Mondo Cannibal [2004]

It's been a while since we saw a movie that was specifically going for gross out moments and controversy. Mondo Cannibal, the movie of the week, ended up being pretty divisive for the bad movie crew. I usually explain the plot just to explain it, but here it serves as a warning. This movie had two scenes that were genuinely pretty scaring. The first was the brutal killing of a baby alligator that seemed to be completely unstimulated. The second was a scene of gang rape of a girl. It wasn't real at least, but it was really rough. 

The rest of Mondo Cannibal is about this news crew going into the Amazon to find a cannibalistic tribe to shock people into watching the news channel more. Grace Forsyte is a desperate news presenter who leads the way with her ragtag crew of "guy who cares deeply about the journalism but turns to evil the fastest," girl who never wears a full shirt, and some sadistic crew members. They witness a pregnant woman being stabbed and eaten through her belly and realize what they're in for. After a lot of other messed up things, they very quickly turn to burning down villages for the story and then the aforementioned rape. See, they became the real savages! The film ends with them all dying, except the cameraman I think because he had to stay alive to film the others getting eaten (as a death bed request). 

So why did we even bother with this film in the first place? Well, there were some weird effects with the cannibalizing, lots of bad dubbed dialogue, and a few random other moments that inspired laughter. The problem is that they don't outweigh the two things mentioned above. We easily knocked it down two stars for each of those because of how unwatchable they make the film. It's close to Black Devil Doll From Hell in that sense. If you think you can handle them, imagine the rating higher and go watch it.

Spoon Rating: 3