"Slaughter" starring Jim Brown, Stella Stevens & Rip Torn.
1972 / 94 minutes
Theme written and performed by Billy Preston

As violence is closely tied to the exploitation genre, this
particular film lives up to it at least on 1970's standards.
Yes, alot of more graphic cuts were made in that era, but
blaxploitation always had it's own way. Look past the title
and the tagline, Slaughter offers some awesome
70's B-special effects to comply the cliche. The main aim
of this blog is not to break down movies scene by scene, but to
expose this excellent genre to a broader audience
by revealing blaxploitation classics and the not-so-classics.
Everyone loves classics.




The plot in this one is nothing special yet it manages to get
a grip on you film after film. Ex-pro footballer Slaughter receives news
of his family getting killed by a car-bomb assassination
and manages to dig up a few names on possible suspects, who he
proceeds to go after. As you might've guessed, The Man is also
after these men for their mafia business.
Slaughter makes a deal, add a sidekick and a white vixen, a few
chases and a conspiracist-falls-in-love plotline, corrupt cops
and you've got yourself genuine blaxploitation, which makes
the whole genre extremely engaging. To some.




The soundtrack offers nothing special apart from the theme
by Billy Preston yet the chase-themes are not out of place
by any means. The wah is there so yours truly is
somewhat content. "Slaughter" also employs some rather
unconventional yet fresh camera-angles, lenses and ratio
which is somewhat unfamiliar to its time and genre.
It's really enjoyable but not one of the most entertaining
films to check out. Check back next week for the
sequel, "Slaughters big rip-off" loaded with a James Brown
soundtrack. No rating, rate it out yourself.