Eating Raoul

Starring:Robert Beltran, Richard Blackburn (II), Hamilton Camp, Pamela Carter, Vernon Demetrius, Marta Fergusson, Garry Goodrow, Ben Haller, Arlene Harris (III), Buck Henry, Lynn Hobart, Richard Paul, Darcy Pulliam, Susan Saiger, John Shearin, Roberta Spero, Buster Wilson, Mark Woods (III), Mary Woronov
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
You'd think a black comedy about murder, tackiness, and sexual perversion would quickly become dated, but Eating Raoul (1982) feels surprisingly fresh and delightful. When Mary Bland (Mary Woronov) gets assaulted by one of the repulsive swingers from the neighboring apartment, her husband Paul (Paul Bartel) rescues her with a swift blow from a frying pan--only to discover a substantial wad of cash in the swinger's wallet. A lure-and-kill scheme follows, which nicely fills their nest egg until a slippery thief named Raoul (Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager, making his film debut) stumbles onto the truth and insists on getting a share. When Raoul starts demanding a share of Mary as well, Paul has to take drastic steps. The key to Eating Raoul isn't the sensational content, but the blithe, matter-of-fact attitude Bartel and Woronov take to it; their sly underplaying makes the movie sparkle with wicked wit. --Bret Fetzer
Description
The Blands are a couple living in swinging Los Angeles with their ultra-conservative ways. They find it hard to live life in the midst of all of the completely obnoxious swinging bachelors. Their dreams of running a small restaurant seem to be in jeopardy until they devise a plan to off the swingers in their apartment building with the use of a frying pan to the head, dispose of the bodies and keep the wallets. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action. Huge cult favorite comes to DVD for the first time!

Average customer rating:

Bad transfer - everyone's short & fat

Eating Raoul - a tasty movie

Weird Dark Comedy

Good...But Not As Good As I Hoped

Good Transfer, New release?

Eating Raoul
Starring: Robert Beltran , Richard Blackburn (II) , Hamilton Camp , Pamela Carter , and Vernon Demetrius
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Release Date: 2004-04-13

Amazon.com

You'd think a black comedy about murder, tackiness, and sexual perversion would quickly become dated, but Eating Raoul (1982) feels surprisingly fresh and delightful. When Mary Bland (Mary Woronov) gets assaulted by one of the repulsive swingers from the neighboring apartment, her husband Paul (Paul Bartel) rescues her with a swift blow from a frying pan--only to discover a substantial wad of cash in the swinger's wallet. A lure-and-kill scheme follows, which nicely fills their nest egg until a slippery thief named Raoul (Robert Beltran of Star Trek: Voyager, making his film debut) stumbles onto the truth and insists on getting a share. When Raoul starts demanding a share of Mary as well, Paul has to take drastic steps. The key to Eating Raoul isn't the sensational content, but the blithe, matter-of-fact attitude Bartel and Woronov take to it; their sly underplaying makes the movie sparkle with wicked wit. --Bret Fetzer

Description

The Blands are a couple living in swinging Los Angeles with their ultra-conservative ways. They find it hard to live life in the midst of all of the completely obnoxious swinging bachelors. Their dreams of running a small restaurant seem to be in jeopardy until they devise a plan to off the swingers in their apartment building with the use of a frying pan to the head, dispose of the bodies and keep the wallets. This goes along quite well until one night a burglar named Raoul breaks in and cuts himself in for a piece of the action. Huge cult favorite comes to DVD for the first time!

Customer Reviews:

Bad transfer - everyone's short & fat.......2007-02-02

Several others have mentioned this. It's true, and it is very noticeable and takes away from the pleasure of watching. The movie is weird, quirky fun, although not for all tastes to be sure. But the short, squat figures just don't look right. And you can't fix it at home. They'd have to re-release it, fat chance with the tiny audience for specialty films. Arrggh.

I kept it anyway, better than nothing. But the shortened, fattened appearance of the actors is a real pain.

Eating Raoul - a tasty movie.......2006-03-09

Eating Raoul is a good case for not judging a movie by the poster (or box). The stars of this movie include a very straight-laced married couple whose role seems to be making fun of religious conservatives. They play this role in a farcial manner. Equally treatment is given to "swingers" who marked the period in which this movie was made. The swingers are the offset and victims of the stars. The third star of this cult classic is the title character Raoul - their partner in crime. This is not a family movie. You would spend time explaining why the female lead is doing things like dressing as Minnie Mouse and is chased around the room. There is one scene containing nudity of the female lead but this is a sex farce. The whole movie centers around adult themes.

Weird Dark Comedy.......2006-01-28

Mary Waranov is excellent in this fairly strange period piece that has one of the more bizarre plots of any movie I can recall. A very straitlaced couple are confronted constantly with "swingers " who party in the building where they live and stumble on a twisted scam to attract and make money on other people's perversions. A very weird one of a kind film that is entertaining in a sick way. Should have become a cult classic but has become a bit obscure over the years. I remember seeing this in the theater but after checking out the DVD I had really forgotten just how weird this one is. By the way the DVD I got is a good transfer. Based on the complaints below, it must be a new edition.

Good...But Not As Good As I Hoped.......2006-01-28

I read so many reviews about this film,
calling it a "cult classic" and saying
it was hilarious- so I decided to
buy a copy.

Yes, I am a big fan of cult-cinema,
but this movie just doesn't live
up to its own hype.

If you want some low-budget movies you can laugh at-
try "The Last American Virgin" or "Manos"
those are what I consider brilliantly bad movies!

Eating Raoul has its moments- but I certainly
don't consider it a classic; call me picky
if you will.

It's just not as good as I thought it would be.

Good Transfer, New release?.......2005-02-28

I keep seeing people complain about the dvd transfer and wonder if there is a NEW version that maybe I got ahold of? My version is crystal clear and the picture is PERFECT! No squishing no elogated people etc. The picture looks GREAT!

As for the film, its a cult film alright! Taboo subjects and made in 1982 this film pushed the limit for many a moviegoer and quickly made this film a "fan" favorite and box office flop for mainstream movie goers. However Mary is my main attraction here as Ive loved her in MANY films Ive seen her in and this film is pretty funny if you like dark humor. some just don't "get it".

Average customer rating:

Surprisingly Good River-Monster Horror - Take A Chance On This One
3.5 stars for this surprise of a movie...
some unexpected scenes
A Man Eater
A suprisingly good thriller

Frankenfish
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Release Date: 2004-10-26

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly Good River-Monster Horror - Take A Chance On This One.......2007-03-31

No, despite the title, "Frankenfish" isn't a painful-to-watch monster spoof trying achingly hard to be both cool and funny but failing miserably at both. And despite what the title might also have you thinking, it's not a $10-budgeted filmed-in-the-basement-over-the-weekend student film. It's a surpsisingly well done, at times quite fierce, and thoroughly fun, blast of monster mayhem.

Set in the deep parts of the Florida everglades, the movie involves (as opposed to a re-animated fish swimming forth from a foreboding gothic castle) Chinese Snakeheads (real fish from China, piranha-like creatures who can live for a while on land and will even attack prey on land) who've been genetically engineered by a group of wealthy big-game hunters to grow to monsterous proportions, all the better for them to track down with their machine guns and grenade launchers during the pursuit of their 'sport'. A ship carrying the cargo gets caught in a massive storm and washed up the river into the Everglades where the beasties get free just in time for lunch. And, of course, the 'Frankenfish' have turned out even more lethal than their designers intended. This movie is far from a spoof but it is a little on the campy side, a little on the tongue-in-cheek side, and it's a reminder that, occasionally, a bit of the campy elements in a horror movie don't necessarily have to be a bad thing, as long as they don't go overboard.

The main protagonists in the film aren't the rich hunters. A Florida cop and an Everglades wildlife expert are dispatched into the rivers to do some investigation into the discovery of a washed-up and eaten-up corpse, and end up at a cluster of houseboats where people live year-round in the Everglades making a living off fishing in the rich swamps and streams. It's a likable cast that ends up as the fish's target for buffet of the day, and the bloody man vs. beast action sequences are better and more credible than you might think they'd be. The movie doesn't try to present its creatures as more dangerous than they could conceivably be (taking into account that a regular-sized chinese snakehead is a pretty intimidating little predator, let alone a six-foot one). Ergo, they're not presented as the harbingers of civilization's imminent collapse, but they are extremely dangerous to anyone on or remotely near to the waters they're in. It's like with "Jaws" - the shark wasn't taking down big ocean-liners but you sure didn't want to be out swimming or even on a small sailboat when he was nearby. The balance struck is right, the effects are solid and well-designed, and the whole movie surpasses what pretty well anyone likely thought it could be.

An allout winner and a must-see for fans of aquatic/swamp horror like "Piranha" and the "Anaconda" movies.

3.5 stars for this surprise of a movie..........2007-03-02

And i taught this movie would be boring,, cheap effects ...but i was
pleasantly surprise at how good the monster fishes looked and the way
they got and ate some of their victims... Ok, the acting was not top here,
but ive seen much worse lately.... I would say 85% of the movie is great, and the rest could have been better.....and wow...i love the ending...
For the creature movie crowd....this one must be seen.
Enjoy

some unexpected scenes.......2007-01-15

For a cheesey monster movie, it wasn't that bad, it had the 'anacondas' feel to it, but people were dropping like flies. also, it's rated R for "sexual content" it should say nudity, there are 2 farely long very innapropriate boob scenes. i was very shocked. So for that and that the writters weren't very creative and killed just about everybody off, I give it only 2 stars.

A Man Eater.......2007-01-10

My husband just loved the movie. He said he though about it hours later. The fish really scared him.

A suprisingly good thriller.......2006-09-15

I love when I am not expecting too much from a movie and get much more. A thriller from start to finish. The fish effects are very good and well and some of the things that happen with them are amazing. A very pleasant suprise, highly recommended.