Character Relationship Map: Slaughterhouse

Characters

• Lester Bacon (played by Don Barrett) — protagonist

  Eccentric farmer who weaponizes his son to protect his property.

• Buzz (played by Jeff Grossi) — supporting

  Local associate or victim connected to the Bacon property.

• Annie (played by Jane Higginson) — supporting

  Local associate or victim in the original film.

• Tom Sanford (played by Bill Brinsfield) — supporting

  Local resident or associate.

• Sheriff Borden (played by William Houck) — minor

  Local sheriff whose daughter investigates a slaughterhouse, leading to a deadly confrontation.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Buzz → Annie (Alliance Teammate) — They participate in the same filmmaking group and enter the location together.

  Buzz and Annie are identified as members of the high-school group planning to shoot a horror video around the Bacon slaughterhouse.

• Lester Bacon → Annie (Conflict Property Opponent) — Annie is an intruder caught in Lester's escalating property conflict.

  Annie enters the Bacon slaughterhouse with the horror-video group. She is killed there during the violent attack connected to Lester's property.

• Lester Bacon → Buzz (Conflict Property Opponent) — Buzz becomes part of the group exposed to Lester's violent defense of the property.

  Buzz enters the Bacon slaughterhouse with the group making a horror video. The group is attacked there while Lester's property is being used without h...

• Tom Sanford → Sheriff Borden (Alliance Negotiation Associate) — They cooperate in the property acquisition effort.

  Tom Sanford visits Lester together with Harold Murdock and Sheriff Borden to offer money for the property and adjacent slaughterhouse.

• Lester Bacon → Sheriff Borden (Conflict Law Enforcement Adversary) — Their conflict combines property pressure, investigation, and violence.

  Sheriff Borden informs Lester that the assessor's office is foreclosing on his property. Lester later stabs him in the back during the final confronta...

• Lester Bacon → Tom Sanford (Conflict Property Adversary) — A business negotiation develops into direct lethal hostility.

  Tom Sanford visits Lester to help offer $55,000 for the property and slaughterhouse. Lester later says Tom deserves the same fate as the dead victims...

Story Analysis

A threatened farmer turns his property dispute into a violent slaughterhouse nightmare that culminates in a doomed escape.

Plot Progression

1. The Farm Under Siege — Lester Bacon lives by old hog-farming methods while modern slaughterhouses undermine his livelihood. A purchase offer and foreclosure notice threaten his control of the property.
2. Blood Behind The Barn — Violence connected to the Bacon property becomes visible when dead victims are shown to Lester. His resentment toward the people pressuring him begins to sharpen into murderous intent.
3. The Slaughterhouse Claims Its Victims — A search for missing people turns into a series of killings inside the slaughterhouse. The stolen squad car and Tom's death expand the danger beyond the property dispute.
4. The Horror Video Becomes Real — The video group enters the slaughterhouse and separates, allowing the attacker to kill them one by one. Sheriff Borden discovers the growing pattern of disappearances.
5. The Last Escape — Lester captures the remaining survivor, but Sheriff Borden's arrival creates an opportunity for escape. The confrontation continues at the car and ends with a final knife attack.