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The Butcher (1970) | Ranked Top 13% · CriticCrunch

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The Butcher

Movie1970·93 min

The Butcher

Directed by Claude Chabrol

Thriller Crime Drama

A thriller crime film directed by Claude Chabrol.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 13%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.1/10

287 ratings

About The Butcher

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, obsession, trauma recovery, late 20th century, small town, international, close friendship, outsider misfit, anti hero, cat and mouse, slow burn reveal, mystery disappearance, serial killer

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Details

Director: Claude Chabrol
Language: French

Cast

Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Roger Rudel

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How The Butcher Ranks

All movies

Top 13%

1970s movies

Top 17%

Thriller movies

Top 16%

1970s Thriller movies

Top 29%

★Claude Chabrol films#2 of 9

Top 16% Thriller movies.

Second-best Claude Chabrol film, behind This Man Must Die.

the vibe

The Butcher Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenselayeredseriousintimatehaunting

unsettling

contemplative

What it's about

cat & mouseslow-burn revealmystery disappearanceisolation lonelinessobsessiontrauma recoveryoutsider misfitanti-heroclose friendshipserial killersmall towninternationallate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy