw

Paul Bartel's cult murder comedy sets in the Tinseltown, husband-and wife Paul and Mary Bland (Woronov and Bartel) are decent citizens, the former is a rather ordinary-looking oenophile and wine dealer, the latter is a nurse with a lanky and sultry figure, quite an odd pair at first glance, their dream is to open a countryside restaurant, but what they encounter is nothing but epidemic decadence and underhanded chicanery, Paul is swindled out of his valuable wine collection, and Mary is met with flagrant sexual harassment when she tries to secure a loan from the bank. Moreover, in the building where they live, has been encroached by swingers' orgy parties, even in their own apartment, Mary is at her peril of being raped from drunken and horny swingers.Enough is enough! After Paul knocks off a swinger who is forcing himself on Mary with a frying pan, a revelation occurs! They finds out it is a lucrative way to get back at the corrupt world and consummate their dream. After counselling Doris the Dominatrix (Saiger), a regular practitioner in the kinky business, they decide to lure rich pervert clients to their place through newspaper advertisement, on the promise of executing whatever perversion they want, then kill them once at a time, and take their money (cash only)!The film sticks to its absolute sterility of gore and violence, all the killings are neatly conducted with a " magic" bop of the span, and refuses to compound the killing spree with the involvement of police or other parties under such contexts. Since soon Raoul (Beltran), a young wetback burglar, finds out their deal and blackmails to partake in the business by helping them dispose the bodies (thanks God, it is not sent directly to KFC or McDonald), but on the sly, he is a just another horn- dog involuntarily under Mary's spell. Trysts will surface, but there is no need of slut-shaming, who can resist the purified hallucination from Thai sticks? After a droll episode in a swinger party, there will be only one man standing, and the title tells who is that man and what happens to that wily but despicable interloper (fry-panned).Woronov, the former Warhol's Factory Girl, a towering figure with all seriousness, also reluctantly but aptly exhibits her unbridled sexual magnetism thanks to a chain of custom-made costumes. And Bartel, snugly ensconces himself in Paul's soft-spoken, self-effacing, nondescript persona, who is miraculously blessed with a gorgeous and reliable wife, and lives up to their ultimate dream. The film is an artful lampoon of the insalubrious culture of instant gratification and amorality, people are pigs, so why not put them on the dinner table too? Cannibalism has its reasons.

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SnoopyStyle

It's the lurid deprived world of Hollywood. Paul Bland (Paul Bartel) is a liquor store clerk in a bad neighborhood but he has gourmet tastes. His wife Mary (Mary Woronov) is a nurse. Their rent is getting raised and they are low on cash. They hate their swinging noisy neighbors. When one of them tries to rape Mary, Paul kills him with a frying pan and steals his money. After another kill, they decide to advertise to lure more swingers. Thief Raoul Mendoza (Robert Beltran) breaks in and discovers a dead body. He proposes to join the Blands with them keeping the money and him keeping the bodies.It's weird and ridiculous deadpan humor. It's also fun. Bartel and Woronov are a great couple. It has a few big laughs but it is generally a lot of sly silly comedic takes. It is definitely unique.

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LeonLouisRicci

Outrageous black comedy for those with an appetite for the unusual and the deranged cinema of the bizarre. It has the right tone of nonviolent violence and unsexy sex that produces a world of the completely corrupted, crazy atmosphere of satirical simplicity.Nothing is presented as anything but just the way it never could be. A made up fantasy film that is unique and refreshing in its audaciousness. Deadpan acting helps and you have to listen closely for some of the best lines. A number of punches come from under the breath and ride quick transitions. This is the hallmark of very talented work from a very good ensemble of players and movie makers.More fun and frolics than most of the major budgeted comedic SNL alumni ventures that have been churned out in the last thirty years. Because talent will out where pretenders and posers play.

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ethanmillerman

Eating Raul Sexy, fun, wacky, silly flick. You have the normal married couple living their boring lives as a doctor and a wine seller. They are trying to save money for a down payment on their restaurant. When their the husband loses his job and a loan goes default....they think of other creative ways to earn their money. When an encounter from a swinger in the building turns bad and they kill him....they realize how much money they could earn by simply killing people. The normal couple turns very eccentric in their scandal....and start luring people into their homes for sex then killing them. It gets crazier and funnier as the movie progresses......and when Raul enters the scene the film takes off. Could life get any crazier.....the big scene climax is at the swinger party......they make tons of money and kill lots of people. I won't give away the ending cause you must see this film....but guess who really gets taking advantage of in the end? My vote for this film is a 7 out of 10.

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