Thanks for the memories!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I used to live 50 miles north of Memphis so I know where their dealership is. Having gone through a six-month stint as a car salesmen (while between jobs) a long time ago I know a few things about the games the sales-people AND the customers play. Yes, salesmen lie through their teeth ("I have to talk to the sales manager"; "we're not making a thing on this deal"; "we're giving you {fill in the blanks} for your car which is more than it's worth", etc.).But customers also lie (I'll be back),and I've seen many who will come in just to jack a salesmen around. Real time-killers.But on to the movie. The "Slasher" is the typical used car salesman with the hyped up attitude and proclaiming to cut prices to the bone. It was still interesting and worth everyone's time to watch.I thought the gals hired to bring in the customers was a typical tactic and it probably worked, esp. with the blond.

I first saw Slasher on ifc one of the few times they showed itbefore releasing the DVD which i bought. This movie takes you behind the scenes of a "slasher" sale which car lots hold to either move there stale inventory are to save themselves from beaning shut down. We are introduced to Michael bennett aka the "slasher" and his partners Dj Kevin and Mud as they head to Memphis the home of Elvis and bankruptcy capital of the world to help a sinking car dealership during very hard times. But the main point is missed by a lot of people as to what this movie really shows as to what extreme lengths people like this are willing to go to make sure there kids have food on the table and a place to live. I have heard a lot of people say they don't like Bennett because he seems to only care about the almighty doller and don't care about the costumers well they forget if he don't make his quote he won't get his bonus which means he won't be able to spend anytime at home because he will have to rush to another job to make up the pay he lost i think the only thing wrong with the way ifc published this was they labeled it as funny which in my mind is far from the truth . It's a gut wrenching look at a man who wants to be with his family badly and it is cause of money why he is forced to spend time away i give this a ten one of the best documentary's i have seen in a long time and i hear they might be in talks to do a part two can't wait

Excellent documentary dealing with a almost likable used car pitchman, his sidekick Mud, a glum disk jockey, and a host of car salesmen. I refuse to buy a car from a lot just because of the phony "smiling faces" which were represented here in abundance. These salesmen all were adept at saying one thing while plotting how to run a game on the buyer. A game in which the dice were loaded heavily in favor of the dealership, of course. The Slasher claimed he never lies to a buyer, yet in reality the entire shell game he is running is based on a layer cake of sweet sounding half truths, deceptive number crunching, and a sham facade of glib friendliness hiding a hideous mask of evil greed. It was sad to see easily swayed folks wanting to believe they were getting a good car for $88, but what may have been even more grievous was the toll on the Slasher himself; not to mention his cronies. One simply cannot build a fruitful life leading into a pleasant future while deceiving not only his customers but himself with shady business practices. I feel that goes doubly for the "dollar is God" money men who hired this hyperactive, miserably unhappy 'whore' to do the dirty work they were unable to do themselves.

this movie starts strong with a promising sleaze-ball used car salesman as the title character who has traveled to Memphis, TN to try and sell 30-50 cars in one weekend at a car dealership located in a very poor area.In order to do this, the guy becomes the "slasher" who brings a dj and muchpomp and circumstance to an ordinary dealership, prepared to lower prices that have been overly inflated. he attracts attention to the memorial day sale with an advertised but hidden $88 car/junker.Anyway, the character is fairly deep-- an alcoholic who loves his wife and kids whom he rarely sees. And he knows his job is bulls**t. All of this is prettyinteresting, but the piece just doesn't carry for a full 90 min. I admit to being drawn in for a good 30 min, but by that time, most of the range of this guy's personal life and mildly interesting dealings in the used car business seemed to be thoroughly exhausted.In particular, the events at the dealership (where we are stuck 70-80% of the time, really never reached any interesting developments. There were a fewinteresting characters, but nothing really worth showing off. I feel like I've seen equitable characters or better the few times I've been at car lot. Nothing too spectacular here. I know, it's supposed to be John Landis, with all the hooplah that goes along with his name, but I really feel Landis didn't spend enough time documenting here. This piece was primarily, if not entirely,contained within the one car sale and the days leading up to it. To me, the smart thing to do would be to follow this guy to half a dozen of these events and pull the best material together into a composite piece, because this singular event was not funny, moving enough or revealing enough to hold together on it's own.Good topic, nice start, but go back on the road with the Slasher and get some more 'A' material to splice in, please, because I was squirming in my seatwaiting to leave this dragging film.