Motel Hello

The Motel Hello is a fictional business featured in the 1980 slasher horror/comedy Motel Hell. It is the primary setting for the film and serves as both the place of business and home for the Smith family. The letter 'O' on the word "Hello" in the motel's neon sign was out, giving the illusion that the place was actually called Motel Hell.

Motel Hello was owned and operated by Vincent Smith and his younger sister, Ida. The motel was located adjacent to the Smith's farmland, which also included a slaughterhouse. Vincent and Ida were cannibals who used unsuspecting motel guests as the special ingredient cultivated in their "secret garden". Several youths were waylaid on the nearby road where they were killed, dismembered and cooked up in the Smiths' smoker. Two of them however, Bo and Terry, managed to survive, and with the aid of Vincent's naive brother, Sheriff Bruce Smith, were able to kill Vincent and Ida and escape. As they left, Terry remarked that the motel was evil and should be burned to the ground. After which, the neon sign illuminating the outside of the motel went completely dark.