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Life Among The Cannibals

Harry BROMLEY-DAVENPORT

USA1998 97min color

Synopsis

Life is Hell for Jasper James (Kieran Mulrony) and it doesn? look like it? going to get any better. His boss is a bitter washed up TV star and his girlfriend possessive and crazy. Jasper leaves Rachel to start a new life and moves into an old mansion on Paradise Lane. But life on Paradise Lanes isn? all it? cracked up to be. Jasper soon notices strange things - his neighbor Troy plays deafening music at night, a neighborhood dog digs up what looks like a human bone and his odd ball landlords Betty (Bette Ford) and Francis (Mason Adams) don? seem to notice anything. Jasper soon learns that his suspicions are true and that his repulsive neighbor Troy is a killer indeed but one with standards. Troy only kills the rude and the obnoxious, those who are a menace to society Suddenly, Troy becomes the answer to Jasper? problems with Rachel, whose obsession with Jasper is becoming a nightmare. Sure enough, Troy unwittingly does the deed and kills Rachel causing Jasper to set his sights on his next victim, his offensive and alcoholic boss, Vince Vincent... A stimulating savage comedy in the vein of Shallow Grave and The Quiet Family. (Cassie YOO)

Diretor

Harry BROMLEY-DAVENPORT

He entered the film business as an assistant to Nicholas Ray in 1967. He spent several years working as a special effects supervisor for such films as Krull, Superman, the Indiana Jones series, Aliens and with many others. He then went on to direct several SF movies. film : Whispers of Fear (74), Xtro (83), Xtro II (90), Xtro 3 (95), Life Among the Cannibals (96)(PiFan99), Waking up Horton (98), Erasable You (98) (PiFan99)