So I've heard about this film for a while and finally found the time to sit down and watch.
Was I in for a treat!
The only way to describe Cannibal Farm is thus.
It's like The League of Gentlemen decided to write a comedy horror script, realised that it wasn't that good, threw the script in the bin and it was picked up by a GCSE drama student who ignored the comedy elements and focused on the horror.
The dialogue is ropey as hell and delivered with more ham than a Percy Pig advertising campaign.
My favourite line in the whole film goes to:
'You'll have to cut off your feet and find the keys, it's the only way'
Yep, this gives you the idea of the type of thing you'll be watching. I'm assuming the director did his auditions at a local village hall during the Okehampton players amateur dramatics societies production of Puss in Boots.
The gore is passable and not as frequent as you might expect with a film of this title.
Clocking in at 1 hour 40, it does drag and you'll be clock watching during the last 30 minutes.
The only positive I will mention is the writers attempt at a few plot twists. As ambitious as they were, ultimately you just don't particularly care. In case you haven't already assumed (considering the villain is a face wearing chainsaw wielding madman) the film takes inspiration from Tobe Hooper's classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.
Not so much a homage as the end result is a cross between 'Hot Fuzz'and 'The Room'.
Cannibal Farm is definitely a misleading title and the writer should've settled with 'Carry on Cannibal'.
Would I recommend watching it?...for the comedy value, definitely, however don't go into it thinking this will be a good piece of horror. If that's what you're after you're best sticking with Tobe Hooper's ground breaking masterpiece.
