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Gannibal S2: Absolute Cinema - Chilling, Brutal and Unforgettable.
This was absolute cinema, straight up fire from start to finish. One of the best gore crime thrillers i have ever watched. From presentation to execution to direction, everything was top notch. I have seen many gore thrillers but this one was incredibly rich in storytelling, lore and impact right up there with one of my favorite zombie dramas Kingdom.
It kept you on your toes the entire time and often left you with a complex, chilling experience.
More than the protagonists, this was truly the story of the antagonists. At one point, you start forgetting who the victims were and who the perpetrators were. The primary antagonist, Gin Goto, is one of the most fascinating characters i have ever seen in a thriller. She was raped by the entire village, including her own family (the original Gotos) and was left to burn alive during a festival as a sacrifice to the gods. Later she encountered a group of cannibals, gave birth to a boy and returned to the village with this group. She annihilated the entire Goto family, established a new Goto bloodline and became its head.
Her only son somehow transformed into a zombie like creature, enormously large, undefeatable and dependent on human flesh. The Goto family began worshipping him and started sacrificing human children to satisfy his hunger. This is the core plot of the series. However in the end, the families of the victims also massacre the Goto clan in the most brutal ways, blurring the line between victims and perpetrators even further.
There were plenty of goosebumps worthy moments. One of my favorites was the episode that narrated Gin Goto’s story through flashbacks. In the final episode, after she is killed by the villagers, her son eats her flesh, realizes it mid act, starts crying and then continues eating her. Later, while fighting his own son, he suddenly begins to eat himself and ultimately ends his own life in the most horrifying way.
The only downside was that the protagonist made a few foolish decisions here and there, which could be frustrating. But the show was so powerfully carried by the villains and the second male lead that it hardly mattered.
This show was creepy, eerie, chilling, and absolutely terrific. This was real terror, true horror.
Absolute cinema. A masterpiece.
It kept you on your toes the entire time and often left you with a complex, chilling experience.
More than the protagonists, this was truly the story of the antagonists. At one point, you start forgetting who the victims were and who the perpetrators were. The primary antagonist, Gin Goto, is one of the most fascinating characters i have ever seen in a thriller. She was raped by the entire village, including her own family (the original Gotos) and was left to burn alive during a festival as a sacrifice to the gods. Later she encountered a group of cannibals, gave birth to a boy and returned to the village with this group. She annihilated the entire Goto family, established a new Goto bloodline and became its head.
Her only son somehow transformed into a zombie like creature, enormously large, undefeatable and dependent on human flesh. The Goto family began worshipping him and started sacrificing human children to satisfy his hunger. This is the core plot of the series. However in the end, the families of the victims also massacre the Goto clan in the most brutal ways, blurring the line between victims and perpetrators even further.
There were plenty of goosebumps worthy moments. One of my favorites was the episode that narrated Gin Goto’s story through flashbacks. In the final episode, after she is killed by the villagers, her son eats her flesh, realizes it mid act, starts crying and then continues eating her. Later, while fighting his own son, he suddenly begins to eat himself and ultimately ends his own life in the most horrifying way.
The only downside was that the protagonist made a few foolish decisions here and there, which could be frustrating. But the show was so powerfully carried by the villains and the second male lead that it hardly mattered.
This show was creepy, eerie, chilling, and absolutely terrific. This was real terror, true horror.
Absolute cinema. A masterpiece.
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