Frying Pan Murder - Out-of-print DVD - Pioneer LDC

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A couple dreaming of opening a restaurant struggles to raise funds, but things don't go well. After they accidentally kill a man who drunkenly broke into their home with a frying pan, they begin luring and killing people one after another to steal their money. A thug who learns about the couple's dangerous business joins them to dispose of the bodies, but he develops a crush on the wife, leading to a conflict with the husband...

This comedy is directed by P. Bartel, famous for "Death Race 2000," and the sheer airheadedness of the film is astounding. However, it's not a calculated airheadedness; rather, it seems like a natural ditziness, and the most ordinary scenes are strangely funny. The fact that men are lured by M. Woronoff, who has a tough face and isn't exactly a beauty, and the happy ending that arrives while you're still dumbfounded, can't be explained logically, but logic is powerless in the face of natural ditziness.

Director/Screenplay: Paul Bartel
Screenplay: Richard Blackburn
Cinematography: Gary Schiltz
Music: Aaron Ober
Cast: Paul Bartel / Mary Woronov / Robert Beltran / Ed Begley Jr. / Buck Henry