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Butcher Boys (2012)

Butcher Boys poster
Directed by
Justin Meeks, Duane Graves
Genre
horror film, slasher film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends encounters a family of cannibals in rural Texas. The story follows their struggle to survive the violent and depraved killers.

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What happens

Butcher Boys is a 2012 American horror cannibal film written and produced by Kim Henkel, who co-created 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper. The film was directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks. It was originally titled Boneboys. The film was picked up by Phase 4 Films shortly after its world premiere at the 2012 Fantasia International Film Festival, and later made its US premiere at the 2012 Austin Film Festival. Phase 4 Films released the movie in theaters on September 6, 2013, under the tagline "You Are What You Eat." In 2016, PopHorror named it one of the "Top 10 Cannibal Themed Horror Movies of the 21st Century." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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