slaughter studio start a an actor name justin be shoot and kill on the set of his late film and be it an accident or something more sinister . either way slaughter studio have remain unused and empty ever since . jump forward 20 year and aspire low budget horror filmmaker steve ( peter stanovich ) be go to break into slaughter studio and use the unused but still intact stage for his late project . to help him he have assemble a crew of friend and production assistant madigan ( amy shelton white ) and gary ( matthew j. roseman ) the cameraman and ollie ( anand chulani ) the sound man and and his cast of actor and kevin ( nicolas reed ) and chad ( darren reiher ) and goth babe trisha ( eva frajko ) and rebecca ( laura oatis ) and darlene ( serra ellison ) and candace ( lorissa mccomas ) and portia ( tara killian ) . together they break into the abandon slaugher studio and get to work and however it appear that they be not alone a a killer stalk the corridor of the once busy studio . edit and direct by brian katkin i really like slaughter studio . on paper the script by dan acre and john huckert look pretty lousy and a horror comedy about a bunch of annoy teenager be kill by a mysterious killer but in fact slaughter studio turn out to be a really likable and decent film . i hat ollie but i find the rest of the character very likable and be quite funny with some nice witty dialogue . the whole film within a film and blair witch project ( 1999 ) anyone . and have be do before but slaughter studio incorporate it really well and the whole self referential joke and mickey taking be do with a certain affection for the genre . there be a few good laugh here include a pretty funny farting in a tent gag . i really like the end as well and i definitely wasn not expect it and be both a clever and satisfy way to round the film off . slaughter studio never take itself seriously and it move along at a fair pace and be never boring or dull and make for good entertainment . don not get me wrong a it far from a masterpiece but believe me you could do a hell of a lot bad than slaughter studio when you compare it to the straight to video crap that litter video shop shelve these day . director katkin do an impressive job and the lighting be excellent with bright neon green and blue and red along side the dark shadowy corner . the film look great throughout and only the cheap look digital video use to shoot it on give it low budget away . there be plenty of nudity and some lesbianism include a funny exchange of dialogue with the director convince portia that go nude and participate in act if lesbianism would make her a good actress . the gore isn not so plentiful and a pick axe in someone stomach and someone throat be cut with some film and someone have a pitchfork stick through them and there a decapitated head . with a supposed budget of about $ 50 and 000 the filmmaker have work absolute miracle . slaughter studio go straight to video but look really good from start to finish and they obviously make that $ 50 and 000 go a long way . the act varies and chulani be absolutely awful . frajko a the goth bird trisha be a bit of a babe and really easy on the eye . slaughter studio surprise me and a lot . i think it be a highly entertaining and funny spoof comedy horror slasher . a a horror film fan you have to be able to take a chance on a film you have never hear of that will in all likelihood turn out to be complete and utter crap and most low budget straight to video horror film fall into this category . but once in a while you be reward with a bit of an unexpected gem and slaughter studio be just such an occasion for me and definitely worth a watch .