Slaughterhouse (film)
| Slaughterhouse | |
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| Directed by | Rick Roessler |
| Produced by |
Ron Matonak (Producer) Jerry Encoe (Executive Producer) |
| Written by | Rick Roessler |
| Starring | Joe B. Barton |
| Cinematography | Richard Benda |
| Distributed by | American Artists |
Release dates | January 1987 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Slaughterhouse (also known as Pig Farm Massacre, Maniac and Bacon Bits) is a 1987 horror comedy film.
Plot
An old farmer (a raving nutcase) and his beloved son (a 360 pound pig-man named Buddy who grunts and squeals and loves to chop, dice and skewer human beings) lament the fate of the old skilled hog farmer, now giving way to modern factory-type slaughterhouses. Going On A Rampage When businessmen make an offer for the scuzzy rundown place. the father and son refuse And Go On A Rampage.
Cast
- Joe B. Barton as Buddy Bacon
- Don Barrett as Lester Bacon
- William Houck as Sheriff Borden
- Sherry Leigh (credited as Sherry Bendorf) as Liz Borden
- Jeff Wright as Deputy Dave
- Bill Brinsfield as Tom Sanford
- Lee Robinson as Harold Murdock. (In real life, Lee Robinson committed suicide in 2004 in California).
Release
The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by the Manson International Pictures 1987 and was subsequently released on VHS by Charter Entertainment.[1]
The film was released in a special edition DVD in 1999 by Program Power Entertainment.[2] This release is currently out of print.
The film was released on Blu-ray on February 23 2015 as Number 05 of 88 Films' "Slasher Classics Collection" series.
"SLAUGHTERHOUSE", the 30th Anniversary Edition" (the bluray) was released December 2015 and is available on Amazon Prime. This is a cleaned and updated HD version by the director and producer. Special features include: "Making a Low Budget Indie" with director Rick Roessler, The Art of Producing a Low Budget Feature" with producer Jerry Encoe, theater trailers, TV spots, radio station interview with Buddy the killer, raw footage of a murder in the slaughterhouse, the crew at work shooting a sequence, the director's script that was used on the set with all annotations (ROM), pre-production sketches of characters and ad materials (ROM), and lots more.
The cleaned and director approved version can be seen on Amazon Prime and Shudder.com (without the extra features available on the bluray disk).
Sequel
In 1988, the Director Rick Roessler created Slaughterhouse II, an unproduced sequel that never got past the script and was never released.
Critical reception
The film received an unfavorable review from The Washington Post.[3] The new HD transfer received this comment on DVD Exotica.com. "Slaughterhouse may not be the classiest top shelf horror movie around, but it is fun , moves at a good pace and delivers the goods for horror lovers. And this is a top shelf upgrade for fans of the film. Wholeheartedly recommended." John W. McKelvey
References
- ↑ "Company Credits for Slaughterhouse". imdb.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ↑ "Slaughterhouse (DVD)". dvdempire.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ↑ Richard Harrington (12 September 1987). "'Slaughterhouse' (R)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
External links
http://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Joe-Barton/dp/B016BCM7EW/ref=sr_1_2/ref=sr_1_2?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=slaughterhouse%20the%20movie&qid=1453577934&sr=8-2 (link to the 30th Anniversary Edition
- ↑ Slaughterhouse (Blu-ray)