Two desperate filmmakers began a documentary about a cannibalistic serial killer. What follows is their actual footage.
Acting
Alviano's uncomfortably casual psychopath feels too real.
Practical Effects
Low-budget effects that somehow hit harder than Hollywood gore.
Direction
Directors weaponize your found-footage expectations against you.
Director
Chris Power
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot for approximately $25,000 in Toronto, with the directors doing most crew work themselves.
Released during the found-footage gold rush post-Blair Witch, but predated the cannibal-horror trend by nearly a decade. The 'Long Pigs' title references Polynesian cannibal slang for human flesh—ironically, the film's marketing buried this connection.
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