Abattoir
Momentum Pictures | Release Date: December 9, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
CineVueMartyn ConterioDec 8, 2016
Abattoir doesn't have a jaw-dropping...shock scene, but the ending does pack an emotional punch, of a type so few and far between in the annals of horror cinema. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 8, 2016
While Bousman's climax is a not terribly original effects-laden haunted house, the house's builder, and his motives, have enough of their own flavor to please a hardened horror fan. Read full review
60
Screen DailyKim NewmanDec 8, 2016
Abattoir gets past its clunky storytelling with a great look - dark, shadowed, with a 1940s hardboiled feel - along with some well-staged shocks and scares. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyDec 8, 2016
Though it’s handsome enough to look at, Abattoir can’t quite seem to decide just how supernatural it wants to be or how meta its horror content should play Read full review
42
The Film StageJared MobarakDec 10, 2016
Thankfully Bousman’s endgame does deliver the supernatural slaughterhouse of the title to great effect with inspired spectral victims looped in suspended animation. It’s so memorably jarring that you wonder if the whole was just sloppily reverse engineered from this massive undertaking. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayDec 8, 2016
Ultimately, this film has a memorable villain and a stunning location, and not much else. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoDec 7, 2016
Abattoir feels like it should still have an "Under Construction" sign warning viewers of the unfinished business to come. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 6, 2016
The germ of an interesting idea was here, and the collection of murder rooms makes for a dazzling third act setting. But the movie flatlines every time a chewy supporting player (Michael Pare is another) isn’t on the screen. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoDec 9, 2016
The dialogue isn’t just awkward and unbelievable — it’s as if it was written by a teenager raised on only bad horror movies. Read full review
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