Review of Motel Hell (1980) by Chuck Bowen for Slant Magazine — 17 Jun 2011
This film’s pleasures are extremely mild, but they’re discernable for the curious fan of retro redneck horror, or, far more likely, for the genre critic looking to finish their dissertation pertaining to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s vast influence on the 1970s and 1980s grindhouse movie’s vision of gleeful small-town Americana hypocrisy.
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This review of Motel Hell (1980) was written by Chuck Bowen and published by Slant Magazine on 17 Jun 2011.
Motel Hell has generally received mixed reviews.
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