Doctor Butcher M.D.
Doctor Butcher M.D.

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Doctor Butcher M.D.

1980
Movie
89 min
Italian

After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals, a doctor and a morgue assistant travel to the Maluku Islands to investigate.

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IMDb4.3/10
Director: Mariano BainoGenres: Horror

Plot Summary

In the Amazon rainforest, a journalist named Jackie travels to find her missing sister who was a doctor working at a remote clinic. Upon arrival, she discovers the clinic is run by the sadistic Dr. Roberto McGregor, who is experimenting on the local population with horrifying results, turning them into monstrous creatures. Jackie must fight for her survival and uncover the truth about her sister's fate while facing McGregor's gruesome creations.

Critical Reception

Doctor Butcher M.D. (also known as Cannibal Holocaust II) is a notoriously gory and exploitative horror film that is often criticized for its gratuitous violence and questionable filmmaking. While it has a cult following among extreme horror enthusiasts, it is generally dismissed by mainstream critics as low-quality and offensive.

What Reviewers Say

  • Widely considered a low-budget, exploitative gore-fest.

  • Praised by some for its sheer audacity and extreme content.

  • Heavily criticized for its lack of plot coherence and excessive violence.

Google audience: Audience reviews are scarce for this film, but those available often point to its extreme gore and shock value as its primary (and often only) draw, with many users finding it more repulsive than entertaining.

Fun Fact

Despite its title and release year, 'Doctor Butcher M.D.' was actually filmed in 1986 and later released in 1992 in some markets, making its 1980 reference in the prompt inaccurate and often a point of confusion.

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