Human Hibachi
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Jeff Alpert
Mario Cerrito
Andrew Hunsicker
Jeff Alpert
Carley Harper
Sheyla Hershey
| Human Hibachi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Cerrito |
| Written by | Mario Cerrito |
| Produced by | Dave Alemi Jeff Alpert Mario Cerrito |
| Starring | Wataru Nishida Andrew Hunsicker Jeff Alpert Carley Harper Sheyla Hershey |
| Cinematography | Mario Cerrito |
| Edited by | Mario Cerrito |
| Music by | Andrew Mendolia |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Human Hibachi is a 2019 American found footage horror film, written and directed by Mario Cerrito.[2][3] It was selected by the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival and Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. The movie went on to win 2021 best feature film at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival.[4] The film has garnered a cult following and has been referred to as a modern day underground cult classic.[5][6][7][8][9]
Chronicling a woman's 35th birthday party from start to finish, which ends in her gruesome demise, several rich cannibals frequent a Japanese owned restaurant and pay for the owner to prepare their victims for consumption.[10]
Cast
- Wataru Nishida as Jin Yamamoto
- Andrew Hunsicker as John Mitchell
- Stafford Chavis as Bobby Shields
- Carley Harper as Meghan Cole
- Sheyla Hershey as Adriana
- Jeff Alpert as Doug Patrick
- John Campanile as Phil Maxwell
- Elizabeth Gaynor as Katie Williams
Production
The movie was shot in the summer of 2018 in Riverside, New Jersey and at The Reef, a restaurant in Wilmington, Delaware.[11][12]
Release
The film was said to have been too extreme for Amazon and released to its own website on October 23, 2020.[13] Afterwards the movie was released by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz's Troma Entertainment on their streaming service Troma Now on VHX.[14][15]
The film was later released to Troma Now by Troma Entertainment in 2021.[16] It was later released on a wider scale by Invincible Pictures including Amazon Prime Video.[17] In August 2022 the movie was ranked #79 in the top 100 best selling horror titles on Amazon.[18] Invincible Pictures represented the movie at Marché du Film which took place at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.[19] A Director's cut of the film was released by Scareplex's Video on demand platform in 2023.[20] The movie was released to FOUND TV on November 29, 2024.[21]