Slaughter Studios (2002)

Wonderful Movie

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

This is far more entertaining than any of the A-list tripe you'll view at the Megaplex. Although not quite a horror film and not quite a comedy, it melds the two genres and makes a rather decent film. Think of Slaughter Studios as kind of a combination of Cover Me Babe starring Robert Forster and Susanne Benton with the off-the-wall zaniness of Re-Animator.This film centers on a group of aspiring filmmakers/actors who sneak into the abandoned Slaughter Studios to film their version of some hokey 1950s monster movie. Steve (Peter Stanovich) is the dictatorial director who bosses around his girlfriend Madigan (Amy Shelton-White), belittles his clueless actresses and like so many film-school losers, is convinced of his own brilliance. But everything that can go wrong does for the arrogant twerp, including a deranged murderer picking off his crew one by one.STORY: $$$ (Nothing splendid here but genre fans will like the references to B-Grade filmmaking throughout the picture. We get lines like "I bet Eric Roberts didn't have to go through this," to a scene from one of the Sorority/Slumber Party Massacre flicks. The screenplay adds plenty of laughs and guffaws while also giving us that favorite Agatha Christie motif: people trapped at a location with a killer in their midst).ACTING: $$$$ (A heckuva lot better than you'll see in most B-Grade movies. You won't find any of those "actors" that Troma Studios or Fullmoon pictures employs, but a young, able cast that gives it their all. Peter Stanovich is effectively arrogant as Steve and Amy Shelton-White is easy to root for as his ever put-upon girlfriend. Darren Reiher does a terrific job in his brief role as the male lead, giving over-the-top line readings when something far more subdued would be in order. Nicolas Read shows range as Kevin but perhaps the best performance comes from Tara Killian as Portia. She is splendid in the role of the demanding blond actress, calling "cut!" when things don't go her way).NUDITY: $$$$$ (There is plenty of it here. The filmmakers clearly hearken back to the Sorority House Massacre days--think films with Robyn Harris and Melissa Moore--where breast exposure were the film's main draw. Almost every female cast member doffs her top in this film with the exception of Shelton-White. Poking fun at the Sorority House Massacre genre, all the nudity is gratuitous which makes the skin come off more lampoonish in nature rather than sleazy).

You only care as to who gets naked, so here's the long and short of it: o Goth / Raver Chick: Yes! Mostly at the end, on video.o Old Blonde With Huge Cans: Yes! Throughout, in fact. Including a shower scene with another chick.o Bitchy Blonde Girl: Yes, however, the least number of times and the least quality of times when it does happen. Also passed out throughout most of the thing, if you're into that.o Brunette With Obvious Recent Boob Job: Yes! Spends most of the movie naked. It doesn't seem like it at first, but trust ole Zeke on this one.o Flat Blonde With Nice Legs: Yeah, you'll get plenty of her in this.o Director's Girlfriend: No, sadly! You warm up to her by the end of it, plus she ends up making some quality decisions as to who to really hang around which only increase her worth in this thing.I give this movie a 7 as the girls are nice and spend a lot of time naked, especially for a flick made in 2002. It's otherwise complete garbage and should not be viewed by anyone for any purpose.

*Maybe a slight spoiler*It was three in the morning when i sat down to watch this. Why i wasn't fast asleep is beyond me but watch it i did. It's yet another slasher movie which takes the goofy comedy approach. The characters act stupid which is all well and good but the comedy was very flat. It's very bad when a comedies funniest thing is a girl farting! Slaughter Studios wins 0 points on the comedy scale. However, it does have a gore moment or two but waiting for these moments takes an eternity. Has a few really nice girls in their underwear and the oldest psycho maniac slasher in history (the guy must have been near 70). Also the very end is very stupid but this is them trying to be funny again. I'm giving this 5/10 mainly due to the fit semi naked women and a couple of gory bits.

OMG IM SOOOO SERIOUS WHEN I SAY THIS SUCKED!!!!!!!! ok me and my friend rented some movies that looked really stupid just for fun!! but i didnt know i was gonna be brainwashed by stupidness!! gosh i swear im gonna have bad dreams about how stupid this movie was! it was like the people who made this movie was trying to make it bad!! and it wasnt scary at all it was the horrible acting that was scary! i consider it more of a porno or something than a horror film!!! I'll give it that it had good quality to it for being such a retarted movie and the ending was kinda a twist but over all it sucked big time! pllzz go rent this and see how stupid it is ive seen better infomercials that are better than this movie!!!