Abattoir

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Abattoir

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Released Dec 9, 2016

1h 38m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A reporter investigates a haunted house constructed out of dead people's rooms.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

If you operate under the belief that you can learn as much, maybe even more, from bad movies as you can from good ones, this one is a master class in what not to do.

Rated: .5/4

Dec 9, 2016

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The inexplicability of "Abattoir" keeps it engaging for a while, but by the time it hits the one-hour mark without anything even remotely exciting happening, even a horror connoisseur's patience will run thin.

Dec 8, 2016

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

While Bousman's climax is a not terribly original effects-laden haunted house, the house's builder, and his motives, have enough of their own flavor to please a hardened horror fan.

Dec 8, 2016

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A disappointing exploration of a somewhat interesting concept, and considering the story is based on a comic book, some of the story’s effectiveness was lost in translation.

Rated: 2/5

May 12, 2023

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Abattoir is a dark fairy tale feeling film that is slower and less flashy than what some may have come to expect from Darren Lynn Bousman but it's most definitely good.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Kat Hughes

THN

An intelligent and stylish macabre tale straight out of the world of Lovecraft or Poe, Abattoir will keep the grey matter working until the closing moments.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 30, 2018

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Sherry C

The concept was good. A different take on a Southern Gothic haunted house.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Emilliano Jr S

Its not scary. I'm expecting for jump scares but half way through I felt so boring.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Audience Member

A premissa parecia ótima, mistério integrante, toda a inicialização perfeita, entretanto o desenrolar ficou confuso, insosso e pouco significativo, comumente os filmes de terror são realmente sem pé nem cabeça, porém aqui tínhamos um ótimo roteiro, porém mais escutados e um péssimo desfecho... Início ótimo, do meio para o fim cansativo e bobinho...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

The concept of the movie was good too bad it was executed very poorly.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

The idea behind the movie was exciting, unfortunately the movie was not. With so many possible rooms to build a story around, only a few were seen. The fuzzy effects took away any fear factor and the character building was lacking so didn't really care about anyone. Shame really as I had high hopes.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Consider your least favorite Nightmare on Elm Street movie, take out all the laughs and scary scenes and you get this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/18

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Synopsis

A reporter investigates a haunted house constructed out of dead people's rooms.

Director: Darren Bousman
Producer: Jesse Berger, Brent C. Johnson
Screenwriter: Christopher Monfette
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Dark Web Productions, Luminary Entertainment, Les Enfants Terribles
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Bloody Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

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