For All the Accolades, "The Slaughter" Fizzles
Posted by tjanson at 11:14am.
Posted in Film & DVD Reviews , Horror, USA & Canada.
I’m not usually one to be swayed by the cover of a DVD, especially a low-budget horror DVD, but The Slaughter had me intrigued. The front cover boasts numerous plaudits: Best Splatter Horror Award at the Phoenix International Horror & Sci Fi Film Festival, Best Horror at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Fest, and Best Chill! at the Horror and Thriller Film Festival, and it was also nominated for Best Feature at the 2007 Chicago Horror Festival. Now I have no idea how prestigious these various film festivals are but clearly after watching this film, I’m convinced that these awards were given out by a couple of guys, sitting around in their parent’s basements, eating Doritos and watching movies.
DVD Details
There’s not much to boast of in terms of extras either. The DVD comes with one deleted scene and a five minute blooper/outtake reel which is bout the best thing on the disc.
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