Matthew Buckner is the eldest son of the Zombie Redneck Torture Family. He was said to be the most cruel and malicious amongst them, as even his Father was careful not to cross him. He was portrayed by Dan Payne.
Physical Description and Attributes[]
Matthew Buckner is a very tall and physically intimidating man. He stands at a height of approximately 6 feet and has a broad, muscular build. Because he and he rest of his family are living corpses, his skin and most of his body has undergone the stages of decomposition. His hair is long, unkempt and dark brown in color. He wears a dark greenish-yellow button-down shirt, suspenders and dark colored pants.
Matthew Buckner is very physically strong, as he able to swing his weapon of choice- a bear trap attached to a chain, with ease. It took the combined strength of Dana, Marty, Curt and Holden to stop Matthew from entering the Cabin through its front door, to which Matthew ultimately broke through. This strength combined with his sadistic personality are what made him the most dangerous and respected in his family.
Appearances[]
Matthew Buckner and his family were the Monsters that were summoned to kill Dana, Marty, Curt, Jules and Holden at the Cabin, after Dana reads the Latin inscription from his sister Patience's diary. Later, he, Mother Buckner, Father Buckner and Judah Buckner stalk and attack Curt and Jules when they are making love in the forest. Matthew strikes Curt with his bear trap, to which then Father Buckner appears and restrains Curt with his scythe. Matthew and Judah then restrain Jules and Mother Buckner appears and kills Jules with her saw blade. Curt manages to escape the ambush and retreats to the Cabin. As Curt is informing his friends of Jules' death, Matthew Buckner appears at the Cabin's door and throws Jules' decapitated head at Dana. As mentioned above, it takes the combined strength of the remaining 4 teenagers to shut and lock the Cabin door to prevent Matthew from coming inside. Later, after Dana and Holden discover the 'Dark Room' underneath the Cabin, Matthew Buckner forces his way inside and attacks Holden with his bear trap weapon. Dana is able to pull Holden into the Dark Room, causing Matthew to fall half way inside, stuck upside down. Dana grabs a crowbar and impales Matthew through the face with it, causing him to die temporarily. However, Matthew reawakens, removes the crowbar from his face and attempts to make his way inside the room. Dana then grabs a kitchen knife and stabs Matthew in the chest repeatedly until Matthew dies a second time.
After the deaths of Curt and Holden, Dana returns to the Cabin and is encountered once again by Matthew Buckner. He chases her to the Cabin's nearby lake and dock, where Dana collapses due to being exhausted. Matthew is about to execute her and swings his bear trap by the chain in the air. However, Marty arrives just in time and knocks Matthew off his feet, to which then Dana uses a broken plank from the dock to knock him into the water. Matthew was not seen at all in the rest of the film.
Trivia[]
- Matthew's eyes are completely black in color, compared to the rest of his family who have milky, pale-colored eyes. Why this is is unknown, but it could be speculated that this is one of the distinguishable features applied to Matthew due to his extremely sadistic nature.
- When Dana was reading from the diary of Patience Buckner, it was revealed that Matthew killed his younger brother Judah and tortured his father, all in the name of the family's pain-worshiping faith. Patience even describes Matthew as becoming sexually aroused when he is torturing his victims, specifically when he cuts open flesh.