Raw Meat

Description

For generations, they ve lingered beneath the streets of London. But now their last survivor has emerged, driven by a desperate hunger for human flesh! Donald Pleasence stars in this daring (TheVillage Voice) horror classic that dishes out heart-stopping jolts and hair-raising thrills! When a prominent politician and a beautiful young woman vanish inside a London subway station, Scotland Yard's Inspector Calhoun (Pleasence) investigates and makes a horrifying discovery. Not only dida group of 19th-century tunnel workers survive a cave-in, but they lived for years in a secret underground enclave by consuming the flesh of their own dead. Now the lone descendant of this grisly tribe has surfaced, prowling the streets of London for fresh victims and a new mate.

Customer Reviews:

Tastes Like Chicken..........2007-08-14

Beneath the streets of London, in a long-forgotten section of the underground subway system, a creature lurks. He is the sole remaining offspring of a male and female construction crew who were buried by a cave-in at the end of the nineteenth century! Now, he continues the family tradition of grabbing unwary tube passengers, and dragging them back to his subterranean slaughterhouse. Sadly for him, he nabs a public official for a late night snack, causing far too much interest in the victim's whereabouts. RAW MEAT is a good old fashioned cannibal movie w/ great actors like Donald Pleasance (Halloween 1 and 2, Phenomena), Clive Swift, and even Christopher Lee himself in a (very) tiny role! A solid story, great acting, and claustrophobic atmosphere (especially in the killer's lair) make RM a personal favorite. Also, our introduction to the flesh-eater's "home" rivals the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE's maniacal farmhouse of death! Loads of juicey cadavers and mummified relatives abound! Enjoy...

This movie is for all horror fans!!.......2007-03-26

I thought that this movie delivered its' thrills and chills it had intended. The acting was very good and believable and the story was a different one that most horror movies. Especially one that involved the London subways. This movie is a must have for all horror fans in thier collection.

A Horror Fan Must !.......2007-02-07

"RAW MEAT" is a slow paced but good little creepfest with chunks of unintentional silly humor scattered throughout wich mostly comes from it's outdated content,offbeat acting at times & clunky delivery of the score. With that said it does have plenty of that thick creepy 70's horror film atmosphere along with a couple of jumpy scares and some great "gross out" visuals. The execise of making the viewer grapple between fearing the mutant man or feeling bad for him was accomplished brilliantly in my eyes. I'm willing to bet that before shooting "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Tobe Hooper definitely took some visual tips from the morbid tunnel dwelling of our sad villian from this film. I do consider this to be a little known lost gem and I'm very happy to add it to my collection. This disturbing little midnight frightfest definitely deserves a special little place in the demented heart of every true horror fan.

Mind the Doors!!.......2006-09-02

One of the key ingredients to any great horror film is the setting, more often than not the setting takes on symbolic and metaphorical resonance and becomes more than just a space where the events of the film are played out. The first of American director Gary Sherman's aesthetic triumphs in "Death Line" or "Raw Meat" as it is known in the US, is the grungy, grimy and downright fowl disused London Tube Station setting. This space is not only important for the purposes of narrative exposition, but also for the message of the film, which is basically that when the money runs out the working classes will be left to rot and fend for themselves. This is reflected in modern times by the pattern of social bullying that informs the film. The MI5 look down on the police and subsequently the police look down on the students. The students for their own part present the unfortunate demise of any type of anarchic or rebellious counter-culture. The American is as thuggish and violent as the cannibalistic underground dweller whose only words are "Mind the doors". In fact the younger generation in this film offer little hope for the future. It often takes an outsider to highlight the hypocrisies and incompetence of a society and the director is particularly scathing of a class system that sees members of the MOD frequenting the red light districts and a tea obsessed police inspector who has thieving and drunken tendencies. The vision of the world in "Death Line" is particularly unpleasant and in fact the almost Neanderthal "Man" ends the film the character with the greatest humanity. "Death Line" is a film that has been unfairly neglected over the years, mainly by a British film culture that rejects works of so called exploitation. This is a great shame because "Death Line" in it's rich layering exposes almost all of societies many faults.

A forgotten gem.......2005-10-25

I have no particular interest in 'genre' movies as a rule - and horror movies least of all. But this is different.

'Death Line/Raw Meat' is a powerful and sometimes moving film whose humane vision is heightened by its treatment of the 'monster' as a pitiful creature of circumstance. In the wake of The Wickerman's new-found popularity I'd like to put a word in for this similarly memorable British film of the 1970s.

After a construction disaster in 1892 forced successive generations of 'monsters' to live the degraded existence of underground cannibals, the film follows the last surviving male cannibal who survives by abducting passengers from Russell Tube tube station and, er, eating them.

But as the Time Out Film Guide's Nigel Floyd suggests, 'the film's great achievement is in eliciting sympathy for a creature whose residual capacity for human feeling [tending to his dying wife] is ultimately more moving than horrifying.'

The sequences that slowly but surely take us through the pathetic underworld inhabited by the 'monster' never fail to unnerve me. I've never seen anything like it before or since.

The Tom Green Show: Early Exposure - Raw Meat and Rare Treats

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VERY VERY FUNNY
Classic Tom Green

The Tom Green Show: Early Exposure - Raw Meat and Rare Treats
Starring: Tom Green (III) , Glenn Humplik , Derek Harvie , Phil Giroux , and Dennis Woodruff
Manufacturer: Eclectic DVD Dist.
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ASIN: B000065RTH
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Description

Spanked onto this program is the outrageous best of Tom Green's early years! Armed with a camera and a complete lack of inhibition, Green developed his own brand of "Street Theatre of the Absurd." Along with Glenn Humplik, whom he met while spinning his web of wackiness on a college radio station, Green's no-budget show built a cult following that went national on Canada's Comedy Network in 1997 and then went North American on MTV in 1999.

Customer Reviews:

VERY VERY FUNNY.......2004-03-05

This is a very good dvd if you like funny shows such as TOM GREEN. It is funny from beginning to end. Its only ten bucks so go buy it.

Classic Tom Green.......2003-06-14

This DVD has the best of his skits from his earliest days trying to make it big (1992-1994). Some of the best skits are Follow The Porn, Search for CHUD, Celery Generals, The canoe trip, Bread head, Creamy hands, and so many more of them. Funny music videos towards the end too. The editing between skits is a little weird, but they are all master tapes. If you were a fan of Tom's run on MTV, you'll love this DVD to add to your collection. Highly recomended for any Tom fan. I also recomend The Tom Green Show: Endangered Feces. It has more skits, and its even funnier.

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