Arch Hall Sr. & Joseph Cranston wrote this ultra schlocky cheese fest, brought to life by B cinema specialist Ted V. Mikels ("The Doll Squad", "The Astro-Zombies"). It stars Sean Kenney ('Star Trek', "Terminal Island") and Monika Kelly as Howard Glass and Angie Robinson, a doctor & nurse / boyfriend & girlfriend who investigate the case of pet cats attacking their owners. It turns out that the cats all had something in common: they were eating food made by a company named Lotus that regularly grinds human beings into meat for the cat food.

Mikels gamely attempts to play in the same kind of sandbox popularized by his fellow schlock auteur Herschell Gordon Lewis. Alas, "The Corpse Grinders" does have a solidly amusing premise but it never reaches the heights of idiocy and lunacy that one usually finds in an HGL feature. In fact, some people might even consider it dull.

Not that it doesn't have its moments, or tries to make things interesting with a few colorful characters. There's a one legged mute frizzy haired factory employee named Tessie (Drucilla Hoy) and a stringbean, mop haired janitor named Willie (Charles Fox). The cat attacks are unconvincing enough to be reasonably funny, but the movie really could have used more gore.

Kenney is a passable hero, and Kelly is supremely sexy as his leading lady. Sanford Mitchell is an entertaining villain, and J. Byron Foster is amusing as his milquetoast associate. Warren Ball and Ann Noble are a hoot as grave robber Caleb and his nutty gal pal Cleo (who prepares a bowl of soup for her doll). People may recognize character actor Vincent Barbi, whose other credits include "The Blob" '58 and "Black Belt Jones", as a thug.

Mikels was also the producer, film editor, sound editor, and music editor.

Six out of 10.

If you love low-budget movies from the '60s and '70s, especially ones with bizarre story-lines and characters, then The Corpse Grinders is a must-see. The concept of the movie is much cooler than the actual movie itself, but that's what makes it fun.

Cats begin attacking their owners, and a doctor and his nurse girlfriend (who both look and act like they are straight out of a vintage porno) suspect the Lotus Cat Food Company for being responsible for the grisly accounts. Meanwhile, the owners of the Company are making numerous trips to the cemetery to spice up their ingredients, and their income.

Not much suspense going on--but bad acting, almost-nude girls, and cool Halloween-ish graveyard mist keep you watching, even if you are getting anxious to get up and actually put your mind to doing something useful.

If you're going to watch movies like this, you have to expect a certain amount of stupidity. You can't question why a surgeon and his nurse/lover spend all their time acting like forensic scientists and cops. You can't question why a cat food factory would leave it's door unlocked all night or why it would have purple and green lights inside.You just have to roll with it. A cat food company that puts humans in its product is a decent idea. The story can get a bit slow at times and maybe you can easily predict what's going to happen but for a fifty year old low budget horror flick, it's not really that bad. I loved that they had a one legged, deaf mute ginger working there. That's was awesome. Not to mention the poster in the owners office that says "Cat Food For Cats Who Like People". That made me chuckle every time I saw it. If you like horror movies, you have to give this a chance.