Cast:
Jackie Vernon as Donald
Claire Ginsberg as May
Opening Thoughts: Microwave Massacre was given to me as a Christmas gift this year. This film was on a shortlist of films I wanted to watch that I have not seen based on concept. The concept is was pretty simple a man devolops the taste for human meat after he wakes up from a blackout after a rage in which he killed a person.
A comedy that sounds like Eating Raoul at heart sounds fun. Especially with comedian Jackie Vernon, who I remember as a child as the voice as Frosty the Snowman. What can go wrong?
The Plot: Donald is a simple man who works at a construction site and just wants a good meal. The issue Donald has is since his wife, May, got a Microwave she thinks she is Julia Childs. Now Donald wouldn't mind her cooking if it was actually good, but unfortunately for Donald gis wife's cooking should land her on Worst Chefs in America.
Now that would be ok, but May is constantly nagging him and questining his manhood. One day Donald flips out in a rage, blackout, and wakes up not remembering much. The only thing Donald knows is thathe has developed a taste for human meat and somehow he killed his wife.
Donald, a free man, decides to cook May in various ways becoming a well respected cook to his friends. Now that May is gone, Donald has became a ladies man again, but there is just one catch what makes him hard is the thought of killing the ladies after he makes love to them.
Review: The tone, mood, and setting for this film is set up within the opening credits of the film. A hot lady is walking through the streets and stops turns and gets her breasts stuck in a whole that is exposed to a construction site. Two of Donald's coworkers notice and drop everything they are doing to run and take advantage of her all while disco porn music is playing in the background. The actions don't really matter it is just thrown in there as stupid humor to keep the film moving.
Honestly that is what this film feels like a bunch of stupid humor thrown together that makes you want to hurt yourself to make the insanity stop. Jokes on crabs, sex, and food that just seem forced to deliver humor.
Then you come to Jackie Vernon he just seems out of place for this role. This is Jackie's first leading role in film and his last. I'm not sure if this was because Jackie's lackluster performance or he accepted a role that seemed written for Rodney Dangerfield who may of read the script and said no. Caddyshack 2 was written for Dangerfield and he said no. I was hoping for a Eating Raoul like film, instead I got a piece of Elephant dung.
Closing Thoughts: This film wants to be so much more, but there is only so much forced stupid humor I can take. I can't take this much stupid humor no matter how good the premise sounds. There is an audience for this film, but I'm just not that audience and can't recommend this film. That says something because I am a very forgiving person. Even I can't forgive this trash of forced humor by filmmakers whohad bo business making a film. Luckily for us we all can remember Jackie Vernon for Frosty the Snowman.
I am giving this film a 1/10 I see no redemption to this film at all making me glad I watched the film. Instead what the film made me do was pull out a film called Eating Raoul written/directed/starring Paul Bartel and featuring his wife Mary Woronov. As you can see picture below it's a film that takes itself seriously.
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