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Cannibal Taboo

2006 · 120 min Horror Thriller
2.3 / 10 · TMDB

Cannibal Taboo tells the story of Janet, a young woman raised in the wilds of Africa who is rescued by explorer Cliff Hendricks. When Cliff contracts a rare blood disease, Janet must leave her jungle ways to care for her husband and their four children. The bulk of the plot occurs when the youngest son, Paul, is about to have his twenty-first birthday. His brother Luke, a successful professor, returns for the celebration. However, things are not so simple in the Hendricks household, since fourth sibling Matthew disappeared on his twenty-first. Moreover, Paul and his sister have an incestuous relationship, and Janet is harboring a terrible secret.

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📋 Film Details

Year 2006
Country United States of America
Genre Horror, Thriller
Director Mike Tristano
Runtime 120 min.
Rating TMDB: 2.3/10 (9 votes)

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The film constructs a suffocating family saga, relying on the gradual exposure of pathologies and taboo relationships. It employs clichéd elements of cannibal horror but confines them to a domestic space where terror sprouts from mundane absurdity and repressed desires.

Those who tire of conventional slashers may find perverse intrigue in this psychological deformation, where bodily horror mirrors secrets consuming the family unit. What lingers after viewing is a sticky, almost tactile dissonance between the facade of normality and the savagery beneath. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mike Tristano

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Watch alone late at night, braced for an absurd and repulsive descent into familial decay.

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