Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) What is your favorite film that involves cannibalism? This little gem is actually a dark comedy despite what the trailer indicates. Rory Calhoun and his sister waylay hapless travellers, plant them in the ground and feed them special nutrients before "harvesting" them. The tagline of the move is "it takes all kind of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters". Edited April 7, 2022 by Tabonga 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,839 Events Team · Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I'm a big fan of Parents (1989) starring the totally sane Randy Quaid. The theme rings true for me from both the perspective of the kid and as a parent. Fantastic dark comedy and psychological horror. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,030 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 No Solicitors (2015) starring Eric Roberts is a fun one. A respected surgeon and his insane family hold unwanted guests prisoner and traffic their organs and cook and eat them. I read IMDB reviews that criticize the acting and effects but it's an over the top exploitation movie not to be taken seriously. I enjoyed it for what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 This is another one that I was impressed with since it was a relatively modest endeavor: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,592 Editorials Team · Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Green Inferno is a nasty little throwback. Ravenous is great. Cannibal the Musical has its moments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said: Green Inferno ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,592 Editorials Team · Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Tabonga said: Hmm, guess there's two of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: Hmm, guess there's two of them... Nah - it was a play on the victims in Green Inferno "Send more earth burgers...." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,436 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Gonna go for a little known cinematic gem and winner of 5 Oscars called The Silence of the Lambs Raw is a pretty good modern one. Cannibal Holocaust is a classic. I don't think I have any interesting choices to add unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: Gonna go for a little known cinematic gem and winner of 5 Oscars called The Silence of the Lambs Raw is a pretty good modern one. Cannibal Holocaust is a classic. I don't think I have any interesting choices to add unfortunately. Raw was pretty amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,891 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I don’t know about movies but I’ve always thought someone should open a cannibal themed restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said: I don’t know about movies but I’ve always thought someone should open a cannibal themed restaurant. Finger sandwiches? Hot dog with 100 % real wiener? And the fact that this is a movie genre is super weird to me, but I can see how horror guys are into it. Is “long pig” some tribal slang for a human, like roasting a “long pig” on the spit is roasting a human, to eat? I have to assume so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,891 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: Finger sandwiches? Hot dog with 100 % real wiener? And the fact that this is a movie genre is super weird to me, but I can see how horror guys are into it. Is “long pig” some tribal slang for a human, like roasting a “long pig” on the spit is roasting a human, to eat? I have to assume so. I’ll have the rack of man please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, MrWunderful said: And the fact that this is a movie genre is super weird to me, but I can see how horror guys are into it. Is “long pig” some tribal slang for a human, like roasting a “long pig” on the spit is roasting a human, to eat? I have to assume so. I don't know if it is a movie genre per se - just a theme that does crop up from time to time - and not always in horror movies. Soylent Green was a sci fi movie based on a novella by Harry Harrison called "Make Room! Make Room!" about a dystopian future of extreme overcrowding. Most ot the ones featuring this that I like are black humor type films - which I like in various genres. Alive was a movie based on the famous Andes plane crash in 1972. Supposedly the term comes from the early to mid 1800s when the South Seas were being explored and was the translation of a term used by a cannibal tribe located there. Long pig also refers to the idea that human flesh reportedly tastes like pork. And the leg and arm bones are longer than pig legs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said: I don’t know about movies but I’ve always thought someone should open a cannibal themed restaurant. The University of Colorado Boulder has this dining hall: Alferd Packer was a famous cannibal who ate 5 of the 7 Democrats in Hinsdale County (Colorado) in 1873. Edited April 7, 2022 by Tabonga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,197 Moderator · Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 My last name is Donner, I love movies about cannibalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, doner24 said: My last name is Donner, I love movies about cannibalism. Let's have a party...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daniel_Doyce | 477 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Lucky Stiff from 1988, although almost no one has heard of it or seen it. Anthony Perkins directed it and it has Donna Dixon in her prime, and a nice appearance by Fran Ryan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 477 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre may be more influential, but I love the second one more. Bill Moseley is so great in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said: Lucky Stiff from 1988, although almost no one has heard of it or seen it. Anthony Perkins directed it and it has Donna Dixon in her prime, and a nice appearance by Fran Ryan I have that on laserdisc - pretty funny movie IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,344 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 11:36 PM, doner24 said: My last name is Donner, I love movies about cannibalism. You might like this book: https://www.prestonchild.com/books/old-bones/Old-Bones-A-Nora-Kelly-Novel;art589,622 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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