Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I am amazed beyond words why this horrible film has an average rating of 7. Truth be told, I watched this film a AFTER I saw Ravenous (1999) directed by Antonia Bird. Ravenous also has an average rating of 7.Alferd Packer is a sense-less film not to be taken seriously. It is a parody of the true story of a real man, Alfred Packer (Born: January 21, 1842. Died: April 23, 1907) who was an American prospector who was accused of cannibalism.In November 1873, Packer was in a party of 21 men who left Provo, Utah, heading for the Colorado gold country around Breckenridge. On January 21, 1874 he met Chief Ouray, known as the White Man's Friend, near Montrose, Colorado. Chief Ouray recommended they postpone their expedition until spring, as they were likely to encounter dangerous winter weather in the mountains.Ignoring Ouray's advice, Packer and five others left for Gunnison, Colorado on February 9. Besides Packer, the group included Shannon Wilson Bell, James Humphrey, Frank "Reddy" Miller, George "California" Noon, and Israel Swan.The party became hopelessly lost and ran out of provisions. They were snowbound in the Rocky Mountains. Packer made three confessions which differed considerably about what followed. In the last, Packer claimed he went scouting and came back to find Shannon Bell roasting human flesh. Bell rushed him with a hatchet, so Packer shot and killed him. Packer insisted that Bell had gone mad and murdered the others.On April 16, 1874, Packer arrived alone at Los Pinos Indian Agency near Gunnison. He spent some time in a Saguache, Colorado saloon, meeting several of his previous party. He claimed self-defense, but his story was not believed.First tried for murder, Packer was eventually sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. However, he was paroled on February 8, 1901 and went to work as a guard at the Denver Post. He died in Deer Creek, in Jefferson County, Colorado, reputedly of "Senility - trouble & worry" at the age of 65. Packer is widely rumored to have become a vegetarian before his death. He was buried in Littleton, Colorado. His grave is marked with a veteran's tombstone listing his original regiment.In conclusion: Alferd Packer The Musical is just another below average horror(?)/comedy film. You are better off watching Ravenous if you haven't seen it yet. There is another film made: The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980) and also Devoured: The Legend of Alferd Packer (2005).Cheers! :) Email me [email protected] for more movies.

A lot of low budget independent films ("Clerks") work fine on the amount they are made with. Alferd Packer the musical, and any musical needs more than poor synthesizers as backing to the singing. That's probably my biggest gripe towards the film, not that it's anybodies fault, but it made it much less enjoyable than it could have been. The songs themselves are pretty well written and some are even catchy.Alferd Packer the musical starts off oddly promising with a fantasy of Packer killing a group of men in various ways, shot in black and white with only the red blood showing. The plot is a flashback mostly, from Packer telling what happened and how he became thought of as a cannibal. The movie itself is very funny, but sometimes it becomes too self aware of itself that it gets to be annoying. When people continually talk in musicals about themselves singing, and what notes they hit, it isn't funny.I'd give the movie a 7 out of 10 if it had more than the bad synthesizer track, but with it, this only deserves a 5.My rating: ** out of ****. 94 mins. R for violence and language.

Yes, I have to say it, I am a South Park fan. I watch the show religiously, and that is the reason why I watched this brilliantly entertaining film. That's probably the only reason anyone ever watches it. This film is one that you either love or hate, and I can't imagine anything in between. It's wildly uneven, poorly paced, poorly acted, and has rather bad sound quality at times. And I love it for all those reasons. It's simply a student project that Trey Parker and his buddies put together over one spring break, and with such a small budget, and limited film-making skills, they created something brilliant, and inspirational.Alfred Packer (Trey Parker) is a lonely miner who seems to be in love with his horse, Leanne, and has recently been put on trial for murdering his mining crew and eating them. He tells the real story to a reporter named Polly, and it goes like this. One shpadoinkle morning, he is chosen as a replacement guide for a gold mining expedition to Colorado, though he doesn't exactly know the way. With his five crew members, he sets off on the journey. Of course, when his horse runs away, he ends up leading his crew on an agonizing search in the wrong direction, which leads them into the cold, snowy mountains, becoming hopelessly lost. As they fight to survive, they soon realize that they may need to resort to eating each other...This movie is a hysterical comedy with many big laughs, but I personally think it works better as a musical. A real challenge with this movie is to see it, and then try and get the songs out of your head. The music is so catchy, and if the film was really popular, I wouldn't have to constantly explain to the people around me what I'm whistling/humming. Sometimes, I leave my iPod playlist of the movie's songs running all night as I sleep, as they provide me comfort. Most people won't love the music that much, but you can't say the music isn't wonderfully catchy. "Shpadoinkle Day," That's All I'm Asking For," and Let's Build A Snowman" are my favorites, though I love them all. The first former and the latter would be considered classics if the film had a wide release.Now, the main problem with the film that most people have is the pacing, which is extremely slow. The thing is, is that Trey Parker had little knowledge of making a film, and with a tiny budget, the film is of poor quality. The acting, sound, and agreeably the pacing, are all bad. But the film's bad quality is one of it's charms. Much of the humor is unintentional, due to some of the funniest, and most obvious errors ever put on film. They are easy to spot if you pay attention, and don't let the pacing get you down. By the way, if you don't like it the first time, try it again with the hilarious, and helpful directors commentary on the DVD in which Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and the rest of the main cast get drunk and watch the film. They point out many things that you probably couldn't care less about the first time, and their insight makes it really funny (not to mention, it helps the pace quite a bitCannibal! The Musical is one of my favorite comedies, and everyone should give it a try. It gets an 8/10 in my book.It is rated R for Comic Gore/Violence and some Language. Sex: 3/10 Violence: 9/10 Swearing: 6/10 Drugs: 1/10

Alfred Packer: The Musical is set in the year 1883 & starts in Lake City, Colorado court where Alfred Packer (Trey Parker as Juan Schwartz which was the name used by the real Alfred Packer while he was in hiding) is on trail for murder & cannibalism, things are looking bad for Packer. While in prison awaiting the verdict Packer has a visitor, a woman named Polly Pry (Toddy Walters) who claims to be interested in his story & the truth. Polly manages to convince Packer to tell her the truth... It all started in Utah when a friend of Packer named Israel Swan (John Hegel) mentioned that he & a group of miners were going to head out to the town of Beckenridge in the Rocky Mountains in search of gold, however the guide Lucky Larry is found dead so Packer volunteers to act as a guide, together with Swan, James Humphrey (co-writer & co-producer Matt Stone) who is forced on the trip by his Father (Don Yannacito), Shannon Bell (co-editor, co-production manager & co-producer Ian Hardin) a priest, a butcher named Frank Miller (Brad Gordon) & George Noon (Dian Bachar) they all set off in search of gold. Unfortunately Packer isn't much of a guide & they become hopelessly lost, how long can they survive without food? Then one of the group recalls a story about a party of people in a similar situation to themselves who resorted to cannibalism to survive... Is Packer as innocent as he claims? Will he be found guilty? Watch it to find out...Co-written, co-produced, directed by & starring Trey Parker Alfred Packer: The Musical was much better than I had anticipated. Loosely based on a true story the script is a mix of biography, comedy, horror & musical which doesn't seem like a promising idea but it works, the songs aren't that catchy but their not too bad & they are kept to a minimum so don't expect a song every two minutes. I found some of the comedy in this quietly amusing, I wasn't rolling around on the floor with my sides splitting but I smiled on a few occasions at some of the silly deadpan humour, the bit when Packer throws a stone into a river to see how deep it is is very funny as is a scene when the men question whether they are talking to real Indians & are convinced because they all have teepee's, & there is funny juvenile dialogue that refers to bestiality & homosexuality amongst other things. It's a pretty silly film that never takes itself seriously & as a result I just found it good fun to watch, it moves along at a fair pace, the character's are good, the dialogue funny & the actual story is pretty good too.Director Parker was obviously working on a low budget, apparently he was making Alfred Packer: The Musical while he was attending college. I thought it was a pretty good effort, sure some of the clothes aren't exactly period down to the last detail, the town buildings look like their made from cardboard & as a whole it's pretty cheap looking but what it lacks in technical polish it makes up for it in enthusiasm. Filmed in 1993 this was re-titled Cannibal! The Musical & released by Troma in 1996 & to be honest the titles a bit misleading as it's not much of a horror film & the gore is more comic than disturbing, someone has their arm ripped off, tongues are pulled out, someone has a chunk bitten out of their throat, there's a bit of flesh eating & someone has a meat cleaver stuck in their face.With a supposed budget of about $125,000 Alfred Packer: The Musical is as well made as it could have been. The acting is OK & I've seen worse.Alfred Packer: The Musical was much better than I had expected, don't let the fact that it's a musical put you off as this aspect is kept to a minimum, it's pretty funny & has a decent story as well. Definitely worth a watch if you like juvenile playground humour.