F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre is wrong to suggest that the name Butcher's Film Service was a play on the Cockney rhyming slang phrase "butcher's hook." Butcher's Films was one of the earliest and longest-surviving British film production companies and distributors, founded by William Butcher and later taken over by his sons William and Fred. Beginning as a chemist in 1860, William Senior progressed to the manufacture of photographic goods, then lantern slides. He died 1904. His sons began film distribution around 1909. The last Butcher's release was Fantasm in 1978. Many Butcher's films are now on DVD on the Renown label. I'm writing about the fascinating history of Butcher's Films in the summer issue of "The Veteran". Postscript 2018: By the time I wrote the above review F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre had been dead for nearly a year. It's probable that his claims to have seen many lost films were untrue. Much of what he says in his IMDb reviews should be taken with a pinch of salt. He was, however, a prolific and talented sci fi writer.