Cannibal Man

La semana del asesino

Spain

1973

98 Min

Color

1.85:1

Spanish

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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PROD José Truchado, Vicente Parra

SCR Eloy de la Iglesia, Antonio Fos, Dick Randall

CAST Vicente Parra, Charlie Bravo, Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Lola Herrera

MUSIC Fernando García Morcillo

Synopsis

When slaughterhouse worker Marcos (Vincent Parra) accidently kills a man during a fight, he beings 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.

Director

Eloy de la Iglesia

Born in the Basque town of Zaráuz on 1.1.1944. He studied film at the IDHEC in Paris and began making films in the mid-sixties; his films were considered provocative in Spain under Franco. Iglesia makes use of popular genres such as the thriller and the horror film in order to convey his social criticism; he was also one of the first to address homosexuality in his films. In 1996, San Sebastián film festival featured an extensive retrospective of his work. –Berlinale

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Ultra Kebab

13Aug11

I love how Eloy De La Iglesia snuck a gay sub-plot in there bypassing fascist censorship and selling the whole thing as a horror movie. During a time when Franco was still in power. That's ace.

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