The Cannibal Man1972
“When the butcher goes berserk....”
Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia
🏆 1 win total
The premise
A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too. He then has to kill his brother, his brother’s fiancée and his father, who have become suspicious. He gets rid of the bodies by taking them to a slaughter house.
Horror Vault's take
When a blue-collar slaughterhouse worker finds himself on the wrong side of an accidental killing, one desperate cover-up spirals into a deeply disturbing chain of violence that closes in around him from every direction. Director Eloy de la Iglesia crafts a slow-burn portrait of a man undone not by monsters, but by his own increasingly ruthless choices. Set against the gritty backdrop of early-1970s Spain, the film blurs the line between the abattoir and the domestic sphere in ways that linger long after the credits roll. It earned its place on the UK Video Nasty list, and its reputation for unflinching darkness is well deserved.
Content: Graphic Violence, Depictions Of Murder, Animal Slaughter Imagery, Disturbing Thematic Content
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