Lucky Stiff is a nonsensically cheesy dark 80's comedy, with a beautiful young woman acting as the honeytrap for a family of incestual cannibals.
And she attempts to groom an unlucky-in-love loser to be the guest of honour at their Christmas dinner feast.
Desperate- and thinking he has hit the jackpot- he goes along with the ruse...until he meets her family...which s when things start getting especially weird.
Little does he suspect that he's the one on the menu.
While the family prepares for the upcoming festivities...he takes the oppourtunity to enjoy the company of the only other non-family member that they've allowed in their inner circle- the wife of the young woman's brother.
Together, they unwittingly start to clue in on the family's dark secret...and plan to escape...if it's not already too late.
If you can manage to tolerate the nonsensically cheesy 80's humour (like you'd find in the worst of today's popular comedies)...then you will probably enjoy this.
The main antagoness (Donna Dixon) is an actual Goddess...which leads to some confusion...
Because, the other woman (Barbara Howard...also a total babe) is on the poster- in a sexually provocative way- when her role is not in any way shape or form like that...whereas Donna Dixon's character, Cynthia, would be more fitting of being positioned in such imagery, you'd think.
Just a weird observation.
Anyways, that sort of comedy isn't really my type of comedy...but it's decent for what it is.
And that shootout at the end is a hick of a good time!
4.5 out of 10.
And she attempts to groom an unlucky-in-love loser to be the guest of honour at their Christmas dinner feast.
Desperate- and thinking he has hit the jackpot- he goes along with the ruse...until he meets her family...which s when things start getting especially weird.
Little does he suspect that he's the one on the menu.
While the family prepares for the upcoming festivities...he takes the oppourtunity to enjoy the company of the only other non-family member that they've allowed in their inner circle- the wife of the young woman's brother.
Together, they unwittingly start to clue in on the family's dark secret...and plan to escape...if it's not already too late.
If you can manage to tolerate the nonsensically cheesy 80's humour (like you'd find in the worst of today's popular comedies)...then you will probably enjoy this.
The main antagoness (Donna Dixon) is an actual Goddess...which leads to some confusion...
Because, the other woman (Barbara Howard...also a total babe) is on the poster- in a sexually provocative way- when her role is not in any way shape or form like that...whereas Donna Dixon's character, Cynthia, would be more fitting of being positioned in such imagery, you'd think.
Just a weird observation.
Anyways, that sort of comedy isn't really my type of comedy...but it's decent for what it is.
And that shootout at the end is a hick of a good time!
4.5 out of 10.