Before the success of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone had been a pair of University of Colorado at Boulder college students who collaborated on a cannibalism-themed musical spoof. Decades later, that movie, Cannibal! The Musical, is coming to Blu-ray for the first time in the United States. Boutique bodily media distributor Vinegar Syndrome introduced their upcoming launch of the movie on Twitter.

The set comes from Vinegar Syndrome’s Degausser Video label, which restores and releases shot-on-video style movies; it can characteristic a brand new restoration of the movie from its video grasp. The set will come loaded with particular options, together with an all-new, feature-length making-of documentary, which is able to embrace interviews with a number of crew members who’ve by no means mentioned their work on the movie earlier than; a brand new featurette masking the movie’s stage adaptation; and an all-new audio commentary from the forged and crew. The set will even embrace hours of archival extras. The movie will probably be launched with a scrapbook that includes behind-the-scenes stills and ephemera, and also will be launched on a collectors’ version VHS cassette. No official pricing or launch date has but been introduced, however keep tuned to VinegarSyndrome.com for updates.

What Is ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ About?

Written and directed by Parker, and produced by Parker and Stone, the movie is predicated on the life of Alferd Packer, a nineteenth century prospector who was one of solely 4 individuals ever convicted of cannibalism in the United States. In the type of traditional film musicals like Oklahoma!, Cannibal! The Musical chronicles Packer (Parker) as he journeys to the Colorado Territory with a gaggle of miners in search of higher prospects; after Packer pursues a gaggle of fur trappers who’ve stolen his disloyal horse, the group turns into misplaced in the Rocky Mountains, leaving them freezing and starved. Soon, the once-unthinkable thought of cannibalism comes to the floor – and earlier than lengthy, the well-fed Packer is the solely survivor. It was initially titled Alferd Packer: The Musical when it was launched in 1993, however when Lloyd Kaufman‘s Troma Entertainment picked it up for distribution in 1996, it was retitled, as Packer was little-known exterior of Colorado.

With the subsequent success of South Park, Cannibal! The Musical has attracted consideration from followers of the groundbreaking animated collection as an early instance of Parker and Stone’s trademark humor. It’s a uncommon foray on to the massive display for the duo, whose different options embrace the feature-length South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; the puppet-based Team America: World Police; and the sports activities comedy BASEketball.

Cannibal! The Musical will probably be out there to pre-order on November 1, 2024. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.