Meat is Murder!: New Edition: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture (Creation Cinema Collection) [Paperback]

Mikita Brottman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Creation Cinema Collection | Publication Date: November 15, 2001

Meat Is Murder! is the best-selling study of cannibals in both real life and cinema, with illustrated reports on cannibal killers such as Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Andrei Chikatilo and Issei Sagawa, and reviews of cannibal movies such as Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox.

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This brand new, updated and expanded edition includes an extra chapter on Flesh-Eating Zombies in horror movies, plus a new, full-color photo section of extreme screen gore, and reports on the very latest cannibal movies including Hannibal, the sequel to Silence of the Lambs.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

A truly tasty read for gourmets of transgressive culture and the macabre. -- Neon

An excellent study of cannibal culture. -- Film Review

Brottman's skill is to analyse...horrors with intelligence and wit and actually find something interesting in them. -- Empire --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Mikita Brottman is a film studies lecturer at Shippensburg University. Her previous publications include Hollywood Hex: An History of 'Cursed' Movies (Creation), Offensive Films, and a forthcoming anthology of writings on the car crash (St Martins Griffin, NY).

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books; Updated edition (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840680407
• ISBN-13: 978-1840680409
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,673,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A well-researched, scholarly tome with Leatherface on it., April 9, 2000

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Timothy Lehnerer (Nerva Archipelago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meat is Murder!: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture (Creation Cinema Collection) (Paperback)

Wow...I don't really know what I expected from this book, but it's certainly much more informative than it has to be. From instances of criminal and hunger-forced cannibalism in the 20th century to a look at the shared themes of horror movies and fairy tales, this book delivers again and again. There are quite a few typos that I found distracting, and some of the photos look like they were digitized to be put into the book, but not restored to photographic quality. This makes some of the photos look like old Atari graphics. Those minor yet annoying flaws are what keeps this from being a five star book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Meat is Murder!" is great!, September 10, 1998

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This review is from: Meat is Murder!: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture (Creation Cinema Collection) (Paperback)

Mikita Brottman's book "Meat is Murder!" is a terrific book. Brottman's vivacious descriptions of many films about or including cannibalism create an astounding piece of literature that is pure enjoyment to read. A must for fans of any genre of films!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Vital Protein !!, June 17, 2006

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April Martin (Sloan, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meat is Murder!: New Edition: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture (Creation Cinema Collection) (Paperback)

This is a rare cult item - I've been looking for a copy for a long time. It's a serious look at cannibalism in films and culture, and also in history and true crime. Repeat: a SERIOUS look. Even though it looks like a gorefest from the picture on the cover, it's not - it's a wide-ranging study (maybe a little beyond some of the people who gave it a low rating). It's NOT a PhD dissertation, as somebody says here, but an in-depth look at something disturbing. The bottom line: don't buy it unless you can handle some deep thoughts, or you'll be disappointed - like some of these reviewers seem to have been.