5/10
More crime thriller than horror
8 December 2018
Horror legend Lon Chaney Jnr plays The Butcher, a criminal who gets executed but is unintentionally brought back to life Frankenstein style in an illicit experiment to cure cancer. He then goes on a murderous rampage, killing those who double crossed him and anybody else who gets in his way. There's not much in the way of actual horror here, only his resurrection from the dead and the film's finale. For most part it plays like a crime thriller, and to be fair it does so reasonably well. Lon loses his voice early on but he looks menacing throughout. Acting is reasonable. Not a bad time filler and a must for Chaney fans. But not the "classic horror" as stated on the DVD sleeve.
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