The Corpse Grinders

Starring:Sean Kenney, Monika Kelly, Sanford Mitchell, J. Byron Foster, Warren Ball, Ann Noble, Vincent Barbi, Harry Lovejoy, Earl Burnam, Zena Foster, Ray Dannis, Drucilla Hoy, Charles Fox (II), Stephen Lester, William Kirschner, Curt Matson, George Bowden, Don Ellis (II), Mike Garrison, Andy Collings
Director: Ted V. Mikels
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Description

Return to a world of cats and cannibalism in maverick director Ted V. Mikels' outlandish sequel to one of the most successful drive-in films of all time! The heirs to the original Lotus Cat Food Company decide to crank up the old corpse grinding machine to churn up some profits, with the aid of a few handy cadavers. Little do they know that cat-like aliens from a starving planet have come to Earth to procure this special, meaty kitty food ("For cats who love people!"), laced with that secret ingredient felines and aliens can't resist. Cult favorites Liz Renay (Desperate Living) and Dolores Fuller (Glen or Glenda?) co-star in this ghoulish mixture of chuckles and chills.

Customer Reviews:

for cult film fans and those with a wacky sense of humor .......2004-09-17

Ted V. Mikels is at it again and it's nice to know he's still got a knack for unusual cinema. The man's sense of humor and fun is still as vibrant as ever. Gore hounds may not be happy with this one but Corpse Grinders II is a treat for those of us who enjoy the off the wall films of Ted V Mikels. Did you like the first Corpse Grinders? Do you dig wacky cult flicks? You're in luck my friend. Invite your other cult flick loving friends over, pop the corn, pour the drinks, and have a blast with Corpse Grinders II.

Give us Corpse Grinders 3!.......2004-04-24

The corpse grinding machine is back! Corpse Grinders 2 is more off-the-wall cult entertainment from the one and only Ted V. Mikels! It took decades for a sequel, but better late than never! If you don't like this type of movie then skip it, but as a fan of this type of fun I hope we don't have to wait decades for part 3!

glad i never saw the first one.......2003-04-13

wow, after i saw the first reviewer give it 5 stars i had to share a piece of my mind on this movie. saw it a little while back and i'm glad i never saw the first one cause it reallllly must have beeen bad, wow. you'd swear this movie followed right behind the first one and was made in 73. this movie is incredibly badd! and i do mean bad. i don't mind some low budget b-movies but this tops the cake. you've been warned! movie is extremely boring and the costumes and storyline are just completely cheesy. no gore or blood even though you'd think otherwise from the cover. stay away or you'll be really sorry if you picked up a copy of this one. peace out

WONDERFUL SEQUEL!.......2002-08-30

This movie is fantastic! I absolutely loved it! Be warned though, only buy this movie if your're a SERIOUS Ted V. Mikels fan or a serious B-movie fan because it's shot on video. Although I feel this gives the movie a wonderful B-MOVIE feel some disagree with me. The acting (some would say), to put it in a simple word, .... Which is harsh, but I guess for their standards it's true. The effects are cool, the movie is awesome, good clean fun! The commentary on the dvd is wonderful as well as the TRAILER feature which lets you check out a couple of Mr. Mikels' other films. If you haven't seen THE CORPSE GRINDERS (first one), no need to worry, as everything is spelled out for you. If you haven't seen it. Watch the movie first, then check out the trailer for THE CORPSE GRINDERS. It's pretty neat! Also on the dvd is a FANTASTIC and well informed MAKING OF featurette. So, if you're a fan of B-movies, Z Grade horror, independant films, Ted V. Mikels, or all of the above (like myself), sick back, relax and enjoy yourself. Because it's not everyday that a 20+ year old film gets a sequel! Also be on the look out for MARK OF THE ASTRO ZOMBIES! That's right folks, a sequel to the original ASTRO ZOMBIES! That one is just as awesome! Take a look at them!

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Like Soylent Green For Kitties!...
wonderful and wacky cult flick
GOOD MOVIE AND EXCELLENT COMMENTARY
Ted V. Mikels Takes On The Pet Food Industry!
A slightly above average low-budget schlocker

The Corpse Grinders
Starring: Sean Kenney , Monika Kelly , Sanford Mitchell , J. Byron Foster , and Warren Ball
Director: Ted V. Mikels
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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Release Date: 2001-09-25

Description

When the owners of the Lotus Cat Food Company, who manufacture an exotic, high-priced type of kitty chow, run short of cash, they find themselves in big trouble with their suppliers. The two disreputable partners soon turn to a new and plentiful source for product--fresh cadavers! Grave robbing and unreported murders soon provide plenty of raw material for "the food cats crave," but there's only one problem--cats all over town have begun attacking and killing their human owners, filled with a newly-found taste for human flesh! Experience maverick director Ted V. Mikels' independent terror classic in a brand-new transfer that will give you chills you never knew you had in you! For God's sake, don't watch it with your cat!

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Like Soylent Green For Kitties!..........2005-06-22

MMM-MMM-MMM, come and get it! Ted V. Mikels (Astro Zombies) brings us this delectable dose of cretinous carnage entitled, THE CORPSE GRINDERS. It seems that felines all over town are feasting on Lotus Cat Food, only to turn on their owners like tiny, needle-clawed, razor-fanged furballs of death! The guys at Lotus have been adding their secret ingredient (yepper, human flesh) and selling it to cat-lovers everywhere! Only a doctor and his trusty nurse seem to have a clue as to what's going on. Will they be able to stop these god-awful ghouls before tabbies rule the world? Can they put an end to the unspeakable horrors of the corpse-grinding machine? Let us hope so! Watch this one as part of a double feature with MOTEL HELL. Bon Appetite...

wonderful and wacky cult flick.......2004-09-17

This isn't for gore hounds but it is a treat for lovers of wacky cult cinema... and cat owners. The title and concept are great and this an enjoyably wacky little movie. The over-the-top poster on the DVD cover is a treat too. Not for everybody but a blast for those who "get" these types of things. I dug it. The commentary by Mikels is a delight!

GOOD MOVIE AND EXCELLENT COMMENTARY.......2004-03-30

First of all, the script and acting are OK, not great, but good enough. But what makes this flick worth seeing are the interesting characters: the lady with one leg, the retarded, funny looking janitor (Yes!, he gets a ride in the grinder.), the grave digger, and his loony wife with her doll that she thinks is her real kid. You see what I mean. The commentary by MIKELS is interesting. He certainly likes to do these things. The film footage, on the main menu, shows the corpse grinder in operation. Oh yes, the cats attacking their masters is stupid, but then that is part of the charm of this offering.

Ted V. Mikels Takes On The Pet Food Industry!.......2004-01-19

Wow. That's all I can say after watching this, one of the silliest (and conceptually grossest) of all of Mikels' films. I am a true fan of bad movies, but I have mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand the director's commentary is very interesting, even though it's disturbing what he finds funny (no surprise there, I suppose...), and it is a fun movie to mock in a kind of 'Plan 9' way (The 'sets' of the hospital are amazingly realistic! Not!), certainly the plot is silly and fun to riff on. In essence we have a corrupt, near-bankrupt cat food magnate running the Lotus Cat Food Company who decides to cut costs by grinding up corpses, cadavers, and later his own victims. (That's a plus: it certainly beats 'downsizing'; laying off all your employees in the States and exporting their jobs overseas, as is all the managerial rage today.) The only problem is that once the cats taste human flesh, they return to their wild roots and attack their owners, killing them in the most hilarious 'attack' sequences you have ever seen. It is wonderful watching the people holding onto the killer cats for dear life, trying to keep them from running away while making it look like a life or death struggle. Eventually a doctor and nurse couple finds out what's going on and confronts the evil cat food magnate in the climactic scene.

So much for the good part. The bad part is that while very unrealistic, the movie was still gross, in a disgusting, dirty way. The repeated scene of the meat coming out of the meat grinder was not really especially gory, but it was used about a thousand times and got pretty tiresome. I like these nutty, cult movies, but I think Mikels has done better, and way more amusing, movies, such as "Girl in the Gold Boots". If you have seen that movie as well, you will note that several key people are in both movies, and in fact they were filmed in the same year.

Overall, I decided on three stars for boring gore and general amateurishness, although I debated about giving it four stars which is probably what it would deserve for most grade Z movie fans. The deciding factor, interestingly, was an extra on the DVD. The DVD has several extras including the director's commentary track, a filmography, behind the scenes pictures (don't expect too much), and a video 'tribute' to the movie by Bentmen called 'Immaculate Contraption'. I found 'Immaculate Contraption' to be the five most painful minutes of cinema viewing in my life. It was badly produced (and not in a campy, fun way), the music was wretched, and it was generally putrid. That became the tiebreaker and earned the film three stars instead of the four I originally intended. Save yourself the pain. 'Immaculate Contraption' is neither immaculate or a contraption, but it positively is rubbish.

A slightly above average low-budget schlocker.......2003-03-29

This Ted V Mikels drive-in classic is definately worth at least a one-time glance. There isn't very much gore (as in some Herschell Gordon Lewis Productions) nor is there a lot of sex (as in most Russ Myer films) but this film does have some interesting characters and a unique storyline. It seems that the people at the Lotus Cat Food Company are using human flesh in their product in order to boost sales and sales are definately booming for the food "For Cats Who Love People". Trouble begins to unfold when cats all over town start to turn on their owners (the "cat attack" scenes in this film are totally off the wall!). Meanwhile, a young doctor and his blonde nurse begin to investigate the Lotus Cat Food Company and uncover the ghastly truth. The plot takes a strange twist when the company owners start using live cadavers in their product as opposed to the dead bodies they usually dig up from fresh graves...definately a must see for lovers of cult cinema! This DVD version contains the original theatrical trailer, commentary by director Ted V Mikels, a "behind the scenes" photo gallery, a rare music video entitled "Immaculate Contraption" and some highly entertaining trailers for other Ted V Mikels films.

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Interstellar Cat Food Conspiracy, Mayhem, And Intrigue.......2005-12-08

This is a film that only Ted V. Mikels could make; I only wish that John Carradine could have been around to participate. For those of you who have not seen the original, the Lotus Cat Food Company makes cat food from people. This film not only furthers that plotline, but takes it a step further and also inserts a plot about an intergalactic space war between the cat people and the dog people. At this point I must issue a stern warning: do not under any circumstances attempt any activity such as eating or drinking, or Heaven forbid, running on a treadmill (like I was) during the first five minutes of this film! I am just glad that I didn't wind up in traction. The CGI special effects, makeup, and costumes of the cat and dog people are far and away the most inept in film history. Ed Wood could not do worse. I am completely serious. The introduction of this movie is absolutely breathtaking in its badness. But, and I must emphasize this, it's bad in a good way.

The film has a fairly scattered plot (read: "hard to follow"), with numerous subplots in which an alien goes grocery shopping, the alien ship faxes demands to the White House for Lotus Cat Food, Ted Mikels makes a hilarious cameo as a professor bicycling through the Nevada desert in shorts and a tam-o-shanter, etc. Really, there is something for everyone here.

I don't like gore films, but this is gore at it's least plausible and most campy. The film is a funny, cheap laugh, and is great for people who enjoy laughably poor movies. There is a fascinating commentary track with Ted (learn more about his tam!) as well as two behind the scenes features, although the outtakes are less entertaining than you might expect.

This one is hard to grade, but I settled on three stars as a compromise. It is very economically made (OK, it's cheap...) and poorly acted; on the other hand, it scores very highly on the schlock-meter. Depending on your reason for watching this will be a hit or a miss: if you want real scares or gore (or a well made movie) look elsewhere; if you want to laugh at a campy horror feature, this can't be beat.

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