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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60CineVueMartyn ConterioCineVueMartyn ConterioAbattoir 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.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWhile 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.
- 60Screen DailyKim NewmanScreen DailyKim NewmanAbattoir gets past its clunky storytelling with a great look - dark, shadowed, with a 1940s hardboiled feel - along with some well-staged shocks and scares.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThough 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
- 42The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThankfully 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.
- 40We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoAbattoir feels like it should still have an "Under Construction" sign warning viewers of the unfinished business to come.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayUltimately, this film has a memorable villain and a stunning location, and not much else.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe 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.
- 12RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThe dialogue isn’t just awkward and unbelievable — it’s as if it was written by a teenager raised on only bad horror movies.