Directed by:
Eloy de la IglesiaScreenplay:
Antonio FosCinematography:
Raúl ArtigotComposer:
Fernando García MorcilloCast:
Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Vicky Lagos, Ismael Merlo, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Lola Herrera, Paca Gabaldón, Rafael Hernández, Manuel Calvo (more)Plots(1)
After slaughterhouse worker Marcos (Vicente Parra) accidentally kills a man during a fight, he begins to lose his grip on sanity. As his brutal crimes escalate and the body count grows, the killer must find a way to dispose of his victims. The solution is simple but shocking: You are what he eats! (official distributor synopsis)
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This film is a sort of a probe into the week-long “vertigo” of a man in a distressing situation from which he cannot escape, but rather falls into more deeply. The Cannibal Man offers the oppressive, dusty climate of a Spanish suburban housing complex, strange homoerotic undertones, rather detailed gore of the murders, and well-portrayed psychological tension between the killer and the victim just before the murder. It is a ruthless film about a ruthless killer. The actors themselves – especially the main protagonist – are stiff and the psychological level is undermined by the gratuitous violence and the repulsive atmosphere of the smell of death. An exploitation flick straddling the line between cheap Eurotrash and psychological drama. It turns into the latter in the surprising last five minutes, which takes my rating one star higher. ()
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