The guys from Toe Tag Pictures are back. Fred Vogel, the sick mastermind that brought us the August Underground trilogy (I'm ashamed to admit this but I've seen all 3) are back with a new flick filled with fake snuff, mock executions and "real footage" of deathiness.
Well this has got to be 10 years too late don't ya think?
Sorta like Faces of Death with some Mondo Cane-ness, from the reviews I've read, the kills look mega realistic. This is of course the slice and dice expertise from Toe Tag.
The plot is below.
The film revives an early 1990’s Internet clip show, Murder, which was notorious for streaming videos of actual killings. After gaining popularity, the infamous show was discovered by authorities and shut down forcing the host, Balan, into obscurity.
Over more than a decade in the shadows, the obsessed host continued to search for scenes of brutality that provoke a maelstrom of emotion. Balan has recently emerged from the darkness and is eager to show you his collection.
I met Vogel once during a Chiller convention and bought August Underground Mordum (a signed copy!) and he was rather chill as we talked about horror shit. Good times.
Check out the trailer below.
I also have watched their most recent non snuff movie Redsin Tower which was pretty horroficly adequate. But I'm glad their back to their old sicko, twisted shenanigans.
I'll probably have to order this pretty soon. Only sick bastards need apply.
Mondo Canniable aka Cannibal World aka Cannibal Holocaust: The Beginning (2003)
Directed by Vincent Dawn (aka Bruno Mattei)
Bruno Mattei has a resume of seemingly MST3K worthy movies. Most of them ripoffs of many big blockbuster hits: Terminator, Zombie, Jaws.
So its fitting he'd make a shot by shot remake of Cannibal Holocaust. And for all its Ed Wood qualities, I can't say this is total utter shit. It's sorta got a B-movie Hollywood popcorn feel to it.
It's definitely a midnight matinee movie I'd go see, with friends and totally make fun of. And so that's the way I'm looking at it.
Boring Plot-O-Matic
The network where the famous anchorwoman Grace Forsyte works, is collapsing and she would do everything to regain the favor of the audience, therefore she convinces her professional team to go to the Amazon jungle for a sensational scoop about the cannibals.
Awesome Review-O-Matic
Thank God for Chiller. Yes I could have possibly torrented or found this flick on eBay. But Chiller gave me easy access to buy these flicks as they should be bought. Bad DVD cover art, bootleg DVD-R disc with no labels and half the description on the back in Japanese!
Woohoo.
What you're looking for in any cannibal movie is the following:
1.) Cannibals (duh!) 2.) Gratuitous nudity 3.) A scene of a pure, unadulterated, disgusting sicko atrocity 4.) Cannibal picnic munching 5.) White people disturbing an indiginous culture
Let's take a look at each piece of the puzzle more closely.
Cannibals
Looks like they got their cannibal extras from the Philippines (as this is where it was filmed) and if dressed up properly, anybody can pass as a cannibal. Fuck John McCain could be a passable cannibal.
A few "hi mom" moments from our pretend cannibals, some fucked up carnivore munching and for the most part you got a decent convincing tribe.
Gratuitous Nudity
Our intrepid white reporters give us some shiny boobies to look at. Perfectly tanned!
A scene of a pure, unadulterated, disgusting sicko atrocity
This movie had plenty. But I gotta go with the ripping of a pregnant woman's stomach and munching on her unborn fetus and intestines. Also, a beheading and some burned alive tribal women. And all filmed by our documentary filmmakers for their cable channel.
Seriously what channel is this on?
Cannibal picnic munching
Lots of it. Even some brain munching and some testicle eating. Because testicles are fuckin tasty.
White people disturbing an indigenous culture
You know very well whats going to happen to our documentary crew. For ratings, they decide to stage a "attack" from a neighboring tribe and start to fuck up the locals. Burning their village, women and children, shooting the shit out of people.
And ironically, they get what they deserved in the end. Eaten alive.
And you know why they lost? Because like zombies, there are a fuckin lot of cannibals. It's pure numbers really. You can shoot them, but your gonna run out of ammunition.
And they keep coming. And they're hungry and pissed. And testicles are yummy.
Gore-ipedia (if you want to be shocked don't read)
Cannibal eating Beheading Burned beyond recognition Intestine splurging Decaps Rape I kind listed everything in my review didn't I?
Nude-ipedia (because you like boobies)
See gratuitous nudity WTF moment There was gratuitous rape. Read that again. Gratuitous rape.
The Jaded Viewer's Final Prognosis
If you want to MST3k this, this is the perfect movie for you. If you want to see a cannibal movie, go see one of the Top 5 I listed above. Bruno Mattei made a Commandoes vs Cannibals movie which I think is probably more fun to watch than this piece of crap.
But hey, I'll take my cannibals anyway I can get em.