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Main Street Meats
USA 2017
produced by Georgia Lyon, Jeff Lyon
directed by Jeff Lyon
starring Morgan Boland, Kenny Fayas, Steve Golla, Stacey Weber, Don Markus, Grayson Hunter Goss, Ashlee Summer, Miguel Graber, Catherine Wilcox Nash, Linda Cieslik, Gary Albano, Bon Débarras, Susan Bibby, Errol McLendon, Andy Osborne, Charles Ramsey, Andy Schatner, Mike Pusateri, Christopher Elst, Jeanne Leep, Marcee Doherty-Elst, John Waelti, Ellen Atterbury, Ben Philippi, Addison Monroe, Mandy Daniella, Megan Orion, Ariel Feather, Arthur Noble II, Leah Stargardter, Erika Koivunen, Glenn Prescott, Chloe Spencer, Joan Boudro, Rex Steven Sikes, Dianne Bischoff, Ruthy Boehm, Reed Meschetske, Stephanie Weiber, Tim Schmitt, Kathy Lyons, Jeanie Holtzman, Greg Johnson (voice), Rick Stemm (voice), Herschell Gordon Lewis (voice)
written by Jeff Lyon, songs by The Blowtorches, Red Beard and the Pirates, The Kollection, Devil to Drag, The Groop, The Gore Gore Girls
review by Mike Haberfelner
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On her way to Las Vegas, Cherry's (Morgan Boland) car breaks down in a
town in the middle of nowhere, USA, where there isn't even a hotel - but
since Cherry has to stay somewhere until the car's fixed again, she
accepts Floyd's (Steve Golla) offer to stay in the flat above his meat
shop, and as payment she's to help out a bit. You see, Floyd's shop has
been going downhill ever since mama (Catherine Wilcox Nash) died, and his
siblings, psychotic Sis (Stacey Weber) and slow-brained Neddy (Don Markus)
aren't really that much help. It sounds like a good enouch offer, also
since Floyd seems a decent enough guy, doesn't come on to her - and after
all, what's Cherry to do in a small town like this anyways, she might as
well work to earn her keep rather than spend money on her room. Then
though, unbeknowest to Cherry, Neddy kills a customer (Susan Bibby), and
in order to keep themselves from being discovered, the siblings mix the
customer's flesh in with the other meat - and it becomes a hit. So before
long, Floyd sends Neddy off to do some more killing for constant meat
supply, and the shop becomes the talk of town, so much so that the
meat-crazy mayor (Charles Ramsey) makes Floyd the main supplier of the
annual meat festival. That said, all the killings of course can't remain
hidden forever ... Now ok, Main Street Meats doesn't
tell the most original of stories, and not in the most original of ways -
but it's really good at what it does, creating a retro drive-in feeling
without banking on the nostalgia factor too heavily, giving the whole
thing a Herschell Gordon Lewis vibe (even if it's not nearly as explicit
as Lewis' most outrageous films) and having it all carried by a
light-footed directorial effort and a fine ensemble cast, with Morgan
Boland deserving special mention as she really makes the most out of
probably the least colourful character in the movie!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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