Top 9 Cannibals in Horror
Steve Barton
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Soylent Green
Okay, things are getting a little ridiculous here. Including Soylent Green, the first four films on this list all involve people serving human flesh to unsuspecting others and them enjoying the hell out of it! Drayton Sawyer had a mantel full of trophies, Mrs. Lovett was turning patrons away because she was so busy and Farmer Vincent had the tastiest vittles in town. In Soylent Green the hordes of people (40 million in NYC alone by 2022 according to the film) gobble up Soylent Green and turn up their noses at the inferior Soylent Red and Yellow. And, once again, we find out society definitely has a real cannibalistic side when Charlton Heston reveals “Soylent Green is people!”
Cannibal Holocaust
As a horror fan, I’ve seen it all and come out okay. My appetite wasn’t bothered in the least by either of The Human Centipede movies or A Serbian Film. I even once ate a rare steak while watching Dead Alive, but Cannibal Holocaust did me in. This film put me off meat for about two weeks. And it’s not just the actual killing of animals depicted; Cannibal Holocaust is a really repulsive film. Ruggero Deodato absolutely achieved exactly what he was going for by shocking audiences for decades with this picture that could technically be called the grandfather of the found footage genre. Not for those with weak constitutions, Cannibal Holocaust gets the job done. And just FYI, the trailer below contains nudity, including plenty of man ass and junk.
“Skin and Bones” Episode from NBC’s “Fear Itself” Series
Prior to the 2008 Olympics, NBC was running a horror series with various directors entitled “Fear Itself” similar to Showtime’s “Masters of Horror.” The Olympics came along and preempted “Fear Itself” but the network promised it would return once the Games were over. However, when the time came, NBC never returned to the series, canning it mid-season, leaving five episodes unaired. But the final show viewers saw was a nightmarish tale directed by Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter) starring Doug Jones as a man who goes missing in the woods and returns possessed by a wendigo to terrorize his family, including making his wife dine on a stew containing meat harvested from her lover in an extramarital affair. Yep, this ran on NBC! It was a fantastic episode, one of the scariest things I’d ever seen on television…until the “Honey Boo Boo” wedding.
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