Meat Market 2

{{short description|2001 film by Brian Clement}} {{Infobox film | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Brian Clement | producer = | writer = Brian Clement | starring = {{plainlist| * Claire Westby * Alison Therriault * Stephan Eng * Terra Thomsen * Rob Nesbitt * Chuck Depape * Dustan Roberts * Dave Krawchuck }} | music = Justin Hagberg | cinematography = | editing = Brian Clement | studio = Frontline Films | distributor = Sub Rosa Studios | released = {{Film date|2001|10|27}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Meat Market 2''''' is a 2001 Canadian horror film directed and written by Brian Clement. It stars Claire Westby, Alison Therriault, and Stephan Eng as zombie hunters who discover a safe haven run by an authoritarian cult leader. It is the sequel to Clement's 2000 film ''Meat Market'' and is followed by ''Meat Market 3''.

== Plot == Argenta, her vampire friend Nemesis, and a fellow survivor named Ferriden arrive at a safe haven run by Bill Wilhelm, who requires the people he shelters to surrender their freedom. Wilhelm wants to recruit Argenta, but he does not care for her companions. Nemesis is seemingly executed and Ferriden turned over to mad scientists in the compound. When Nemesis returns for vengeance, zombies attack the inhabitants and kill Wilhelm.

== Cast == * Claire Westby as Argenta * Alison Therriault as Nemesis * Stephen Eng as Ferriden * Terra Thomsen as Lt. Janet Habsburg * Rob Nesbitt as Bill Wilhelm * Chuck Depape as Dr. Gehlen * Dave Krawchuck as Dr. Hubbard * Dustan Roberts as The Chef

== Release == Sub Rosa Studios released the film in a bundle with ''Meat Market'', the first film, in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/8096/|title=Horror in Your House: Tuesday, January 30, 2007|last=Miska|first=Brad|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=2007-01-29|accessdate=2013-12-14|archive-date=2013-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215014013/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/8096/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Reception == Mike Bracken of IGN called the film watchable, especially considering its budget, but he criticized the weak social commentary and slow pacing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2006/03/03/the-horror-geek-speaks-meat-market-2|title=The Horror Geek Speaks: Meat Market 2|last=Bracken|first=Mike|work=IGN|date=2006-03-03|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> Beyond Hollywood wrote that the film panders too much to fans of gore films while ignoring the story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/meat-market-2-2001-movie-review/|title=Meat Market 2 (2001) Movie Review|work=BeyondHollywood.com|date=2003-10-24|accessdate=2013-12-14}}</ref> Commenting on the number of zombies and excessive gore, Peter Dendle wrote in ''The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia'' that the franchise "traffics in quantity over quality."<ref>{{cite book|title=The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia: Volume 2, 2000–2010|last=Dendle|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Dendle|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2012|isbn=9780786492886|page=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DG6rK0PE2vIC&pg=PA129}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0368019}}

Category:2001 films Category:2001 horror films Category:2001 Canadian films Category:2001 English-language films Category:Camcorder films Category:Canadian independent films Category:Canadian splatter films Category:Canadian zombie films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films about cults Category:Films directed by Brian Clement Category:English-language horror films Category:2000s vampire films