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The Butcher

2006 · 85 min

A tense, grim backwoods horror that traps you with its characters in a relentless fight for survival.

Directed by: Edward Gorsuch
Genres: Horror, Action
Starring: Hazel Dean, Myiea Coy, Bill Jacobson

Tagline: Rest in Pieces
Overview: A tragic car accident in the middle of nowhere finds six stranded college students fighting for their lives after making a horrifying discovery in a remote farmhouse in director Edward Gorsuch's rural frightener. With no place to run and no police station for miles, these doomed students are about to discover that down home hospitality is the last thing on the minds of the murderous family who stalks them through the woods.

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Directed by: Edward Gorsuch
Genres: Horror, Action
Starring: Hazel Dean, Myiea Coy, Bill Jacobson

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
isolation
death
betrayal
Places: countryside
single country house
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror, action
Directed by: Edward Gorsuch
Written by: Michael Hurst
Starring: Hazel Dean, Myiea Coy, Bill Jacobson, Tiffany Kristensen, Ashley Rebecca Hawkins, Nick Stellate, Alan Ritchson, Tom Nagel
Music: Dennis Smith
Cinematography: Hank Baumert Jr.
Runtime: 85 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Portuguese

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