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The Corpse Grinders

R Released May 19, 1971 1h 12m Horror List
20% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 26% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A doctor (Sean Kenney) and nurse (Monika Kelly) link fussy cats to ground chow made from fresh cadavers. Read More Read Less

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Eric Henderson Slant Magazine There is nothing in Ted V. Mikels's infamous grindhouse cheapie even a fraction as disturbing as the graphic art of its promotional one-sheet. Rated: 2/4 Apr 20, 2005 Full Review Steve Biodrowski ESplatter ... silly scripting, bad acting, cheap sets, [and] dingy photography become part of the entertainment value, turning the film into a campy laugh riot. Jul 5, 2008 Full Review Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) Rated: 3/5 Jan 29, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 1/5 Sep 5, 2003 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 2/5 Oct 25, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Horrible, terrible, embarrassing 🤪 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Producer/director Ted V. Mikels always had a knack for exploitation film titles that grab your attention (i.e. "The Black Klansman," "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" or "Blood Orgy of the She-Devils"), but his films rarely delivered what the posters or titles promised. "The Corpse Grinders" is no exception. The story here involves struggling cat food company that finds itself in financial trouble, so where do the factory owners turn for a cheap source of meat? The local graveyard, of course! However, the local kitties start to develop a taste for human flesh, which leads to a number of feline-on-human attacks, featuring plenty of scratching, biting, and screaming. This plot would have worked if it was more tongue-in-cheek (I can easily have seen Paul Bartel taking making this story into a witty black comedy), but in the lesser hands of Mikels, this film comes off as just cheap and poorly made. FUN FACT! Ted V. Mikels is still making films today, with "The Corpse Grinders 3" having just come out a few years ago and a reboot by Mikels is currently in the works. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The kind of movie that used to be shown on your local cable access channel's Fright Night. Strictly PG rated thrills produced with enough schlock that a group of film buffs can get together and have a good time making fun of it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review andy f It has the odd inventive moment, but on the whole this B movie from the early 70s is best left mouldering in the basement of horror! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review darin c I like this terrible film only because I knew not to expect much out of the film's title and plot. It's a good bad movie with horrible acting, awkward pacing, and ridiculous story not unsimilar to The Undertaker And His Pals. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Let's Start a Pet Food Racket...that's Where the Big Bucks Is--Attack of the Man-Eating Pussies!! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A doctor (Sean Kenney) and nurse (Monika Kelly) link fussy cats to ground chow made from fresh cadavers.
Director
Ted V. Mikels
Producer
Ted V. Mikels
Screenwriter
Joseph Cranston, Arch Hall Sr., Ted V. Mikels
Production Co
CG Productions, T.V. Mikels Film Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 19, 1971, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 12, 2016
Runtime
1h 12m
Sound Mix
Mono
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