The Undertaker & His Pals Directed by T.V. Mikels.
Starring James Westmoreland (1966).
Maybe
it was a case of right time, right amount of wasted, but I highly enjoyed this
notorious dud. I went in with low expectations because everyone I know shat on
it! T.V. Mikels is a director I have yet to see a film I liked (accept Girl In
Gold Boots, but only the MST3K
version). This one is my other favorites, in this film he’s sort of channeling
H.G. Lewis (I realize I mention him a lot in this blog, but he rules)! I liked
all the bad taste con-man undertaker shenanigans, goofy cannibal jokes (What’s
on the menu)? People with food last names (Lamb, Poultry,Hamburger) are chopped
up in this run down restaurant and put on the menu. A ballistic motorcycle gang is terrorizing the town and butchering girls, while the undertaker is in on it. There’s a great R&B
garage track that closes the film that would fit right in on The dave the spazzradio show. Everyone comes out and takes a bow at the end just like in The Bad Seed. James Westmoreland went on to one of my all time favorite sicko exploitation slasher films "Don't Answer The Phone".
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