Cannibal! The Musical (1996)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Instant Favorite.

Fantastic!

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I haven't watched South Park in years and didn't even realise this stupid movie was made by the creator, Trey Parker. Better, he was played as Alfred himself and I finally got to see him in one of his movies. He has so much of Quentin Tarantino style by appearing in movies he has made. Is Tarantino copying him lol? I thought it was more gory in the beginning then in the end. A lot of makeup was used so much that I couldn't understand why this movie was low budget? I know this was before his success in South Park but, he should've done some of the props a lot better! All I can say to that, at least he got good actors, singers and of course, the makeup to keep the film going. The songs were too stupid to memorise but they do make you sing-a-long and laugh hysterically to them!I also thought this movie was inspired by Charles Manson by the way Parker had his characters appearance! He should've been in a biopic about the Serial Killer,he would make more of a fortune!Guys, you have to sit down and watch this, it's hilarious!

loved this movie. Watched it with a couple of buddies who are all big south park fans and we laughed our asses off! The songs are ridiculously funny and catchy as hell. The sense of humor was great, just as u'd expect from the south park crew and there was a little bit of gore as well! Trey parker and matt stone both star in this movie along with the little b!th from basketball. Some of the characters were pretty awesome too..."what you don't believe we indians? look at all the toupees". Man this stuff was great especially watching it 15 years after it was first released and seeing how far these great directors have gone since their first cult classic. The fact that it is a Troma release means that the DVD is packed with special features that makes the fun continue after the movie is over. Troma puts together some of the best special features i have ever seen and makes me want to buy more of their dvds just because of the extra content.

I am amazed beyond words why this horrible film has an average rating of 7. Truth be told, I watched this film a AFTER I saw Ravenous (1999) directed by Antonia Bird. Ravenous also has an average rating of 7.Alferd Packer is a sense-less film not to be taken seriously. It is a parody of the true story of a real man, Alfred Packer (Born: January 21, 1842. Died: April 23, 1907) who was an American prospector who was accused of cannibalism.In November 1873, Packer was in a party of 21 men who left Provo, Utah, heading for the Colorado gold country around Breckenridge. On January 21, 1874 he met Chief Ouray, known as the White Man's Friend, near Montrose, Colorado. Chief Ouray recommended they postpone their expedition until spring, as they were likely to encounter dangerous winter weather in the mountains.Ignoring Ouray's advice, Packer and five others left for Gunnison, Colorado on February 9. Besides Packer, the group included Shannon Wilson Bell, James Humphrey, Frank "Reddy" Miller, George "California" Noon, and Israel Swan.The party became hopelessly lost and ran out of provisions. They were snowbound in the Rocky Mountains. Packer made three confessions which differed considerably about what followed. In the last, Packer claimed he went scouting and came back to find Shannon Bell roasting human flesh. Bell rushed him with a hatchet, so Packer shot and killed him. Packer insisted that Bell had gone mad and murdered the others.On April 16, 1874, Packer arrived alone at Los Pinos Indian Agency near Gunnison. He spent some time in a Saguache, Colorado saloon, meeting several of his previous party. He claimed self-defense, but his story was not believed.First tried for murder, Packer was eventually sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. However, he was paroled on February 8, 1901 and went to work as a guard at the Denver Post. He died in Deer Creek, in Jefferson County, Colorado, reputedly of "Senility - trouble & worry" at the age of 65. Packer is widely rumored to have become a vegetarian before his death. He was buried in Littleton, Colorado. His grave is marked with a veteran's tombstone listing his original regiment.In conclusion: Alferd Packer The Musical is just another below average horror(?)/comedy film. You are better off watching Ravenous if you haven't seen it yet. There is another film made: The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980) and also Devoured: The Legend of Alferd Packer (2005).Cheers! :) Email me [email protected] for more movies.

Let's get the inevitable out of the way: the movie looks absolutely horrible. There's a reason most of Trey Parker's work has been in animation. Then again, it's Troma, so we can be a little forgiving. It's not so much the budget as general incompetence in the film-making that's a bit annoying here, but it's still a Trey Parker cannibal Western musical comedy from Troma based loosely on the true story of Alfred Packer.Yes, it's as silly and ludicrous as it sounds, and although it's not quite up there with the best Troma has to offer ("Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "The Toxic Avenger", "Tromeo and Juliet", and a less well-liked favorite of mine, "Troma's War"), it's still absolutely demented and crazy throughout, the songs are still good, and the movie has a lot of fun with Western conventions.This is really Trey Parker's movie through and through, it's his excellent performance as Packer which carries the movie, and it's his songs that immediately made me forget about all the jokes which fell flat in the preceding scene. This movie is far from perfect, and I think I laughed a bit harder at "Orgazmo", but this is still one of Troma's more worthwhile movies, and interesting as an example of the work of a very young pre-"South Park" Trey Parker.7/10