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Mitchell Hattaway, writing for DVD Verdict, gave the film a negative review. He said that "The Butcher was shot on cheap digital videotape, and the disc's transfer is flat, dull, and noisy. There is little channel separation in the stereo soundtrack, and dialogue sounds tinny and canned.
The film debuted as Dead Meat [3] at the Sundance Film Festival on February 1, 2005, and again on April 30 at the Fearless Tales Genre Festival in San Francisco, [4] before its world premiere under that title in Lakeland, Florida on May 1, 2005. [2] The film had DVD release as Andre the Butcher on April 26, 2006. [5]
The film was first given a small regional release through Comworld Pictures [13] under the title Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker in several cities in Oregon, including Salem and Corvallis, on November 20, 1981. [a] A novel tie-in written by Joseph Burgo was issued by Pocket Books on December 1, 1981.
Merle Hench (Eric Roberts), nicknamed "The Butcher", is a henchman for gangster Murdoch (Robert Davi) until Hench takes the fall for his boss. Having survived, Hench will earn his nickname on a mission for revenge.
The butcher kills several passengers and hangs their bodies on meat hooks. After a brief scuffle with Mahogany, Leon passes out on the train. He awakes the next morning in a slaughterhouse with strange markings carved into his chest. A concerned Maya and her friend Jurgis examine Leon's photos of Mahogany, leading them to the killer's apartment.
The film follows a deaf girl who witnesses a dead body being stashed in a nearby butcher shop. Not wanting to take the risk of being caught, the murderous butchers decide to kidnap her. [ 2 ]
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Ronald Alan Masak (July 1, 1936 – October 20, 2022) was an American actor best known for playing the recurring role of Sheriff Mort Metzger of Cabot Cove in the CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote starring Angela Lansbury, who predeceased him by only 9 days. [1]