History Film / CannibalApocalypse

Several years later and Norman is living a normal life in the suburbs of Atlanta with his wife Jane until one of the former prisoners Charlie is released from the mental institution and tries to get a drink with his old friend. After being turned down, Charlie's old munchies soon get the best of him as a he attacks a woman in a cinema before getting into a fight with police. Though he soon returned to the institution, Norman begins to get the urge to consume human flesh. Eventually he caves and Norman, Charlie, Tom, and an infected nurse, Helen, escape and begin going on a bloody rampage through the streets.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:By the end everyone apart from the police chief and the two infected kids are dead]].

* AngryBlackMan: Tom Thompson spends most of his screen time shouting, swearing and pulling a lot of faces at people he doesn't like. Particularly at the end when he gives one final battle cry before being engulfed in flames.

* AssholeVictims: The biker gang. They're first introduced sexually harassing two innocent joggers and their complete willingness to chase after someone even though it has nothing to do with them makes it very hard for the audience to sympathize with them when they'e slaughtered very easily by the cannibals. The cannibals themselves could also be viewed as this by some.

* BMovie: Well it is Italian and from the 80's plus it's about a disease that makes people eat other people. Oh and it also stars John Saxon.

* TheEndOrIsIt?: [[spoiler:Both Norman and Jane killed themselves and it appears that the disease has been contained. But then we cut to both Mary and Bobby looking out of the window, both have become infected and stuffed the remains of their aunt into the fridge.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Both Norman and Jane kill themselves so as to stop themselves from putting anyone else in danger]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: A lightweight disco score isn't exactly what you'd expect to hear in a grisly horror flick about cannibalism.
* TheEndOrIsIt?: [[spoiler:Both Norman and Jane killed themselves and it appears that the disease has been contained. But then we cut to both Mary and Bobby looking out of the window, both have become infected and stuffed the remains of their aunt into the fridge.]]
* TheLoad: Helen becomes this. Though when she first turned cannibal she didn't hesitate to kill a doctor, free Tom and Charlie, join the cannibals and almost get a sadistic glee at watching Charlie cut up a man's leg but when the bikers attack she doesn't try and help her fellow cannibals, hobbles around and when they go into the sewers gets freaked out over a rat which she naturally decides to scream and shout even though the cops are swarming the place. Ultimately it was predictable that she would be the first to get killed.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Happens quite literally to the bitchy Aunt Tina. Off-screen she is killed by the two cannibal children, dismembered and stuffed into the fridge.

Norman Hooper (Creator/JohnSaxon) is a commanding officer in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. After raiding an enemy post Norman discovers that two of his friends have been taken prisoner in a pit. When Norman tries to help them out he is horrified to discover them eating a women who fell in during the battle. One of the cannibals Tom proceeds to bite Norman.

Several years later and Norman is living a normal life in the suburbs of Atlanta with his wife Jane until one of the former prisoners Charlie is released from the mental institution and tries to get a drink with his old friend. After being turned down though Charlie's old munchies soon get the best of him as a he attacks a women in a cinema before going into a fight with police. Though he soon returned to the institution Norman begins to get the urge to consume human flesh. Eventually he caves and Norman, Charlie, Tom and an infected nurse, Helen, escape and begin going on a bloody rampage through the streets.

* BMovie: Well it is Italian and from the 80s plus its about a disease that makes people eat other people. Oh and it also stars John Saxon.

* TheLoad: Helen becomes this. Though when she first turned cannibal she didn't hesitate to kill a doctor, free Tom and Charlie, join the cannibals and almost get a sadistic glee at watching Charlie cut up a man but when the bikers attack she doesn't try and help her fellow cannibals, hobbles around and when they go into the sewers gets freaked out over a rat which she naturally decides to scream and shout even though the cops are swarming the place. Ultimately it was predictable that she would be the first to get killed.

* AssholeVictims: The biker gang. There first seen introduced has them sexually harassing two innocent joggers and there complete willingness to chase after someone even though it has nothing to do with them makes it very hard for the audience to sympathies with them when there slaughter very easily by the cannibals. The cannibals themselves could also be viewed as this by some.

* AntiHero: The main character Norman spends the first half of the film trying to resist the urge to eat human flesh but once he meets up with his two former war friends Norman finally gives into his urges and runs of with his other cannibal friends. Despite this he's never seen to eat anyone and only kills those who are attacking him and his friends. At the end he kills another cannibal that tries to attack his wife. Though it fails.
* AntiVillain: Are group of cannibals certainly didn't want to become infected by a disease that causes them to eat other people however once there infected many seem to loose there control and attack anyone that gets near such as the case of nurse Helen as soon as she wakes up almost immediately attacks another doctor whilst others like Norman, Tom and Charlie tried there best to resist it but eventually cave.

* BerserkButton: The bikers are enraged when Charlie shoots one of them when he goes on his first rampage. Later they track him down to settle there grudge against. Unfortunately for them Charlie was now traveling with his other cannibal friends who make short work of the bikers.

* ButtMonkey: Poor Helen. First she's set upon by both Tom and Charlie, infecting her. Then spends a lot of the movie as the fourth wheeler of the groups and is constantly shoved around by both Tom and Charlie in the sewers. Then has a rat crawl onto her bloody leg. Finally deciding she doesn't want to continue being part of the group she tries to make a run for it. Right into a cop who proceeds to empty all his bullets into the only unharmed cannibal. Though to her credit she did help them get out of the hospital.
* CreepyChild: Mary's younger brother Bobby gets one at the end when both he and his sister are revealed to have become cannibals and have murdered there aunt.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:By the end Norman, Jane, Charlie, Tom, Helen, Dr Mendez plus many others have died but the threat does appear to have been stopped which would have led to a BitterSweetEnding until its reveled that both Mary and Bobby have become infected and have killed and stuffed there aunt into the fridge showing that the nightmare is not yet over.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Both Norman and Jane does this after Jane gets bitten by a cannibal just before the police break into there home]].
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The four main cannibals consist of two white man (Norman and Charlie) one black man (Tom) and a white women (Helen).

* EyeScream: During the gruesome street fight between the cannibals and the bikers Charlie managers to incapacitate the gang leader long enough for him to boke his eyes out in the usual Italian fashion.
* FaceHeelTurn: For the first half of the film we think that Norman may be able to hold his sanity and resist his temptation, even after he bites his teenage neighbor by accident he does seem very remorseful as well he even tries to seek medical help, however he soon gives in a joins his cannibal friends in trying to help them escape but still remains the OnlySaneMan among them.

* NotQuiteDead: The female cop who had her breast bittern off by an infected officer has just enough life left in her to attack Dr Mendez and scratch him before succumbing to blood lose.
* OnlySaneMan: Norman is the only one of the cannibals to not be seen eating anyone and is only shone to attack those who looked to harm his friends. In contrast to the other cannibals who go off and attack others to quench there blood lust. He even tell his wife to stay away from him so as not to harm her.
* PoliceAreUseless: Subverted and played straight. The cops do everything they can to try and end the crisis before it spirals out of control. In fact they are able to take down three of the cannibals in the sewers but don't arrive at the Hopper's house until [[spoiler:both Norman and Jane have both killed themselves. Also judging by the last lines of dialogue it seems unlikely that they will check the house next door where the two infected kids reside.]]

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Happens quite literally to the bitchy Aunt Tina. Off-screen she is killed by the two cannibal children, dismembered and stuffed into there fridge.
* TheEndOrIsIt?: [[spoiler:Both Norman and Jane killed themselves and it appears that the disease has been contained. But then we cut to both Mary and Bobby looking out of the window, both have become infected and stuffed the remains of there aunt into the fridge.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The girl that Charlie attacked his last seen bleeding out in the cinema from her wounds. A news report later states that she was rushed to the hospital but it is not made clear if she died there or if she survived. And if it is the latter then she would almost certainly have become a cannibal meaning the extent of the disease could be far worse that what the ending implies.

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* StuffedintotheFridge: Happens quite literally to the bitchy Aunt Tina. Off-screen she is killed by the two cannibal children, dismembered and stuffed into there fridge.

* Stuffed into the Fridge: Happens quite literally to the bitchy Aunt Tina. Off-screen she is killed by the two cannibal children, dismembered and stuffed into there fridge.

* StuffedintotheFridge: Happens quite literally to the bitchy Aunt Tina. Off-screen she is killed by the two cannibal children, dismembered and stuffed into there fridge.