For fun-loving movies about butchers, this one is not bad. That Otto? Sure, he may have been committed to an insane asylum by his wife for 3 years for smackin an old lady with a few pounds of liver, but in hindsight, was that really such a crime?
Otto, not your average Vienna butcher, but the Best butcher of Vienna. Unfortunately, he got locked up in the local looney bin for a bit for that whole liver thing, compliments of, quite honestly, his bitch wife. Once released, he gets right back to work. Legitimately, it is what he loves to do. But his passions get the better of him, all involving meat in some way. All he wants to do is cut some nice slabs, make some good sausages, and maybe enjoy the view out his window of a niceley-shaped dame. Unfortunately for him, things get a bit...complicated.
This is kind of a crazy film, a horror-comedy that’s more dark comedy than horror. Main character Otto is well-played by Victor Buono with a certain...zest. It’s just all those chumps and looky-lous that get in his way! Fortunately for everyone else? Cheap sausages! It’s a bit of a win-win. Except, well, for all the victims and such. Maybe a whooore, too. This is altogether pretty goofy despite the pretty horrific actions playing out. But damn. Those cops? They really like some good sausages. Surprisingly, while not a Scorcese film, some decent characters and fantastic demonstrations in meat-cutting. And, plus, some rather spicy silhouettes. Until the curtains are finally pulled. Sad.
