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Slaughterhouse (1987)

Slaughterhouse poster
Directed by
Rick Roessler
Genre
comedy horror, slasher film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 89 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farmer is about to lose his property. His simple-minded son starts killing people and the farmer uses him to get revenge. Meanwhile the sheriff's daughter tries to make a video in the slaughterhouse and has to fight for her life.

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What happens

Slaughterhouse is a 1987 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rick Roessler and starring Joe B. Barton. In the film, an eccentric farmer is about to lose ownership of his property. Learning that his simple-minded son has started killing random people, the farmer decides to use his son as a weapon against the people which he blames for his property loss. Meanwhile, the daughter of the local sheriff attempts to shoot a video in the farmer's slaughterhouse, and soon has to fight to survive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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