Cannibal Mukbang Review (2025)

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The film stars April Consalo

Cannibal Mukbang is a horror comedy rom-com film directed by Aimee Kuge, and the cast includes April Consalo, Nate Wise, Clay von Carlowitz, Madeleine Ours.

*This film was released in festivals in 2023, but only released to the wide public to stream in 2025, so I am counting it as a 2025 release.

So, it's official, eating people is sexy now.

You kill someone, chow down on a thigh, and fall in love, and really, Hannibal Lecter was just ahead of the curve, and maybe we have to ask the question of, is cannibalism just foreplay now? 

I jest of course, or do I?

Now, if you don’t know, a mukbang is when people film themselves eating massive amounts of food, and it’s a thing, a weird thing but it's popular on social media video channels, but hey, no kink-shaming here, each to their own. Influencer culture, baby.

This film is the directorial debut of Aimee Kuge, and she manages to juggle blood, guts, AND genuine emotion without it all collapsing into a pile of body parts and broken dialogue, and that’s no small feat directing a cannibal love story with some actual depth.


So, Cannibal Mukbang is about a girl named Ash, who is hot, mysterious, and eats people on the side, you know, the usual type of girl we all dream of. 

Her job is eating on camera for views, and who falls for her? This poor little dude named Mark, who is shy, awkward, and looks like the kind of guy who apologizes when you bump into him. Basically, me if I’d never discovered beer.

After Ash hits him with her car,  she takes him home, and that’s how their romance starts, and I have to now say romantic comedies have lied to us, as I thought love began with glances across a bar or maybe a shared Uber, but it turns out, all you need is a hit-and-run and a taste for human meat.

Now, Ash eventually drops the bomb on Mark: “By the way, I kill people and eat them. Want some?” And instead of running away like any sane person would, Mark’s like, “Yeah… I’m into that.” What?

My guy’s so desperate for affection, he’s ready to join her murder meal plan, and that’s probably not real love, but more of a low self-esteem issue.

The film leans hard into the romance, with some long, emotional convos, and it’s a relationship movie first, with the cannibalism angle being just… seasoning.

But it all kind of works, and while it is a bit weird, in a good way, it's also quite deep. Mark’s battling some deep issues after his parents died, and his brother’s a prick, and Ash has her own backstory, which is shown via a brilliant flashback scene, which director Aimee Kuge nails completely.

I couldn't help but to root for both of them., and somewhere between the gore and and all the chats, I was like, “Aw, look at these psychos finding love.”

April Consalo and Nate Wise star in the film

While Aimee Kuge deserves a lot of credit, the two leads do as well, as they are both brilliant and Nate Wise plays Mark with just the right level of sad puppy meets potential serial killer, and Consalo?  She’s got this energy that makes you believe Mark would absolutely help her stash a body, as she walks that fine line between charming and completely unhinged, and both parts are played very well.

And while the film has gore, and people getting eaten, these 2 characters are the heart of the film, two messed-up people just trying to connect with each other, all the while having some weird shit going on as well, and watching them both deal with everything happening I found very interesting and intriguing.....Am I weird? I think I am, you know.

But anyway, Cannibal Mukbang is both ridiculous and absurd, but somehow, it’s also relatable, and no, not the flesh-eating part (hopefully), but that fear of not being enough, and Mark’s not scared of Ash’s appetite shall we say, he’s scared she’ll wake up and just not want him anymore, and that is a fear I am sure we have all had at one point. 

The pacing can drag at points, especially at the start but I didn't find it a massive issue, and humor is of course very subjective, and some of the attempts didn't land for me, but yet again, not a big problem, and I thought the humor elements landed enough for it to work.

And Maverick, Mark’s older brother, kind of feels like he wandered in from another movie, and while he's there to provide conflict, he’s not as fleshed out (pun unintended) as the leads, but that may have been intentional?

But I enjoyed the film overall, Cannibal Mukbang is a horror rom-com for the deranged, and I mean that as a compliment, as it’s funny, weirdly sweet, and surprisingly honest about relationships, and while the blood and gore is more entertaining than it is horrific, (Or maybe that's just me?), the film also has a lot of heart, and one I quite liked and appreciated.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to re-evaluate every date I’ve ever been on… and maybe clean out my freezer.