"I see a ghost, I cut the motherfucker."Rudy Ray Moore's GHOSTBUSTERS.
Directed by Cliff Roquemore
Petey Wheatstraw
A gritty, funny fantasy.
Fantasy
Action
Comedy
Horror
1977
1h 39m
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
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in this one rudy ray moore gets massacred by machine gun fire at a funeral as part of a turf war between rival comedy clubs and then gets brought back to life and given a magic pimp cane from satan if he agrees to marry satan's ugly daughter and give him a grandchild. at one point satan throws him a bachelor party with a bunch of sexy demons.full discussion on episode 167 of my podcast SLEAZOIDS.
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What is Petey Wheatstraw about?+
A successful standup comedian is murdered by jealous rivals and resurrected by Satan in exchange for a promise to marry the Devil's daughter.
Who directed Petey Wheatstraw?+
Cliff Roquemore directed Petey Wheatstraw in 1977, following his work on the blaxploitation classic Human Tornado.
Where can I watch Petey Wheatstraw?+
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