‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ Trailer: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Reunite for More Monsters and Laughs

The famed comedy duo gets closer to the ‘Three Flavors Cornetto’ trilogy than they have in years.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost collectively form one of the most recognizable duos in British comedy, and there’s a good reason for that. They have worked extraordinarily well together since the days of the Edgar Wright sitcom Spaced before transitioning to big screen offerings. The duo’s best collaborations have unequivocally found the sweet spot between uproarious humor, biting parody, and indelible heart.

There are distinct stylistic differences between the schools of comedy filmmaking that Pegg and Frost have dabbled in together. For instance, Wright’s Three Flavors Cornetto trilogy – comprising Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End – and Greg Mottola’s Paul look and feel completely different. Nevertheless, Pegg and Frost act as the onscreen throughline that gives those projects distinguishing personalities.

It’s been half a decade since Pegg and Frost last appeared in a live-action film together, but Slaughterhouse Rulez is ready to change that. Notably the first title out of the gate from the pair’s production company, Stolen Picture, the movie will be co-written and directed by past Pegg and Frost colleague Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything) usher a new generation into the offbeat brand of horror-comedy that shot the duo to widespread stardom in the first place.

Slaughterhouse Rulez is about a sinkhole that appears at the fracking site near the grounds of a posh British boarding school. Students and teachers face off with monstrous beings from another dimension when literally all hell breaks loose.

Identifying signature themes and character gags that have become synonymous with Pegg and Frost’s brand isn’t difficult, even though I do have to note that the freshly released trailer for Slaughterhouse Rulez does keep the pair apart.

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