Line #28 Film/TheSlaughter


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2	[[caption-width-right:183:Feed the hunger]]
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4	'''''The Slaughter''''' is a 2006 American {{horror film\|s}}.
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6	A group of friends own a cleaning company. They have been hired to clean an abandoned house, where they discover a book bound in human flesh. Reading the book, they discover that the house has a demon inside it, who can be awakened by a sin. Two of the cleaners end up having sex in the house, and the creature awakes to pick them off one by one.
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8	It was distributed on DVD by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.
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10	!!This film contains examples of:
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12	* AssholeVictim: The Lady's victims include a misogynistic JerkJock, a scummy, verbally abusive corporate executive and his obnoxious sycophant.
13	* BigBad: The Lady of Darkness, the demon that haunts the house.
14	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After tricking Dana into committing suicide, the Lady of Darkness takes over her body and begins the Apocalypse.]]
15	* EventTitle
16	* FanDisservice:
17	** The first scene of the film is a bunch of beautiful women stripping naked. They proceed to kill each other to summon a demon.
18	** The Lady of Darkness spends her entire screen time naked, but is a scarred, gray monster who spends the film tormenting and murdering people. However she earns her {{Fanservice}} status once she turns herself into a naked sensuos woman.
19	* FullFrontalAssault: The Lady doesn't wear clothes, even when killing people.
20	* GenreSavvy: Brandon, in a subversion of the traditional DumbMuscle JerkJock, knows the house is creepy and wants to get out ASAP.
21	* HellOnEarth: Earth was like this when the demons controlled it, and the Lady seeks to return the Earth to such a state.
22	* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Dana blows herself up in an attempt to destroy the demons.]]
23	* HollywoodSatanism: A cult of this sort awakened the Lady via HumanSacrifice.
24	* HumanResources: The TomeOfEldritchLore used to summon the Lady is bound in human flesh.
25	* HumanSacrifice: All the kills in the film are sacrifices as different parts of a ritual to bring the BigBad to full power.
26	* ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler:Iggy, when cornered by the zombies, grabs zombie!Heather's breast. However, he's immediately repulsed by his act.]]
27	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Lady throws a woman down a flight of stairs, impaling her on a coat rack.
28	* MsFanservice: Heather is a self-described slut who wears a belly shirt and gets two naked scenes.
29	** The Lady herself. At first she's an horrible, gnarled zombie-like monster, but once she gains the power to make her spirit flesh she's revealed to be a gorgeous albeit still creepy woman.
30	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: These are terrifying {{Humanoid Abomination}}s from prehistoric times, who have magical powers and can control the dead.
31	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: These are tortured spirits trapped on the mortal plane by demons.
32	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: These are the victims of a demon, forced to its will by BloodMagic. Behaviour-wise, they're shamblers, but with superhuman reflexes. They also talk and eat brains.
33	* TheStoner: Raz is a long-haired eccentric who wears weed shirts and likes to ride in the trunks of cars. He also [[MarijuanaIsLSD hallucinates when he smokes]].
34	* VillainOpeningScene: The Lady of Darkness being summoned and killing her summoners.
35	* WouldHurtAChild: The Lady butchers an eight-year-old girl with an axe as a VirginSacrifice.

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