Cannibal Girls (1973) Canadian International Pictures - Blu-ray

These girls do exactly  what you think they do!

During a winter road trip, young couple Cliff (Schitt's Creek’s Eugene Levy) and Gloria (Black Christmas’ Andrea Martin) get lost and make an unplanned stop in Farnhamville, Ontario, a snowy small town known as “The Friendly City.” When they hear the legend of three local women with a history of murdering men, they playfully investigate. But to their horror, it seems the killers are still active, police and other locals are complicit, and they’re all feasting on the victims. When the cannibals develop an appetite for Cliff and Gloria, they race to get on the road – before they get on the menu.

A decade before achieving blockbuster status with Ghostbusters, director Ivan Reitman put himself on the map with this more unsettling stab at horror comedy featuring future icons (and SCTV stars) Levy and Martin. Drawing inspiration from the Manson family and other shocking, drug-fueled horrors of the hippie era, Cannibal Girls is a gruesome Canuxploitation classic that set the stage for the provocative horror films – including Shivers, Rabid, and the Ilsa series – Reitman went on to produce at Cinépix. The film also made a splash in the U.S. where American International Pictures added a gimmick worthy of William Castle: a “warning bell” preparing viewers for “scenes of an especially erotic or gruesome nature.”

FEATURES:
Region A Blu-ray
Scanned in 2K with new color grade and extensive dirt and damage repairs
Alternate AIP “warning bell” soundtrack
New audio commentary featuring Paul Corupe of Canuxploitation.com and film historian Jason Pichonsky
2 Guys and a Chainsaw episode on the film with a new epilogue on Canadian horror featuring hosts Craig Higgins and Todd Kuhns
Reitman the Fright Man (2024, 20 min.) – New interview with film historian Chris Alexander on Reitman’s horror period
The Horror Horn (2024, 5 min.) – Alexander on AIP’s “warning bell” soundtrack
Cannibal Guys (2010, 27 min.) – Archival interview with Reitman and producer Daniel Goldberg
Meat Eugene! (2010, 20 min.) – Archival interview with star Eugene Levy
More Meat (2024, 21 min.) – Never-before-seen outtakes from Meat Eugene!
French opening credits (1973, 3 min.)
Theatrical trailer
TV spots
Radio spots
AIP pressbook
Archival image gallery
Orientation (1968, 25 min.) – Early Reitman short uncut on home video for the first time
New Orientation commentary featuring Hamilton Babylon author Stephen Broomer
Booklet featuring an archival interview with Reitman and Goldberg, plus a Motion Picture Purgatory comic strip by Rick Trembles
Reversible cover artwork
English SDH subtitles