Eating Raoul is a black comedy about the aftershocks of the sexual revolution in America. The Blands — Paul, a wine salesman and Mary, a hospital dietician — live in California and dream of opening a country restaurant. The only trouble is — they are broke. When a swinger from down the hall bumbles into their apartment and then attempts to rape Mary, Paul clobbers him on the head with a frying pan. Before disposing of the body in the trash compactor, they find $600 in his pockets. The Blands decide to lure other sexual perverts to their place for kinky pleasures, knock them off and take their money. Not only will they be able to finance their dream, they will be performing a community service by ridding the area of its sleazy degenerates.
This madcap film directed by Paul Bartel is a naughty satire on the WASP exaltation of consumerism and a value system that evidences more aversion to sex than to murder. Mary Moronov is just right as the lean and repressed Mrs. Bland who almost loses sight of their dream when she falls for Raoul (Robert Beltran), an aggressive Chicano thief who horns in on their operation and finds Mary's G-spot. Paul Bartel, bald and persnickety, is funny as the bold Mr. Bland. Also featured in the film are Susan Saiger as a housewife who moonlights as Doris the Dominatrix and Buck Henry as a lecherous bank officer.