Tenement (1985)

Directed by

Michael Findlay

Genre

splatter film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NC-17

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A street gang tries to take over a South Bronx apartment building. The tenants fight back against the drug-pushing gang's brutal attacks.

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What happens

Tenement (also known as Game of Survival and Slaughter in the South Bronx) is a 1985 American exploitation urban horror film directed by Roberta Findlay. The film follows the violent chaos that ensues when the tenants of an apartment house in a South Bronx slum rise up against the brutal, drug-pushing street gang that attempts to take over their apartment and terrorize them. The film was given an X rating by the Motion Picture Association of America, and is one of a small number of films to receive such a rating solely for violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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