Slaughterhouse 2: Death Metal Just Dropped on Tubi, Sequel to the 1987 Slasher Classic
The cleavers are out again: Slaughterhouse 2: Death Metal, the long-awaited follow-up to the 1987 cult slasher, is now streaming on Tubi.
File this under sequels I did not expect to exist: after 37 years, Slaughterhouse is back from the meat locker. Rick Roessler finally shot Slaughterhouse 2: Death Metal in rural San Diego County, and it just dropped on Tubi. The original is on there too if you want a full double feature of chains, cleavers, and questionable life choices.
What kicked this into gear? Quentin Tarantino programmed a screening of the 1987 cult slasher at his New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, it packed the theater, and that apparently convinced Roessler to go make the follow-up. Sometimes the simplest nudge is a sold-out crowd.
"37 years later, the original team behind the cult classic Slaughterhouse are back to serve you a second helping of special surprises."
Quick refresher: the first Slaughterhouse starred Don Barrett as farmer Lester 'Les' Bacon and Joe Barton as his hulking, pig-imitating, mute son Buddy. Their solution to losing the family slaughterhouse was... homicide. It was the 80s. Subtlety was not invited.
The new story
Slaughterhouse 2 shifts focus to Les/Lester Bacon's third son, Cleavon, a character barely hinted at in the original. Cleavon bailed on the pig farm years ago and now has his own mute son, RemDog. Together they run a little side hustle called Wonder Jerky. And yes, that jerky has a special additive you can probably guess without a lab test.
The movie relocates the carnage to Campo, California, in and around the Motor Transport Museum, an old feldspar mill ringed by hundreds of rusting trucks. That is where father and son grind in the secret ingredient: human flesh. Their victims? Unlucky hikers plucked off the Pacific Crest Trail. RemDog uses a flamethrower to dry the meat, and the sales help pay the museum's bills. The locals munch happily, none the wiser that their snack started as somebody else's weekend hike.
Who made this and who is in it
- Shot in and around the Motor Transport Museum/old feldspar mill in Campo, California
- Budget: $250,000
- Rick Roessler returns to write/direct, with original producer Jerry Encoe back as well
- Bryan Butler, who actually owns the Motor Transport Museum, plays Cleavon
- Remington Tully, a local high schooler, plays RemDog
- Another local student, Mary Grondona, plays Ashley
- Lance Garmo, who runs The Green Store, shows up as the town storekeeper
- Sherry Leigh returns from the first film as Liz Borden, now grown up and serving as the town sheriff
- Leigh's husband, Jim Larimore, plays a rich developer eyeing the museum land
- Metal band Hemlock appears onscreen; their track "Nobody Knows What a Killer Looks Like" is the movie's title song
One bittersweet note: Joe Barton, who played the unforgettable Buddy Bacon, died in 2010, so Buddy doesn't factor into this round of mayhem.
If you want the whole saga, both Slaughterhouse and Slaughterhouse 2: Death Metal are streaming on Tubi now. The setting alone — a museum full of decaying trucks turned into a jerky factory with a flamethrower — is wild enough to be worth a look.