Review #35: Abattoir (2016)


This review was originally written in October 2017.

Horror Movie October day 5: Abattoir

I found this movie kind of hard to follow for most of it, which is disappointing because I feel like all of the components were really good. The plot started off really really interesting- the main character's sister's (I think?) family gets murdered, and when she tries to investigate the house where it happened (which has been sold, very soon after) she realizes the entire room where the murders took place is gone. Like, someone came in and stripped away the walls and ceiling and everything in the room. She looks into it further, and finds out that there's been a series of bizarre murders where immediately afterwards the builders are purchased, and somehow the room of the murders are gutted and removed.

Then the movie gets into this weird space in the middle where the main character travels to some backwater town where everyone is rude and nobody answers any of her questions, and it turns out there's a cult or something and Lin Shaye is there and even though it sounds interesting, I just couldn't follow it. Then the movie ends in this really cool-looking MC Escher-style amalgamation of all of the rooms that were stolen? Or something? Again, all of the components of this sound right up my alley but for some reason it was really hard to follow the middle 45-60 minutes of this movie. Maybe some day when I have more time I'll go back and watch this one again and maybe I'll appreciate it more.

Final Rating: 6/10 Secret Skateboards

Another Movie This Made Me Want to Watch: The Ruins (since the male lead in this film played one of the main roles in that, plus it's a good movie)

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