A college professor (who specializes in the occult) and his family are attacked at home by four of his students. His wife and children die during the attack, but the professor stubbornly clings to life. While drifting in and out of consciousness in the hospital, he summons an ancient vengeance demon called "Morak The Avenger" to get revenge on the men who murdered his family. That sounds like an interesting idea, but unfortunately the story is told with excitement of "The Chevy Chase Show", the acting skills of an infomercial and nearly zero violence
Also, there wasn't any meat cleavers...ever! That doesn't even make sense! With a title like MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE (or HOLLYWOOD MEAT CLEAVER MASSACRE as it says on my copy) you would, understandably, expect some meat cleaver action, but you would be disappointed. And disappointed I was. Not just in the lack of meat cleaver murders, but the fact the film was really slow and had zero payoff. The most interesting thing about MM is the completely out of place Christopher Lee scenes. Lee bookends the film with two short clips (one at the beginning and one at the end) where all he does is sit in a 70's-looking office and spout off weird stuff about the supernatural. It is entertaining, but it has nothing to do with the film.
Slow pace, one topless scene, a quick glimpse of Sunset Blvd ("The Rocky Horror Show" was playing at The Roxy Theatre), boring dream scenes, terrible lighting, forgettable ending.
As it often is with these low-budget and relatively obscure films, I'm way more interested in the story behind the camera than the boring one onscreen. With MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE there's rumors that Ed Wood himself had something to do with the making of it! I don't have an opinion on this, but it is humorous to think about. It still doesn't make it worth watching.
