Someone is ritualistically killing children, and an FBI agent and his computer genius son have to find out who before the killer's captive--a little girl--becomes the his latest victim.
Subgenres: mystery, children/childhood
Director: James Glickenhaus
Writer: James Glickenhaus
Cast: Scott Glenn, Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus
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The Silence of the Lambs is all over this film--its atmosphere, its pacing, even its star and title echo that earlier and far superior film. Slaughter starts out well enough, with an eerie sequence followed by an effective shock, then moves into a fast-moving subplot concerning a man who may have been wrongly convicted of several child murders. After that, however, the film's credulity is stretched quite a bit. Could someone explain to me how this kid--brilliant though he may be--and his desktop computer can succeed where a dedicated legion of FBI agents can't? What does Nazi imagery have to do with the story? And how did the Old Testament get mixed up in all this? Several subplots which are not adequately attached to the main storyline don't help the film's cohesiveness. Good try, definitely mixed results. (1999/Feb 5, 2002) | ||||||
Co-star Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus is the son of the director.
