The first film from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who are of course best known for tv’s “South Park”. “Cannibal! The Musical” (or “Alferd Packer: The Musical” as it is sometimes known) is a surprisingly funny film made on a very low budget and centred on an incredibly weird concept. If you like “South Park” then you might get some kicks out of this but I don’t think this is a film for everybody out there.

“Cannibal! The Musical” tells a comedic version of Colorado’s first cannibal, named Alferd (not Alfred) Packer (Parker). Blood, guts, music numbers and some very witty humour is present as we see how a simple miner’s journey for gold turns ugly.

Parker and Stone are of course best known for providing voices in “South Park” but they do a pretty good job here. Although the performances themselves are quite funny, I’m always impressed how talented Parker actually is as a singer; he always sounds just right to do a mockery of whatever song type he is ridiculing. Alferd Packer isn’t really that great of a character and to be fair none of them really stick out that much. By far the best characters are the American Indians as they’re all played by Japanese people and do karate… comedic genius.

“Cannibal! The Musical” has some really funny song numbers and some great little bits here and there. As I said earlier, not everybody is going to get this film; it’s not a mainstream picture by any means. Some may find the film slow and boring while others just won’t get exactly what the filmmakers were trying to do here. If you’ve seen some of Parker and Stone’s other films such as “Orgazmo” and you were disappointed, I’d still give this one a go. Perhaps the greatest contribution this film makes to the world is its invention of the word ‘shpadoinkle’.