The Butcher (1970)

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.

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama

What to watch after The Butcher

• La cérémonie (1995) — Same feel: dark, tense
• Hell (1994) — Claude Chabrol directed both
• Brides (2004) — Same feel: mysterious, tense
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) — Same subject: murder
• Breathless (1960) — Same subject: french noir
• The Tenant (1976) — Same feel: dark, mysterious