Eating Raoul (1982)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Paul Bartel

Writers:

Paul Bartel (writer)
Richard Blackburn (writer)

Release Date:

24 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Meet the Blands! They're square . . . They're in love . . . And they kill people. [Australia Theatrical]

Plot:

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Plot Keywords:

Swinging | Restaurant | Dominatrix | Wine | Electrocution

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Paul Bartel	...	Paul Bland
Mary Woronov	...	Mary Bland
Robert Beltran	...	Raoul Mendoza
Susan Saiger	...	Doris the Dominatrix / Nurse Sally Cummings
Lynn Hobart	...	Lady Customer
Richard Paul	...	Mr. Cray - Liquor Store Owner
Mark Woods	...	Hold-up Man
John Shearin	...	Mr. Baker - the Horny Patient
Darcy Pulliam	...	Nurse Sheila
Ben Haller	...	Dewey
Roberta Spero	...	Swinger
Vernon Demetrius	...	Swinger
Arlene Harris	...	Swinger
Buster Wilson	...	Swinger
Marta Fergusson	...	Swinger

Runtime:

90 min | Spain:87 min | 83 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (2003) | Iceland:12 | Norway:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bartel

Trivia:

The film's tagline is a parody of the tagline for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), "They're young, they're in love... and they kill people."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The man killed while Mary is wearing the "cartoon mouse" costume can be seen breathing while lying on the floor.

Quotes:

Sex Shop Customer: Have you got the latest issue of Nuns and Nazis?
Sex Shop Salesman: Tuesday.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Devil With a Blue Dress On

Hilariously quirky

The Basic plot: A bland couple, The Blands, composed of a wine fanatic and a shapely nurse , live in an apartment house filled with sex-pervert swingers , and when they want to go out and own a restaurant in the country ,but don't have enough money ,so they become bondage merchants who kill their clients for cash.But, Raoul, a handsome young thief, comes in and violates their plans.....

The praise: Dementedly funny,original and quirky, you really can swallow it up. The comic acting by Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Paul Bartel, and Doris the Dominatrix is perfect, and the satiric, ironic,darkly comic side is played to a luscious extent. The bondage merchant scenes are hilarious so much that I can't tell you, and the theme song adds deeply to the ironic side........Enjoy!