Celluloid Cannibals | Offscreen
As part of the temporary exhibition “Cannibals”, the Brussels Museum for Mill and Food has collaborated with Offscreen to present a selection of the most finger-licking good cannibal movies out there. We have chosen five films which broadly convey the way cannibalism is treated in popular independent cinema, from zombies to Asian specialist cuisine, sweeping through Italian exploitation as well as adaptations of real life stories.
Musée bruxellois du Moulin et de l’Alimentation
Rue du Moulin à vent 21
1140 Evere
Tickets:
€ 4,00 / person
€ 2,50 / person (unemployed, disabled, students, seniors)
Night of the Living Dead
The dead come back to life, ravenous for human flesh. A group of survivors goes into an isolated farm where they must not only fight the never-ending attacks of the living-dead, but also the mounting tensions amongst themselves.
Cannibal Holocaust
An American anthropologist forays into the inhospitable Amazon forest in search of a missing film crew which disappeared a year earlier while shooting a documentary about supposed cannibal tribes. Following the tracks of this expedition, he finds several reels containing footage that defies belief…
Alive
October 13th, 1972: a charter plane carrying 37 people – players, friends and family of a Uruguayan rugby team – is flying over the snowy Andean peaks towards Chile when bad weather strikes and an accident ensues. A handful of passengers survive the crash and wait for rescue...
Dumplings
Former TV actress Qing dreams, like many others, of eternal youth. Thanks to her well-off husband, she has the financial means to buy herself beauty. In her search for the ultimate youth serum, she meets the mysterious cook Mei. This retired gynecologist is known for her miraculous dumplings...
Grimm Love
In 2001, a German man named Armin Meiwes placed an ad in an obscure online forum where he announced his search for a well-built male between 18 and 30 who would be interested in getting literally eaten by him. Enter Bernard Jürgen Brandes, the consenting victim who would allow Meiwes’ sordid dinner plans to take place...
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