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Director:
Writers:
Eloy de la Iglesia (story)
Eloy de la Iglesia (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
June 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
When the butcher goes berserk....
Plot:
A young man, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Cool quirky film! more (19 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Vicente Parra ... Marcos
Emma Cohen ... Paula
Eusebio Poncela ... Néstor
Charly Bravo ... Esteban
Fernando Sánchez Polack ... Señor Ambrosio (as Fernando Sanchez Polak)
Lola Herrera ... Carmen
Goyo Lebrero ... Taxista
Vicky Lagos ... Rosa
Ismael Merlo ... Jefe de personal
Rafael Hernández ... Agustín
José Franco ... Tendero
Valentín Tornos
Antonio Orengo ... Camarero
Antonio Corencia ... Obrero burlón
Antonio del Real ... Obrero burlón (as Antonio Fernandez del Real)
José Félix Montoya (as Felix Jose Montoya)
Ángel Blanco
Manuel Calvo ... Viajero en el metro
Emilio Hortela
Paca Gabaldón (as Mary Francis)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Inés Morales ... Secretaria (uncredited)
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Directed by
Eloy de la Iglesia 
 
Writing credits
Eloy de la Iglesia (story)

Eloy de la Iglesia (screenplay) &
Antonio Fos (screenplay)

Dick Randall (dialogue: US version) (as Robert Oliver)

Produced by
Vicente Parra .... associate producer
José Truchado .... producer
 
Original Music by
Fernando García Morcillo 
 
Cinematography by
Raúl Artigot 
 
Film Editing by
José Luis Matesanz 
 
Makeup Department
M. Gregory Gudiry .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Luis Lasala .... production manager (as Luis Maria Lasala)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Gomes .... assistant director
 
Special Effects by
Baquero .... special effects
 
Other crew
Pedro Escuder .... production assistant
Marisol Martinez .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Apartment on the 13th Floor (USA) (dubbed version)
The Cannibal Man (International: English title)
Week of the Killer
Cannibal man - La semaine d'un assassin (France) [fr]
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Runtime:
UK:98 min | Spain:90 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Was the first movie to use the "vomit-bag" gimmick. Theatres offered free barf bags with the tickets to increase the sales of this 'violent' film. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hélas pour moi (1993) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Cool quirky film!, 28 October 2007
8/10
Author: Bryce David

I finally watched this overlooked Spanish film and I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot, much more than I expected. I rarely heard anything from it and the reason I saw it was because I'm collecting VHS tapes released by Anchor Bay during the late 1990s and CANNIBAL MAN was part of those horror films. It's a horror film but the horror aspects are not what makes it work. It's more the tone, the actors and the whole look which are all excellent and unique. In fact, the horror elements are at times pretty weak and unconvincing and anyone watching it as a horror film will probably be disappointed. The killings or the repetitive reasons for the man in question to kill are not always convincing but that's because the film is totally symbolic of the time it was made. When you view CANNIBAL MAN as that, the film becomes unique and almost brilliant. I won't describe anything about the film itself. I'll just leave it up to you to see and decide.

The closest thing I can compare it to is APARTMENT ZERO, which I now believe was probably , eh, "inspired" by CANNIBAL MAN. The ending is a bit murky but the better for it. It gives me something to think about. Well worth watching for fans of quirky cinema.

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