Eating Raoul (1982)

 

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Hilarious exercise in bad taste has an Underground Comics feel to it; it's obvious the makers had some fun creating this movie.

Halliwell*: "Black comedy with insufficient humour to offset tastelessness." 

Maltin***1/2: "Delicious black comedy...Sags a littler here and there, but overall a bright, original, hilarious satire; Paragon has a super bit as a sex shop owner." 

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

 

A young woman arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, plagued by strange deadly accidents.

From memory: Wildly uneven hit-or-miss spoof of the low budget film industry finds most of its humor by having been produced in the same way the films it makes fun of were made.

Halliwell (no star): "Bizarre action film spoof, with dialogue and a slim narrative added to action sequences taken from previous Roger Corman movies; it will mainly interest fans of Corman or of the other talents involved."

Maltin**1/2: "Shameless low-budgeter...Engaging nonsense and some funny gags (especially for film buffs and Corman devotees) - though not enough to completely hide the fact that this is a schlock movie." 

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Halliwell*: "Cheaply made macabre satire,quite well enough made to please addicts of the blackest of black comedy"

Blatantly exploitative satire with over-the-top black humour; quite entertaining for fans of the genre.

Maltin**1/2: "Outrageous tongue-in-cheek action film...Fast-paced fun, marred by unnecessary gore."

Michael eldon/Psychotronic: "This cartoonish fantasy-comedy remains a popular favorite while its serious and expensive model, Rollerball, is forgotten."