The Slaughterhouse Massacre (2005) (V)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Paul Gagné

Writer:

Paul Gagné (writer)

Release Date:

28 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Will Stacey and the gang escape the slaughterhouse and the legend of Marty Sickle?

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Slaughterhouse | Slasher | Texas | University | Slasher Flick

Cast

Stephani Wells	...	Mandy
Cory Nelson	...	Darwin
Paul Gagné	...	Marty Sickle (as Paul Cagney)
Shaila Vaidya	...	Stacey
Stacey Denson	...	Tina
Robert May	...	College Teacher
Gillian Shure	...	Cherry
Genevieve Lee Howell	...	Amber
Jeff Connell	...	College Student
Maurizio Rasti	...	Justin (as Maurizio Farhad)
Vaedynn Orland	...	Bobby Spender
Chris Morgan	...	College Student
Sue Lynn	...	College Student
Kelly S. Hurley	...	Naked Girl #1
Angelica Costello	...	Naked Girl #2 (as Venus)

Also Known As:

Sickle (Australia) (UK) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and nudity, violence, some language and drug use.

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:R

Company:

4 What Its Worth Inc.

Movie Connections:

References The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Another bottom feeder.

Low-budget films have always been a mixed bunch, ranging from the surprisingly good (Evil Dead) to the amazingly awful (too...many...to...count). This entry along with many of it's modern brethren seem to exist somewhere near the bottom or even outside of the low-budget mythos; truly micro-budget films of disastrously poor quality. Someone make the bad man stop.

Stupid drunken youths get the idea that it would be fun to sneak into an abandoned slaughter house for some pranks, even though it's something like 30 miles from the party. The get in, an vengeful creature shows up, they die, blah blah blah...

Already you should know that the story is not a strong suit, or any of the writing for that matter. The dialogue is stilted, characters clique, scenarios are dumb; the even introduce characters that either vanish quickly or have no real bearing on the plot.

Not that it matters, as the actors are so bad no amount of writing genius could have pulled it through. Save for the fact that they are generally an attractive collection of youths there is nothing worth mentioning about them.

Production values are no better. A lame re-usage of sets is among the first things one will notice, but other things will follow. Like the bad lighting or maybe the laughable gore effects. How about the sloppy editing or the cheesy physical action in the murders. On and on it goes...

So why a 2 rating after all the bashing I've done? Well, I am a mortal male and the fare serving of nudity early in the film along with a raunchy (for an R-rated film) sex scene provided just that amount of entertainment.

In short, don't watch it.

2/10