As you can tell from the title and the promotional poster, The Silence of the Hams is a big spoof on The Silence of the Lambs. The lead character is special agent Jo Dee Fostar (played by Billy Zane), who starts his day with an intense workout. He's called upon to crack a murder case and seeks advice from serial killer Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza (played by Dom DeLuise). There's also quite a bit of spoofing on Psycho: an icy blonde (played by Charlene Tilton) embezzles money from her employer and stops off at a creepy motel, then gets attacked in the shower.
Parts of the movie are very funny, but other parts go a little too far. Let's face it, many spoofs miss the mark and only make the screenwriter laugh. This movie focuses quite a bit on over-the-top sexual humor, so if you like your movies to be a little on the cleaner side, you'll probably find this in poor taste. Some of the jokes will please everyone, like the infamous stabbing scene. Instead of getting hacked to bits, Charlene continually dodges the knife and eventually giggles when it tickles the bottom of her foot. Some jokes, like an explicit gas pumping scene, might make audience members uncomfortable. For me, the cutest part was Martin Balsam, who played Detective Martin Balsam. He recreated the role he had in Psycho, and seeing him in similar scenes (like taking a look at the registration book) was very amusing. In fact, during the famous scene as he ascends the stairs, he looked at the camera and lamented, "Not again."
With familiar faces like John Astin, Shelley Winters, Stuart Pankin, Henry Silva, and Phyllis Diller, this Ezio Greggio comedy entertained me for the evening. I watched it with my parents, so some moments were a little awkward, but I did laugh more times than I could count. And I really liked seeing Martin Balsam have fun with one of his most famous roles in his career.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to sexual humor, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.
Parts of the movie are very funny, but other parts go a little too far. Let's face it, many spoofs miss the mark and only make the screenwriter laugh. This movie focuses quite a bit on over-the-top sexual humor, so if you like your movies to be a little on the cleaner side, you'll probably find this in poor taste. Some of the jokes will please everyone, like the infamous stabbing scene. Instead of getting hacked to bits, Charlene continually dodges the knife and eventually giggles when it tickles the bottom of her foot. Some jokes, like an explicit gas pumping scene, might make audience members uncomfortable. For me, the cutest part was Martin Balsam, who played Detective Martin Balsam. He recreated the role he had in Psycho, and seeing him in similar scenes (like taking a look at the registration book) was very amusing. In fact, during the famous scene as he ascends the stairs, he looked at the camera and lamented, "Not again."
With familiar faces like John Astin, Shelley Winters, Stuart Pankin, Henry Silva, and Phyllis Diller, this Ezio Greggio comedy entertained me for the evening. I watched it with my parents, so some moments were a little awkward, but I did laugh more times than I could count. And I really liked seeing Martin Balsam have fun with one of his most famous roles in his career.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to sexual humor, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.