Butcher Boys2013
“You are what you eat”
Directed by Justin Meeks, Duane Graves
The premise
A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift's cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh - dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.
Horror Vault's take
When a routine birthday dinner goes catastrophically wrong, four young people find themselves hunted through the dark underbelly of the city by a savage and well-organized network of killers known as the Boneboys. Drawing loose inspiration from Jonathan Swift's darkly satirical essay A Modest Proposal, the film reimagines its cannibalistic premise as a visceral modern nightmare. Director Duane Hellams cranks the tension to maximum from the first act and rarely lets up, delivering a punishing urban chase that feels relentless and grimy. Fans of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre legacy will notice familiar faces in the cast, lending the film an unspoken lineage to classic American horror.
Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Cannibalism Themes, Peril And Threat Of Human Trafficking, Intense Chase Sequences
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