Cannibal! The Musical
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Actor: Dan Brother, Dian Bachar, Duster, Stan Brakhage, Stephen BlackpoolDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
DVD Reviews of Cannibal! The Musical
DVD Review: my heart's as full as a baked potato
Summary: 5 Stars
Mild-mannered Alfred Packer (Parker) finds himself leading a small group through the mountains and ends up accused of cannibalism. The movie starts after his arrest and is told in flashbacks to the reporter (Toddy Walters) who'll do anything to get her story.
There are vicious trappers, Japanese Indians, and a bittersweet love story between Alfred Packer and Lianne. And in true musical fashion, the characters have a tendency to burst into song.
As you might guess from the presence of Parker & Stone, Cannibal the Musical is hysterically funny and cheerfully disgusting. Add several weird and catchy songs, and it's impossible to resist. Truly, it's a shpedoinkal movie.
DVD Review: I Ordered This When I Was Hungry
Summary: 4 Stars
Cannibal! The Musical is an extraordinarily veracious piece of viewing pleasure from the creators of South Park. Filled with many sing-a-long songs for the whole family*, it gives musicals a great name. The plot is quite daringly clever as it keeps you attached to the magnificent dialogue and jokes betwixt feverishly addicting musical scenes. The romance in the film is also heart-felt, forcing tears to slide down the cheeks of anyone who watches the scene where Alfred Packer professes his recently departed love, whilst reminiscing wonderful memories of joint happiness together.
If you're willing to join Trey Parker in this "Whoa-It's-Like-I'm-Actually-Venturing-Along-With-Alfred-Packer" kind of film, then put on your "I H8 Trapperz" shirt and hop along for the ride.
*(kids under 15 shouldn't really sing-a-long per se, let alone watch the film, and if your family consists of only 15 year olds and younger, then I can only wonder how you obtained the film and how you're a family of 15 year olds and younger)
DVD Review: The Movie that Made Me Love Troma!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was the movie that made me appreciate what Troma Films had to offer. I had never seen anything by them before this film, and I saw it because of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, hearing that it was one of their first works. However, after seeing it, and seeing the previews at the beginning of the film, I realized that I was missing out. I expanded out and saw other Troma films like 'Sgt. Kabuki Man' and 'The Toxic Avenger', which were good. I also saw some duds, like 'Surf Nazi's Must Die' and 'The Stendhal Syndrome', the later of which I wish I could get that two hours of my life back.
All in all, if you have never seen a Troma film, start here, it won't hurt, it's campy low budget B movie excellence!
DVD Review: Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was hilarious. I highly recommend for Trey Parker and Matt Stone fans. The highlights for me were the musical numbers, but overall really awesome considering it was made for $70,000. DVD Review: Chunks of Alive, Wizard of Oz, and Blazing Saddles marinated by South Park and deep-fried by Troma
Summary: 4 Stars
Trey Parker teams up with Lloyd Kaufman to tell the true story of Alfred Packer, the only person ever convicted of cannibalism in America. Making a musical about people eating human flesh? BRILLIANT! This is an amusing little jaunt into nerdy absurdity.
Some gold-diggers(men actually mining for gold)set off on a dangerous expedition from Utah to Colorado in search of riches. They meet some friendly Japanese Indians? and battle against some troublemaking trappers along with the harsh elements.
There's gore and gay songs and humor along the way. The sick side of Troma actually seems toned down quite a bit though, this is no BloodSucking Freaks.
Overall, this is some nice entertainment although I expected more grotesque killings and raunchiness. Still a worthy production from those crazy Troma folks.
Description of Cannibal! The Musical
From the Makers of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, this is the musical that started it all! 3 Hours of bone chilling, flesh eating show-stopping hilarity! With vicious gore, laugh-inducing gags and rousing musical numbers such as "Snowman" and "Shpedoinkle Day," Cannibal! The Musical is the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America - Alfred Packer. The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory, while searching for gold and love, he and his companions lost their way and resorted to unthinkable horrors! Packer and his five wacky mining buddies sing and dance their ways into your heart...and then take a bite out of it! Cannibal! The Musical is Oklahoma meets Bloodsucking Freaks. Brought to you by the Troma Team and Trey Parker - the Rogers and Hammerstein of Horror!Alferd Packer was the only man in the United States ever convicted of cannibalism--what better hero for fellow Coloradan and future South Park creator Trey Parker to celebrate in music? Blue-eyed and boyish Parker was still in college when he wrote, directed, composed the songs for, and took the starring role as the innocent young Packer in this film, giving a gee- whiz performance as an ambitious pioneer who joins an ill-fated trek west that ends up stranded in the mountains. At times resembling a perverse community theater parody of Rodgers and Hammerstein ("My heart's as full as a baked po-ta-to!"), Parker bounces back and forth between cheery production numbers and goony songs ("Let's build a snowman," sings one starving-mad hiker) and grotesque gore (bloody body parts, festering sores, human hors d'oeuvres). It lacks in style and consistency and the juvenile gags and fart jokes wear thin over the course of a feature film, but Parker's sheer energy and inventiveness carry the overlong picture to a rousing conclusion. Regular Parker collaborators Matt Stone and Dian Bachar costar in this tuneful barbecue. --Sean Axmaker
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