2018 film
Slaughterhouse Rulez
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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by
| Crispian Mills
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Screenplay by
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- Henry Fitzherbert
- Crispian Mills
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Produced by
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- Charlotte Walls
- Huberta Von Liel
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Starring
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Cinematography
| John de Borman
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Edited by
| Peter Christelis
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Music by
| Jon Ekstrand
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Production
companies
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Distributed by
| Sony Pictures Releasing
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Release dates
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- 31 October 2018
(
2018-10-31
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(United Kingdom)
- 17 May 2019
(
2019-05-17
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(United States and Canada)
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Running time
| 103 minutes
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Countries
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- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
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Language
| English
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Budget
| £5.2 million
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citation needed
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Box office
| $730,762
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Slaughterhouse Rulez
is a 2018
comedy horror
film directed by
Crispian Mills
. Written by Mills and Henry Fitzherbert, the film's cast features
Asa Butterfield
,
Finn Cole
,
Hermione Corfield
,
Michael Sheen
, with
Nick Frost
and
Simon Pegg
.
Slaughterhouse Rulez
was released on
31 October
2018 in the United Kingdom and on 17 May 2019 in the United States and Canada.
Plot
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After his father dies, Donald Wallace (
Finn Cole
), a teenager from a working-class family, enrolls in an exclusive
public school
called Slaughterhouse, where he struggles to fit in. The school houses a few secrets, such as the recent suicide of a pupil last term, mysterious disappearances, an overzealous house prefect who descends from a long line of war criminals, and an enigmatic new sinkhole, caused by the Headmaster's (
Michael Sheen
) money-making scheme: fracking. Aggressive subterranean creatures emerge from the sinkhole and start attacking members of the faculty. Wallace then rallies a group of pupils to fight the monsters. The film ends with the monsters' defeat, the explosion of the school, and the remaining students walking away. Meanwhile, the Headmaster's dog, and Meredith, who survived the attack, witness the school's destruction.
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Production
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This is the first film from
Stolen Picture
, a film and TV production company formed by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
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The film was produced by Catalyst Global Media and
Sony Pictures International
, and was shot at
Stowe School
,
Windsor Great Park
, and
Chislehurst Caves
, among other locations.
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Release
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The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 31 October 2018.
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Reception
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Critical response
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On
Rotten Tomatoes
, the film has an approval rating of 38% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An uneven blend of horror and comedy that fails to satisfy on either front,
Slaughterhouse Rulez
aims for B-movie fun but doesn't make the grade."
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On
Metacritic
, the film has a score of 39 out of 100 based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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The film generated revenue of £737,670 from cinemas worldwide.
Andrew Pulver of
The Guardian
newspaper gave it a rating of 3 out of 5 stars.
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Marketing
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The first trailer of the film was released online (initially via
Twitter
) on 9 August 2018.
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