BUTCHER BOYS

Butcher Boys was written by Kim Henkel who wrote Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) with Tobe Hooper and was released in 2013. Kim had intended this to be a sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre but when he lost the rights to do that, he made Butcher Boys.

Our movie is once again set in Texas but this Texas bears zero resemblance to the Texas of 1974. The plot revolves around a group of rich teenagers celebrating a birthday at a restaurant. Through a series of unfortunate events rather than making it home they end up with a demolished car and stranded in a very dark and abandoned lot. They are being chased by a bunch of Fonzie rejects who just so happen to be cannibals. What? Oh No! Of course, their cell phones are useless. I think this is becoming quite unbelievable in films at this point as it’s rare to not get service these days. I was getting service on the subway two years ago! (ED NOTE:  Horror writer’s still haven’t figured out a way to deal with being able to dial 911 no matter where you are or what situation you are in. It’s been almost twenty years — catch up to the rest of society, kids!)

It seems the cannibals are only interested in the hot girl. Even more ridiculous was the fact that hot girl’s call to 911 did manage to go through earlier but the cops watch as the Fonzie rejects drive off with her because they are afraid of them! Don’t cops carry guns? Since the Fonzie rejects took hot girl alive there is obviously a method to their madness. I’ll stop there so as not to spoil.

I’ll start by saying this film had terrible reviews on Amazon and everywhere else I looked. This did not deter me! It seems I often like horror films that everyone else hates. I imagine many people were disappointed because of the fact that this was written by Kim Henkel and they were expecting something close to TCM. In that respect, I have to wonder if people would have liked it more if someone else had written it. There would have been no expectations in that case.

I did enjoy this film. It was at times a tad slow in the first 40 minutes but I hung in there and it picked up in the second half. I was satisfied with the amount of gore and I kind of liked all the zany characters you meet later in the film. There wasn’t much in the way of nudity just one pair of boobs. There was a brain eating scene that was reminiscent of one from Hannibal. There are nine cameos of actors from the Texas Chainsaw franchise including the lovely but late Marilyn Burns. Overall I enjoyed this film and thought it was crazy ridiculous fun! Even if you hate it you will be amused by it.

LITTLE MISS HORROR NERD’S RATING: 3 out of 5