Fun Box Monster Podcast #98 Slaughterhouse (1987)

At it's core, Slaughterhouse is an inspiring tale of a father and son triumphing over the corporate forces that would take over and industrialize their beloved family farm.  However if we zoom out to the macro level, it could be said to be the story of America.      When Lester Bacon, owner of Bacon and Sons Slaughterhouse, is offered a deal to either pay off his back taxes or sell out to corporate interests, he doesn't look to the government for a bailout. He pulls himself up by his bootstraps, and through sweat and gumption, convinces his deranged three-hundred-fifty pound boy Buddy to murder them with his custom pig-foot meat cleaver.      Buddy is truly the "everyman" in this story.  Like many of us, he is a massive lumbering murderer who only speaks in pig-grunts, due to being mostly raised by hogs. His story is our story, and his triumphs are our triumphs.       Your heart will soar as you attend the KFAT Pigout dance, and see the blooming romance between Skip and Liz who's dream to make a "horror video" will sadly go unfulfilled.  As well as other characters who probably had hopes and dreams, but the director decided they were none of our business. You'll cheer, as Skip is later impaled on a meathook, preventing countless deaths due to his terrible driving. You'll laugh and cry, and maybe...just maybe, Buddy can teach you a little bit about yourself in the process.  So get your little screamers out of the room, open your finest can of dog food, and sit back as Matt and Tristan discuss one of The American Film Institue's Top 100 movies of all time, Slaughterhouse.