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Quick Info

Rating

5.8/10

Release1980

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,000,000

Revenue$6,342,668

Production

Camp Hill

United Artists

Movie

Motel Hell

1980

1h 42m

5.8

Comedy

Horror

Synopsis

Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and then harvest their bodies as ingredients for his famous brand of "smoked meats."

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