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1	[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/long_pigs.jpg]]
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3	->''"Two desperate filmmakers began a documentary about a cannibalistic serial killer. What follows is their actual footage."''
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5	''Long Pigs'' is a 2007 {{Canadian\|Media}} comedic {{Slasher\|Movie}} {{Mockumentary}} film.
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7	Two documentary filmmakers are desperate for work. They soon discover their big break: a cannibalistic SerialKiller willing to be filmed! All seems to be going well. However, our protagonists are starting to get second thoughts...
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9	!!This film contains examples of:
10	* BigBad: Anthony [=McAllister=], the cannibalistic SerialKiller being filmed.
11	* CreativeClosingCredits: During the credits, a phone interview with Anthony by the ShockJock who's been seen intermittently throughout the film plays.
12	* DescriptionCut: The film contrasts footage of an interview with a criminal psychologist describing the profile of cannibalistic serial killers with footage of Anthony passively refuting her assertions.
13	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Anthony may be a cannibal, but he's still distraught when he learns his mom is dying.
14	* FauxAffablyEvil: Anthony acts friendly enough, but considers morality to be "a crapshoot," and says "tough luck" when asked about the families of his victims.
15	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the film, the forensic pathologist has a bulletin board covered in missing person’s posters, and directly behind him is [[spoiler:the missing poster of a little girl named Ashley Sedgewick, last seen December 06, 2001. This is the little girl Anthony later confesses to having killed and eaten.]]
16	* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After Anthony fails to kill Nathan (leading to the latter's escape), he sits down and smokes a cigarette, waiting for the police to arrest him. The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue shows he fully confessed to his crimes and accepted his punishment without complaint. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And he published]] [[BrickJoke his cookbook]].]]
17	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. The killer is named Anthony, and the ShockJock is named Tony.
18	* ShoutOut: Anthony notes that people expect serial killers to be like Franchise/HannibalLecter when TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse.
19	* ShownTheirWork: The processing of the human carcasses shown in the film is based on actual advice on the subject from the Church of Euthanasia.
20	* SnuffFilm: Anthony's killings are filmed for the documentary.
21	* VillainProtagonist: The two unnamed filmmakers who stand by and let a cannibalistic SerialKiller do his thing so they can film it, and sometimes assist.
22	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The film ends with one of these.
23	* WouldHurtAChild: Anthony has eaten a kid before, and the only thing stopping him from doing so again is [[PragmaticVillainy the vanished kid brings too much attention]].

Context Film / LongPigs