Synopsis
Director KIM Jin Won is a major player to revolutionize B grade horror film category by introducing psychological development and choice. Given this, his strongly expresses terror through scenes that eyes are hollowed out and toes are cut off. Such terror is conveyed to viewers through the screen. In this context, can be taken as a very cruel slasher film with less bleeding. The director dropped out of a college where he learned visual design. His background may be taken as unique talent. This is KIM Jin Won's first feature film. In this film, traditional practice of this kind of film is used several times. The film never stays in one category, which is very smart. The Butcher concentrates on telling a human choice can be selfish and contemptible. A couple wake up in a pig barn. Kidnappers kill two people among abductees. There is nothing to imply death, but their clothes and knives in their hands int the situation victims are in. A man tries to run away but fails. Finally, when they are about to be killed, the man suddenly begs for his wife's life in return for his life. 10 minutes ago, the man tried to escape abandoning his wife. When he begs for her life, the killer accepts his request. But there is a condition that he must go through the torture for 10 minutes. His wife's life literally depends on his will. Will he sacrifice himself to save his wife? What would be the torture like? The Butcher intensifies tension with these two questions. The killer with a pig head mask produces distinctiveness although it follows the traditional practice of this genre. The film set a camera over a victim's head and it is interesting to see the killers named female and male from that camera . (KANG Yu Jung)