This little known film opens with a message describing how it was recently discovered and restored using "state-of-the-art color enhancing and computer reconstruction technology". It goes on to say that all of the "violent scenes have been edited out for your viewing pleasure. The movie continues on, to depict a scene of a man running through a forest. This man is promptly caught by his pursuer, his arm is torn from his body, and he is brutally beaten with it. The attacker moves on to attack several other men, even tearing out his last victims tongue. Then the film jumps to a courtroom where it becomes clear that this is only the prosecuting lawyer's description, and not reality.
Polly Prye, a local female reporter visits defendant Alfred Packer in prison and gets him to tell his story. Alfred's story begins with a rousing song called Shpadoinkle, about what a nice day it is. His tale follows him through the wilderness as he leads a small group of miners to Breckenridge, a town in Colorado Territory. The rest of the story follows this group of men, a young man in search of women, the ever cheerful "Swan", and a handful of others.
This movie is a cult classic, from the creators of South Park. Cannibal the Musical is a great comedy to watch with friends or family, and aside from the handful of violent scenes, it is a relatively clean movie.
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