Claudio Carvalho "Abattoir" is a film with a promising supernatural story and good cinematography that is wasted by a disconnected screenplay that do not develop the characters and situations well. The original idea of an evil man that buys houses to take the rooms where tragedies happened is an unintelligible mess and hard to be understood by the viewer. The motivation of the snoopy Julia Talben is also confused after learning the truth about Jebediah Crone. She knew her family was murdered and in hell (why?) and she insists in entering the house. There is many lack of explanation along the story and in the end, watching "Abattoir" is a complete waste of time. My vote is one (awful).Title (Brazil): "O Matadouro" ("The Slaughterhouse")

lizhalexander This wasn't the worst horror flick I've ever seen, but much like other reviewers, I felt that the end lacked a great deal of explanation.It had a lot of great ideas, but the way they were presented were confusing, and would likely require a re-watch to fully understand. For a lot of the movie, I was completely confused as to what time period it was supposed to be set in. It was addressed (sort of) in the beginning that the main character's flare for the "old timey" was endearing for the paper(?) she worked at, but this didn't help when they showed the boyfriend dressed in a similar era style. It wasn't until she was using a cell phone that I was more certain what time period it was supposed to be, and that she was meant to have unique tastes.Fast-forward to the last half hour. The house was super-interesting and very well done! However, the reasons for the main character to enter the house was a little unclear. It's pretty obvious by that point what the house is, and what waits for her inside. (It's painfully obvious why the boyfriend went in.) After they are both killed, the explanation for why all this was going on is confusing and somewhat unrealistic. Are we meant to think that the whole town got together and said, "Yeah! Let's get this mysterious bad guy's family back from Hell by killing our own kids!"? Or...was it just for random stuff that the various town citizens wanted? And why, after all that, didn't it show the villain's family being reunited...or Hell taking over earth...or...whatever was supposed to happen? At one point the main character keeps asking "Why?!", and the explanation is unsatisfactory. It seems to be little more than "Just 'cause." The villain's entire deal is what? He was a bad guy in his life, and that caused his family to get killed, and I guess him too? Is...is that what happened? What kind of bad guy was he? Gangster? Gun-runner? Drug-dealer? Underhanded canasta dealer? It's never said, which bugs me for some reason. He's just "generic evil, creepy old man bad guy". Not the devil or a demon, but...acts like one? I guess? After doing a little research, it seems that this movie is loosely based off of a comic series of the same name. This explains a LOT, as those who have read the comic may get a great deal more out of this movie than someone who just found it on Netflix randomly like me. One good thing, I guess: I'm now interested in the comic so I can fill in the holes!

targetlad72 Like many of your readers, I see a lot of films & check IMDb to see if a movie is worth downloading or not. Now to be honest I didn't read the reviews, just the high IMDb score. Having seen a large amount of horror films in the past few years, I've seen all kinds of stuff. This was a real surprise, a clever film. I hadn't heard of this Abattoir before. From the poster JPEG I thought this could be like Evil Dead remake/Sawish. After it's initial 15 minutes normally I would phase out, however that's when Abattoir started to kick in. Everything in the story plays smartly and is all concluded by the end. Oh my, the end! It finishes as it started. In conclusion, SEE THIS FILM.

darkwaterpilot Abattoir is a good film. Period. Though it's stock with inherent problems most movies have this movie left me with a ton of questions, in a good way. It inspired my creativity and curiosity into the universe created by the filmmakers. I felt some of the characters were a little flat at times but I cared about the main girl and I was committed to her journey which is paramount to the enjoyment of a film. If I were to say anything negative it would be that we didn't get to spend enough time in the Abattoir. I kept wanting the movie to get there and it took a bit long IMO. Other than that I really liked to tone and character dynamic as well as the delivery from the villain: Jebediah Crone. The casting in this movie is spot on. From the way we're introduced to Julia and Grady to the final arch of the bad guy the characters are enticing throughout. I enjoyed the cross genre concept as it gave an unsettling tone while I watched and wondered where I would end up. The film feels like it spans decades and in the end DOES NOT DISAPPOINT! 8/10