Slaughter (2009)

A young woman looks to escape her abusive life by moving to a friend's farm near Atlanta. Unfortunately, she learns her place of supposed comfort offers more terrifying forms of abuse.

Director:

Stewart Hopewell

Writers:

Stewart Hopewell (screenplay), Timothy R. Long

Stars:

Lucy Holt, Amy Shiels, David Sterne

Cast

Cast overview:
Lucy Holt	...	Lola
Amy Shiels	...	Faith
David Sterne	...	Jorgen
Antonia Bernath	...	Cathy
Craig Robert Young	...	Kyle
Andrei Araditz	...	David
Ingrid Bisu	...	Girl in Coffin
Vance Daniels	...	Jimmy
Cristi Hogas	...	Artsy Bartender
Maxim Knight	...	Cort
C.J. Singer	...	Arvin
Denis Stefan	...	Bartender

Storyline

Faith is a young woman who is on the run from an abusive boyfriend, and who settles in Atlanta to make a new life for herself. While settling down, Faith meets Lola, a free spirited young woman who lives on a nearby rural farm with her family - her distant father, older brother, and younger brother. Faith moves in with Lola, who resides in the nearby barn on the farm, to help out with farm work. Every night, the two young women go into the city to party, and Lola brings home a different man to be with. But when the men start disappearing, Faith begins to suspect that Lola's family is killing the strangers in the nearby slaughter house they keep on the farm, and her quest for the truth uncovers some very disturbing facts about Lola's childhood that she seeks to keep a secret at ANY cost.

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Plot Keywords:

farm | barn | slaughterhouse | abusive boyfriend | tied feet | 

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Taglines:

Find a good hiding place.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Daimoniki sarka

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

After Dark Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was originally titled "Faithless".

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Goofs

Lola is shown shooting a double-barrel shotgun, but the sound effects from the gun's mechanism sound like a pump shotgun.

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Quotes

Lola: [outgoing message] Yaaay voicemail!

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Connections

Edited from The Making of Slaughter (2009)

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Soundtracks

Shotgun
Written by Ross Golan and Tommy Walter
Published by 2.8 Songs (ASCAP) & Boba Fettish Music (BMI)
Administred by Lions Gate Music Publishing LLC
Courtesy of Ross Golan and Tommy Walter
By Arrangement with Lions Gate Music Publishing LLC
(P) 2008 Ross Golan and Tommy Walter

User Reviews

Very effective thriller

This reminded me a lot of Haute Tension, the French thriller.

Miss Shiels is breathtakingly lovely and very understated in her role, which heightened the movie's believability for me. The villain was also superb, and there were a number of surprise twists that kept me on the edge of my seat. Slick writing, beautiful cinematography, great soundtrack.

Miss Holt is also fantastic, and Maxim Knight is wonderful, adding just the right touch of deep pathos to the movie.

I am astounded this movie didn't get better ratings from the viewers; I'd recommend it without hesitation to horror aficionados.

Hope to see much more of Miss Shiels; she's dizzingly gorgeous.