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Whistle Stopper - Please Don't Eat My Mother
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List Price: $9.99
Our Price: $5.72
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Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Starring: Adam Blair, Rene Bond, Alice Fredlund, Art Hedberg, Buck Kartalian
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381974720
Format: Color
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Running Time: 97
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-03
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Summary: Classic B movie
Comment: If you like any type of cheesy B movies, whether they are cult classics, exploitation films, or grindhouse you should check this movie out. Sure it's stupid, sure it's corny, sure I could probably make a better movie with a black and white camera but it's still great. Mamma's boy Henry Fudd buys a plant from some weird dude and brings it home. Soon just normal food isn't good enough, this female plant (yeah, don't ask) wants to try people. And after she gets her first taste their is no looking back.
Honestly, do you buy movies like this for the story? Usually not, you buy it for the laughs, nudity, and just plain weirdness in which this movie has it in spades. Just dial down your expectations, don't think too much, and enjoy the ride.
Buyer beware, the DVD case is extremely cheap and doesn't even hold the disc in place. So you'll likely get it flopping around inside the case when it arrives. Luckily mine was not damaged and played fine but just be aware of this before placing your order. Also check out other "Something Weird Video" titles (the movie studio), the have a ton of good exploitation/grindhouse movies that really bring you back
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Summary: Little Shop of Horrors sex comedy
Comment: Okay, I can see how most people would not like this picture,but I'm not most people. The lead actor in this has a real creep persona to him since he's probally a creepy pervert in real life.He's also pretty goofy looking too with his silly facial expressions. As long as you watch this with some green and beer it's a 4 out of 5 star movie,without, 2 1/2 stars is pushing it. I bought this for 4.99 and that goes for about 2 dollars for every half hour of giggles.
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Summary: The movie is OK...the extras get 5 stars!!!
Comment: This a terrible movie but a terrific DVD! The movie is so bad you may want to skip it and move on to the extras. The trailer for "Street of a Thousand Pleasures" is worth the price of this DVD. Add to that the short flick, "The Voyeur" and you have a double feature (excluding the main attraction)...or should I call that the main distraction? "Please Don't Eat My Mother" is a low budget spin-off of the popular film and stage production "Little Shop of Horrors". But don't let that fool you. The only resemblance between the two is a flesh-eating plant. This one has plenty of real flesh...shapely girls from the early 70's, but "Something Weird Video" has many others far more creative, rewarding...and sexy. There's even another extra featuring porn star Rene Bond. It is shot in black and white and is called "Bound". It appears to be one of (if not) her first films. If you like the "Something Weird" legacy, add this to your collection. Its historical value of softcore beauty is best appreciated by the fact that all of the women are natural...no plastic endowments.
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Summary: "You're A Homo Sapien And I'm A Fibro-Vascular Bundle."
Comment: I normally like Something Weird DVDs, but I will make an exception for "Please Don't Eat My Mother" (also known as "Glump", "The Hungry Pets", "Glump and the Hungry Pets", and "Gulp") which is more amusing in concept as a spoof of "Little Shop of Horrors" than in actual execution. Buck Kartalian plays a voyeuristic horticulturist who still lives with his extremely annoying Mother. Although I had heard of this film for years, and understood that it was a risque comedy spoof of "Little Shop of Horrors", I personally feels it crosses the line into "adult entertainment", which I really didn't like. In the bonus commentary track, Producer Harry Novak says that the film was released as a general adults-only release. Whatever. This is a semantic case of "a rose by any other name" if ever there was one. Let's put it this way: this film is definitely not for minors. In fact, the primary lesson this film teaches us is that voyeurism and carnivorous plants don't mix. Now you know.
I would be able to overlook some of the faults, but the problem here is that the film is tedious, long (97 minutes), and the script, Director, and cast all conspire to doom it to failure. Those of you who were interested in the pretty women, save your money: there is exactly one attractive woman in the film, and she is always hidden behind a tree. I gave the film two stars for the hair styles and the clothes, which made me laugh when nothing else in the film could.
Unlike most Something Weird DVDs, this one doesn't have a second feature, so I expected some great extras. I actually feel profoundly ripped off: all you get is a commentary track with Producer Harry Novak, a tour of Novak's film repository (Warning: This short is for diehard fans of Novak only!) which is clearly filler, and two short films which cross into the category of creepily sleazy. I was particularly unamused with the short titled "The Voyeur" starring Kartalian once again in an even less appealing role than as Henry Fudd in "Please Don't Eat My Mother".
Although I gave the film two stars (mostly for the hair), I don't recommend this movie.
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Summary: Good stuff, but loses points for deception
Comment: The rest of the reviews here already state most of the details (story, extras, etc.), so I won't rehash it yet again. I wanted to see this flick since I was about 12 or 13, so I am pleased to not only get the opportunity to see it, but to own it (and the extras, which really matter to me). But that is where it loses points, too. Apparently, the pressbook art that is displayed from the Extras menu is supposed to be accompanied by "Radio Rarities", or radio spots from the theatrical release. Instead, we hear the audio tracks for the trailers of PDEMM and The Hungry Pets (same film, alternate release title). Considering the meticulous detail on restoring these films, shorts, trailers, etc., I find it impossible to believe anyone involved believed these to be radio spots, so identifying them as such is simply a lie. Somewhere, real radio spots exist, though.Also, I'm not crazy about Keep Cases, since they damage too easily, but that's just a quibble. Considering the fact that this Novac restoration did not include a second feature, as most of the Boxoffice International/SWV restorations have, I expected better extras. They could have included more trailers, for example. The SWV Raids Harry Novac's Film Vaults is an interesting piece of filler that will only appeal to hardcore fans. Thumbs up for using the original poster art on the cover, rather than the lame tripe used on most DVD covers that try to employ modern style art with photos of cast members. Aside from those notations, I'm still happy with the purchase. A great period piece that belongs in every library of collectors of Novac, Meyer, and their ilk.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Pretty young ladies make the perfect plant food. Henry Fudd, an overage mama's boy and part time peeping tom, is the proud owner of two very peculiar plants he keeps locked in his bedroom. Named Adam and Eve and looking like overgrown Venus Flytraps with giant mouths filled with razor sharp teeth, the plants not only talk, but eat humans--especially the sexy centerfold kind. Definitely not for the kiddies, "Please Don't Eat My Mother!" also features legendary sex kitten Rene Bond as one of the plant's more delectable meals.
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