Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Slaughterhouse (1987) ** (out of 4) Lester Bacon (Don Barrett) owned a slaughterhouse, which was pretty much put out of business after he refused to move forward with the times. Now a former worker is trying to take his property so Lester decides to send his obese and mentally retarded son Buddy (Joe B. Barton) out for revenge.Writer-director Rick Roessler only made one film in his career and this here was it. SLAUGHTERHOUSE is your average slasher film that was way too common during this era. For the most part fans of the genre will probably be mildly entertained by the film but there's no question that it really doesn't feature anything fresh or original. The entire slaughterhouse stuff appears to have been influenced by THE Texas CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and the rest is your typical Friday THE 13TH stuff.There's really not too much plot here as those who harmed the owner, a bunch of cops, some teenagers and other find themselves at the old slaughterhouse where Buddy does them all in. The murder scenes are certainly the highlight of the picture and while none of them come close to the work of someone like Tom Savini, they're at least good enough for this type of low-budget movie. There's quite a bit of gore splashed around, which of course will please horror fans.Performances are pretty much what you'd expect from a film like this. They're really no better or worse than your average slasher. For the most part Barton is good in his role as the killer and he's at least entertaining enough. The biggest problem with the film is that the pacing is rather slow and the 85-minute running time really drags at spots. The fact that there's nothing original or fresh doesn't help matters either.

Lester Bacon (Don Barrett) and his grunting, meat-cleaver wielding son Buddy (Joe Barton) aren't very happy about the foreclosure of their abattoir and decide to use their slaughterhouse equipment and butchering skills to deal with the swine responsible. The meat-hooks become even more crowded with bodies after a group of teens visit the old meat-packing factory during a thunderstorm for a dare.With its all-pervading aura of death and decay and its hulking mentally challenged killer (mentored by his demented father), Slaughterhouse is clearly aiming for a Texas Chain Saw Massacre vibe, but at the same time it also caters for the audience of the day, delivering inane teenage characters, predictable jump scares, some reasonable splatter, a few pig-related puns (Lester is described as 'pig-headed' and calls his son 'hog-wild'), and a couple of typically cheesy '80s scenes in which the youngsters act all wild and wacky, their zany antics accompanied by a tacky pop/rock soundtrack.The result is a fun slice of stalk 'n' slash, a spirited blend of mean-spirited nastiness and tongue-in-cheek silliness that ticks all of the genre boxes with the notable exception of gratuitous female nudity. The suspenseful rain-drenched finalé is particularly well handled by one-time-only director Rick Roessler.

I don't know how this one slipped by, because it would have to be one of the better cheesy slashers of 80s. Quite a cult item, which obviously takes influence from Tobe Hooper's genre setter 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', with its eccentrically dark humorous streak making it so endearingly warped like that found in 'Motel Hell' and Hooper's sequel 'The Texas chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)'. What a nice combination. Now what really works in its favour, is there's an actual plot hanging off the meat hook than just focusing on a bunch of rowdy teens (which this film does have) being pointlessly slaughtered (and it does happen). Hell the format isn't anything original, but manages to feel slightly fresh with it rancid slasher conventions and keeps things moving with always something amusing happening. What is a little disappointing though, with a title like that is the lack of gore, as the most sickening (or yummy) scene can be found in the opening shots (take a lesson in the trade) of pigs going through the gruelling slaughterhouse procedures. Nice fresh cuts. I found the whole experience more so goofy than anything else. Buddy (the obese, snorting and meat-clever donning killer) seems to be played for laughs. He sure knows how to cut someone up, and leave a mark. The script has its basic quips, but it sure loved to use pigs as it main talking point. It can get pun-overload. Death scenes are well done, with one or two creative efforts. The final set-up you see coming, but how it actually finishes only shocks with a depressingly ominous, but sudden conclusion. Director Rick Roessler (his one and only film) does a modest job, elevating some suspense, sticking in with energy, creating few moments of atmosphere and well-placed jarring sound effects. He knows how to keep it busy (or is it the quick-laced editing), as there's something to gain your interest. Standard humour to grisly violence and an odd reference here or there. Having two eccentrically odd killers couldn't do it any harm either. Don Barrett was a treat as the old coot Les Bacon and Joe Barton dominates as his fat, mentally challenged son Buddy who expresses himself through pig noises. Like you do. The rest of the cast are acceptable with a solid Sherry Leigh and William Houck. Jeff Wright and Donna Stevens have enjoyable roles too. Oh and I almost forgot. What's the deal with the majority of 80s horror films plugging some crappy band ('Vantage Point' get there foot in) and the soundtrack is a whole lot of noise. Random and at times strange cues.

In this blood-drenched gore-soaked slasher a group of businessmen try to buy an abandoned slaughterhouse owned by Lester Bacon(Don Barrett) and his son Buddy(Joe Barton)who enjoys playing with filthy pigs and butchering people with meatcleaver.After a radio station promo prompts curious college students out to visit the abandoned facility,Lester and Buddy proceed to dispatch victims,who end up on meat hooks.Rick Roessler's "Slaughterhouse" is grisly slasher punctuated with some moments of black humour.Buddy looks like a hidden brother of deadly twins from "Just Before Dawn",the gore flows freely and Buddy seems a little more goofy and we get a hilarious moment where he is pretending to be a cop and drives around in the cop car.Its sequel "sLaughterhouse II" from 1988 actually doesn't exist.