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George Dawson, Andrew Gillies, Clarence Big Miller, Stephen Dimopoulos, Georgina Hegedos ... see more see more... , Jon Bryden , Ida Carnevali , Howard Taylor , Peter Anderson , Sharon Wahl

This deranged low-budget Canadian production seems specifically tailored to midnight-movie patrons, among which the filmmakers must have thought it could find a solid cult audience. The story involves... read more read more... alien invaders who bring the corpse of Mayor Rigatoni back to life in order to initiate construction of a special facility on the site of the local butcher's septic tank, in which a special element called "balonium" has been discovered. Matters are further complicated by the butcher's weird influence on the town (he even invents his own language) and the psychopathic behavior of his cleaver-wielding assistant Abdallah, who is rapidly depleting the town's canine population... oh, and there's musical numbers, too. Director/co-writer Chris Windsor seems to dare viewers to make sense of this parody, which aspires to be another Rocky Horror Picture Show, but where that film was possessed of Richard O'Brien's wry genius, all that's available here is a smorgasbord of silliness. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Chris Windsor

Release Date: April 30, 1982

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DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005

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  • ajv2688
    January 11, 2011
    ajv2688
    A silly, over the top, stupid comedy musical with sci-fi and horror elements. They seem to have been trying to make a movie like Rocky Horror, but it's just not funny enough.
  • CHILIcheeseDONUTSwithTUNAonTOP
    October 10, 2009
    CHILIcheeseDONUTSwithTUNAonTOP
    Musical, comedy, sci-fi, horror - none done too well.
    Very off-the-wall and kinda amusing, but nothing to
    seek out.
  • psychoapeguy
    August 11, 2008
    psychoapeguy
    a homicidal janitor named abdullah becomes a butcher's apprentice in this film....get it? abdullah the butcher? if you got it, then i like you. anyway, the movie has corny gore, corny songs (it's kind of a musical), and space aliens. it's really stupid...but in a nice, cheesy, fu... read moren way.
  • frankensteinsbride13
    August 9, 2006
    frankensteinsbride13
    this is not what i was expecting!

    i am pleasantly surpised.

    "i'm a big meat eater, pass the ham"

    i love how it is set in the 50's then they thow some new wave of the 80's into the mix

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Bill Gibron
August 15, 2005
Bill Gibron, DVDTalk.com

Big Meat Eater has a kitchen sink feel to its formulation, a creaky cobbling together of ideas, genres and styles that don't always play nice with each other. Full Review

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