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Microwave Massacre (1983)

Microwave Massacre poster
Directed by
Wayne Berwick
Genre
comedy horror
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 95 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man accidentally kills his wife during a fight. He discovers he likes eating people and starts killing others to feed his new habit. His bad heart eventually catches up with him.

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What happens

Microwave Massacre is a 1979 American black comedy horror film directed by Wayne Berwick and starring Jackie Vernon. In the film, a drunk middle-aged man kills his wife during an argument. After eating part of his wife's hand, he acquires a taste for human flesh. He seeks further victims to cannibalize. The killer ignores problems with his pacemaker until they prove fatal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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