Meat Is Murder!: An Illustrated Guide to Cannibal Culture

by Mikita Brottman

"Meat Is Murder!" is the best-selling study of cannibals in both real life and cinema, with illustrated reports on cannibal killers such as Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Andrei Chikatilo and Issei Sagawa, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1871592909
• ISBN13: 9781871592900
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Creation Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Full of Vital Protein !!

This is a rare cult item - I've been looking for a copy for a long time. It's a serious look at cannibalism in films and culture, and also in history and true crime. Repeat: a SERIOUS look. Even though it looks like a gorefest from the picture on the cover, it's not - it's a wide-ranging study (maybe a little beyond some of the people who gave it a low rating). It's NOT a PhD dissertation, as somebody says here, but an in-depth look at something disturbing. The bottom line: don't buy it unless you can handle some deep thoughts, or you'll be disappointed - like some of these reviewers seem to have been.

Fresh Meat

This book is one of the few out there that presents an overall picture of cannibalism in our culture. Because it's an overview, some material is left out or just touched upon. That said, it is still an excellent addition to any library of esoterica. It's also not the easiest book to find, so if you are thinking of getting it, grab it when you see it.

Smart writing, interesting subject.

I really enjoyed this book. I wasn't expecting it to go into to much detail. Some of the pictures are kinda gory, but hey, what do you expect in a book about cannibalism? The style is readable and sometimes funny, but he really goes into a lot of detail and explains everything clearly. So basically, its a really smart book about a really gross subject. What more could you want??!!!

A well-researched, scholarly tome with Leatherface on it.

Wow...I don't really know what I expected from this book, but it's certainly much more informative than it has to be. From instances of criminal and hunger-forced cannibalism in the 20th century to a look at the shared themes of horror movies and fairy tales, this book delivers again and again. There are quite a few typos that I found distracting, and some of the photos look like they were digitized to be put into the book, but not restored to photographic quality. This makes some of the photos look like old Atari graphics. Those minor yet annoying flaws are what keeps this from being a five star book.

"Meat is Murder!" is great!

Mikita Brottman's book "Meat is Murder!" is a terrific book. Brottman's vivacious descriptions of many films about or including cannibalism create an astounding piece of literature that is pure enjoyment to read. A must for fans of any genre of films!