In1857,childmurdererAndriesMartiens,issentintoamineasapunishmentforhiscrimes.Hispunishment?Hemustdetectdangerousmethaneleaksbysettingthemoff...personally.
Onaridehomefromaclub,KristelLodemaconfrontstragedywiththesuddendeathofherfatherinafreakcaraccident.InaattempttolearnmoreaboutherrecentlydeceasedfathershetravelstoBelgiumwithagroupoffriends,topickupherfather'slastmanuscript.Coincidentally,herfatherusedtoworkinthesameminethatAndriesMartienswasexecutedin.
ThenewtourguideconvincesKristelandherfriendstogointothemineforaguidedtour.Atourwhichunleashesagreatevilandendswithmany,many,grislymurders....includingplentydecapitations!SlaughterNightis(asthenamesuggests)aslasherflick.Inallhonesty,thefilmiskindalikeacombinationofTheDescent,andtheoriginalEvilDead....althoughSlaughterNightisn'tasgoodafilmaseitherofthoseHorrorclassics.Thisisnottosaythefilmisbad,butit'sjustnotanythingallthatspecial.
Theperformancesthemselvesaren'tbad,thedirectionisgood.Theeditingneedssomeworkasmanyscenessetupwithoutproperintroduction,andthekillerseemstopopoutintoomanydifferentareas,fartooquicklythanishumanlypossible.Ifyoucansetyourbrainonvacation,youmightcomeoutlikingthisfilm.
Thatbeingsaid,let'smakethisreallysimple.
Ifyourafanoftrashyhorrorfilms,andlovewatchingstupidteensgetslicedanddiced.You'lllovethismovie.SL8N8featuressomeofthemostgruesomedeathsi'veseenonfilminrecentmemory.Boatloadsofgore,withlittleornohardsubstance.Andifthat'syourstuff,thendon'thesitateandpickthisfilmup!Ifyourlookingforagood,solidhorrorfilmwithcharacterdevelopmentandastrongplotwithstrongperformances,gowatchTheDescentorsomethingcomparable.BecauseSL8N8isNOTaHorrormasterpiecebyanystretchoftheimagination.It'sjustafunSlasherFlickwithmorethanit'sshareofbrutalviolence.
**Idowishtocautionthosewhomightbeupsetbyviolenceinvolvingyoungchildren,becauseSlaughterNightfeaturesafewscenesofgrislyviolenceinvolvingchildren.**Butifyoucangetpastthat,checkthismovieout.it'sjustareallyfun,goryhorrorfilmfromtheNetherlands.