When deaf-mute Maxie (K.T. Baumann) goes to work at the local butcher shop, she senses strange things are afoot. When she discovers the beloved town butcher (Vic Tayback) is getting his choicest cuts from the local morgue, she finds herself tangled in a web of deception, betrayal and bloody murder. Featuring incredible suspense and a chilling twist, The Butchers is a lost cannibal classic in the tradition of Silence of the Lambs and Cannibal! The Musical.
Practical Effects
Genuine 70s meat-locker nastiness, zero CGI.
Acting
Vic Tayback serving unhinged small-business energy.
Director
Paulmichel Mielche
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Paulmichel Mielche made exactly two features; this was his last. The 1.8 TMDB rating with 2 votes suggests barely anyone's survived to review it.
Marketed as 'in the tradition of Silence of the Lambs' — a film that wouldn't exist for 18 years. Time travel or desperate distributor? You decide.
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