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The Butcher

1970Movie1 h 33 minNR

CrimeThriller
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.8/5Rotten Tomatoes100%84%
87
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.8/5Rotten Tomatoes100%84%

Summary

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking

Skip it if

  • You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Weighs on you.

Not for laughs, warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

  • and 2 more

Tropes

Shotguns Are Just Betterin 350 titlesIn the street shootout, when the hitmen after Merle tries taking for cover after Merle guns down most of their ranks, he then grabs his trusty shotgun and blasts away, hitting concealed mooks behind…Gatling Goodin 310 titlesAfter killing Carmichael, Merle hears several of Carmichael’s mooks coming to investigate the gunshots.All 24 tropes

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