A lone sheriff stands between a sleepy western town and a hell-bent horde of invading demonic bratwurst. Starring Brian Bonsall, Jonathan Tiersten, The Enigma, Deno Apodaca, Justine McKinney, Benton Mckibben and Rodney Tidwell as The Beaver. A film by Mel Haynes, Jr.

I didn’t want to like this movie but gosh darn it, it got me! With a name like Slaughsages, something told me that it would be silly (putting it nicely), but once we got over the hill of introductions, I willingly gave up the many chuckles that this short movie pulls out.

In a small town overrun by demonic sausages, a lone sheriff – along with a few others, if they’re being honest – is all that stands in their way of slaughtering the innocent townspeople. Along the way of fighting these porky fiends, antics ensue for the ensemble, such as stormtroopers instead of state troopers being called as back up, and near-pornlike moments with ketchup and mustard condiments. You’ll never look at your sausage the same way.

Slaughsages is as silly as it sounds, but the movie definitely pokes fun at itself at least. It is, of course, mostly comedy with very little horror, with its only terrifying element being the gore from being gored by a… sausage. Silly, but still enjoyable. With an introduction snippet of each cast member tacked on towards the end of the film, this seems to be a concept film for a possible feature-length movie — which I think Slaughsages would be worth making. With the makeup of the movie going from skit to skit, in a “And Now For Something Completely Different” flow, we didn’t get to spend time with all of these characters, and a few seemed interesting and as if they would have great back stories to add to a full-length narrative. It was the bevy of offbeat characters that makes this interesting, and it’s mainly the Sheriff (Deno Apodaca) at that, who it seems will have the best lines. If it does go to feature length, I do hope they scale back some of the overacting for mass audience viewing, it was (hopefully) overacted this first time around intentionally.

There might be a certain audience for this as it felt as if Seth Rogen’s troupe was doing a horror film, which is how I assumed this would be from its name, Slaughsages. Its law enforcement premise definitely lends itself towards catching the audience of Broken Lizard comedy group, masterminds of the Supertroopers cult film. Throw in some gore and you have yourself a possible camp comedy-horror classic if it aires on adding some emotional and weighted elements as well (not just a full onslaught of silly).

…having that said, “You fools! You built this town on top of a Caucasian burial ground!” Yep, it is apparent this movie would have some golden opps for memorable lines. The punk-feeling parody movie, Slaughsages, directed by Mel Haynes Jr. and written by Doug Newville premiered early this March on the American Horrors Channel and is now available via online platforms for viewing.