Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (2005) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2005 · 82 mins · English

Starring

Cheryl Dent, Todd Duffey, Thomas Wheatley, Karl Anderson, Ryan Rogoff, Michele Morrow

In 1971, actress Jennifer is institutionalized after psychotic visions on a film set. Upon release she becomes stranded in the desert, where a colorful band of nomadic rebels rescues her. Helpless, she joins them and they ignore a local’s warning about an abandoned house, using it as a crash pad. Jennifer’s unsettling visions worsen, blurring reality, and the rebels are killed one by one, fulfilling the legend of the “Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun.”