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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Direct to video pseudo documentary. Aren't we done with this phony format? And this one makes zero sense. What film crew is going to follow around a dude while he kills and eats women? It's amateurish and dumb.The PlotA documentary by two desperate young filmmakers who stumble upon the ultimate subject, a 33 year old cannibalistic serial killer named Anthony McAllister, who has agreed to let them document every aspect of his horrifically violent life-style. Initially terrified, the filmmakers get to know Anthony as a person. They even begin to identify with his ecological and philosophical justifications for his cannibalistic lifestyle. It's only when they investigate further that the filmmakers begin to doubt Anthony's accounts of his past. Tensions noticeably rise as the filmmakers continue to confront Anthony on his conflicting stories and ever-changing philosophies. During an awkward interview, the filmmakers interview Merle, the father of a young girl who was abducted and never found. This abduction was Anthony's first child victim. Merle welcomes them into his home and gives them a heart-felt experience that even Anthony is touched by.

I'm so sick of found footage horror I could scream, but I saw Long Pigs last night and it was fantastic. I'd say it has to be in the top five best films of the genre. The practical effects were outstanding. Definitely watch the Special Features on how they made the bodies. The acting was a little weak at first, but they found their groove before the halfway mark and it really started to click. I have to say I saw the ending coming, but I was not disappointed by that. The score was probably the weakest thing about the movie. I would have preferred silence to the urban remix of "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies". I get the point they were trying to make with that choice, but to me that particular piece is way overused. It's on my blacklist with "O Fortuna" and the chorus from Beethoven's 9th. Just don't. The script was better than average. The acting got better and better as the movie carried on. Cinematography is always my complaint with these kinds of movies. I said the same thing about REC: This is supposed to be a PROFESSIONAL cameraman. He should be able to hold a camera still sometimes. I wish they hadn't fast-forwarded through the butchery scene. That could have been really horrifying if they had been able to pull it off realistically and we had gotten to see it. Overall, great flick. Not a rip-off of August Underground by a mile. I hate found-footage horror, but I loved this.

When the trailer for "Long Pigs" first hit the scene people were already dismissing the movie as being another flick trying to cash in on movies like "Blair Witch Project" or "Paranormal Activity". There were even some who were calling it a rip-off of the "August Underground" series. Basic assumptions from the trailer are understandable, it is a faux-documentary after all, but really there is more to the movie than that. If I had to compare it to anything there is only one movie that comes to mind and that is "Man Bites Dog".Yes, this movie could have gone the cheap and easy way and been nothing more than another faux-snuff movie to appeal to the gore fans and make a quick headline of being a shock title. But "Long Pigs" clearly wanted to be more than that and is more than that; it wants to shock the viewers with realism instead of gore gags. The movie is about two would-be filmmakers following around a cannibalistic serial killer while including interviews of investigators and psychiatrists. Play the interviews against the actions of our killer, Anthony McAlistar to demonstrate that what we believe a killer is, may not actually be true.This is what makes "Long Pigs" stand out; it doesn't go for the cheap thrill-ride of being a shock flick. It wants to get under your skin by portraying what a killer could be and is. It isn't necessarily the eccentric schizo writing things on the wall with their own feces; it's the person next door. Or in this case, the guy next door. The one we don't suspect, the quite one who blends into the crowd which is what makes it so frightening. It's the person we don't see coming. "Long Pigs" gets to you with this idea of it being the common man and then shakes you up as you watch this Anthony McAlistar character act nonchalant about what he is doing. While not exactly blowing your mind with psycho-killer philosophy the things he does and the things he says kind of brings cannibalism into a different light. Maybe because the actor portraying Anthony is able to sell this cold and frightening killer so well, it makes what he says that much more thought provoking. By questioning how we as a society look at our food and treat what we believe to be inferior creatures. Would it be or is it so wrong that if a person is stronger than another to be able to kill them and eat them if we choose to? This is how we view the animal kingdom so why does it change for people? Naturally, our upbringing and understanding of laws and morality tells us this is wrong, but to watch a person who doesn't see it the same way keeps you glued to the movie.Because the movie chooses to focus on the character Anthony it doesn't dwell on the killings and butchering of the people often. There are several people killed but it is done in a much more realistic manner in that Anthony uses what will get the job done, most of which was a pistol with a silencer. For the butchering, you only get to watch him prepare two people throughout the entire movie. While disappointing to those who want gore it goes back to the movie getting to the viewer simply by the character and not so much his actions. You watch and get to listen to him treat these people as nothing but meat to be served for food while having the charisma of a cooking show host."Long Pigs" works so well because it doesn't dwell on the violence but on the people. While it is able to show Anthony as this cold blooded killer is able to do some truly unthinkable acts without batting an eyelash at it. It also points a finger at the "filmmakers" of the movie, like how "Cannibal Holocaust" asked us who are the real savages. "Long Pigs" asks us who is the psychopath, Anthony or these two men who are looking to profit and gain notoriety by exploiting the killer and the victims. In one of movie's more effective moments, we find out Anthony at one point killed and ate a child (a young girl) to see if "the meat" can be different merely by age. Once the filmmakers learn about this they go and interview the young girl's father and shows the callous and cold hearted nature of these two. It goes to show this is what is done and what lengths people will go to for a story in the world of media.Going back to what I said earlier, if I had to compare "Long Pigs" to any movie it would have to be"Man Bites Dog". The two movies are so much alike I would say "Long Pigs" is the low-budget equivalent of "Man Bites Dog". I don't mean that in a bad way at all, but that's the best way to describe it. The movie effectively shows the twisted world and views of a killer who truly believes that there isn't anything wrong with what he is doing. The movie also takes a look at the type of people that we believe are serial killers and the contradictions that come with those ideas of who and what these people are. As well as looking at the roles these killers play in our society, how we as a race view the natural order of where the strong survive and the weak are killed. Our order on the food chain and our obsession with the media. "Long Pigs" is definitely a must see for those who are looking to get more out of their horror movies. -FilmBizarro.com

Two young directors film the hunt and butchering of a prostitute by a local cannibal serial killer. This is interspersed with footage of a grieving parent, a psychologist and a detective. How will the story unfold? There are some minor complaints to be made. For example, the cannibal (Anthony Alviano) seems younger and nerdier than expected, which took away some of the realism. The same for the police officer (Shane Harbinson) -- seemed very young, but presented himself very professionally. A fine actor, he easily could have passed for a real cop.The radio DJ (Roger King) was the strongest and best-written role. His words were well-scripted and well-spoken, and the way his scenes book-cased the film really worked well. The film would have been good without him, but this pushed it from good to very good... perhaps almost great.I appreciate the argument made that "how can it be wrong if it tastes so good?" This is reasonable. God or nature has made edible things palatable -- we learn what to eat by whether or not our taste buds enjoy it. If man was created tasting good, something would seem to be supposed to eat it. Why not other men? (There are moral questions here, of course, but at the very least, why do we not eat the flesh of those who have died?) More than anything else, I have to call attention to the very good use of effects on the corpse... very, very good. The body contained skin, flesh, meat, guts, bones... I do not know how this was accomplished, but it may be the greatest corpse effect in movie-making history. I believe this honor belongs to Chris Bridges, who has been involved in the field for over a decade on a number of notable projects.I would endorse this film. It is an interesting faux documentary, and with the work of Chris Bridges, it may have you doing a double-take. Did they use a real body? It is almost too difficult to be sure.