Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 10/16/1998(USA)
Release Date: 11/18/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Troma Entertainment
This is an amiable little
parody from director
Trey Parker, best known as co-creator of the cult TV series
South Park. Set in 1873, the film deals with
Alfred Packer (
Juan Schwartz, aka
Trey Parker), who is accused of cannibalizing members of his six-man party on a trip West. There are comic songs, Japanese people pretending to be Indians, and a cyclops whose eye spurts pus. The film's highlight may be
Alfred's saloon kung fu fight with a cocky fur trapper named
Frenchy over his beloved horse
Liane.
Cannibal! is surprisingly light on gore for a
Troma Team release (save for the prologue and finale), concentrating instead on goofy sight gags, sex jokes, and silly songs like
"Shpadoinkle" and
"Hang the Bastard." The cinematography is attractive, evoking all those frontier
musicals of yore, and the overall quality is good, if obviously low budget. This film also features a cameo by underground film maven
Stan Brakhage as the father of one of the pioneers.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
