Still hot on my Claude Chabrol film-fest I decided it was time to see 'Le Boucher'; the only movie of Chabrol's that is present in my 1001 movies to see before you die book. This time we are dealing yet again with Stephane Audran ( who was apparently Chabrol's wife - that might explain the constant use of her) as a lovely but lonely school-teacher who strikes up a friendship/relationship with a butcher at a friend's party. At the same time, a serial killer is loose near the village, killing young girls as he goes along. If you think Chabrol is dated and for people who don't like to be scared then you haven't seen one of the last scenes in this movie which has all the terror and haunting element that a modern thriller would have today (in fact, it's even better, no special effects, just excellent acting). It scared me so much I was thinking about it for hours afterwards. This is a tense thriller with a few genuinely scary moments (another concerns the schoolchildren picniking on the rocks outside the village, very eerie) that should definitely be watched.
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