Slaughter Trail vs The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 3.8/10 for Slaughter Trail). Slaughter Trail is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 3h 8m. Slaughter Trail is the older of the two (1951 against 2015). Both are western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Slaughter Trail posterSlaughter Trail1951 VS The Hateful Eight posterThe Hateful Eight2015
Slaughter TrailThe Hateful Eight
Audience score★ 3.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year19512015
Length1h 18m3h 8m
GenresWesternDrama, Mystery, Western
Country–United States of America
DirectorIrving AllenQuentin Tarantino
Main castBrian Donlevy, Gig Young, Virginia Grey, Andy Devine, Robert HuttonWalton Goggins, Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Dern

Synopsis

Slaughter Trail

Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. The Indians then arrive offering peace if the three men are turned over to them. The fort's commanding Officer wants peace but the rules say the men must be tried in a white man's court leaving the Indians no choice but to attack.

The Hateful Eight

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

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