Lucky Stiff is a 1988 American black comedy film written by Pat Proft and directed by Anthony Perkins.

[1][2] Ron Douglas goes on his would-be honeymoon in the mountains to seek solace from his bride abandoning him on their wedding day.

There he meets Cynthia Mitchell, who invites him home for Christmas dinner with her family, cannibalistic descendants of the Donner Party.

Even with all the odd family dynamics Ron is determined to make a good impression.

After evading a gunfight with the Mitchells and the neighboring cannibal family that would also love to have him for dinner; Ron manages to successfully escape with Frances.