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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]]. |
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