even though there only a hint of ( accidental ) cannibalism in this misleadingly title effort and cannibal man be an underrated psycho thriller or character study well worth check out . vicente parra star a marcos and a disturbed slaughterhouse worker who live in a small one bedroom house with his usually absent brother . with his sanity barely in check a it be ( notice the loud and tick clock sound a la repulsion and an obvious influence ) and marcos finally snap when a lecherous taxi driver attack him and his girlfriend paola ( emma cohen ) . after fatally club the man with a rock and marcos and paola can not agree on what to do and during an argument about whether to go to the cop or not and marcos end up strangle her to death and stick her under the bed and close the door ( out of sight . out of mind ) . his brother roll into town and marcos confesses to the murder and his brother also try to talk him into turn himself in and be immediately club over the head with a wrench . more people will show up to the house ( the brother fiancée and her father and a sluttish and lonely waitress from a café down the street . ) look for miss love one and none be ever heard from again . the body and all keep in the bedroom and be begin to stink and all the neighborhood dog aren not the only one to notice . marcos decide to dispose of the corps a little at a time by chop them up with a meat cleaver and stick them into a small bag and take them to work with him and where theyre mixed in with the meat . he stock up on perfume and air freshener in the meantime . and all the while and he befriend by a peculiar young man name nestor ( eusebio poncela ) who live on the 13th floor of an upscale high rise apartment right down the road and keep an eye on what go on around him with a pair of binoculars . it this aspect of the film and the subplot about nestor and marcos and very different but social outcast all the same and and their ability to relate to one another and that give this film an extra spark of originality and much need subtext . though there be some gruesome scene at the slaughterhouse where real cow be butcher and some fairly bloody murder scene and the climax be surprisingly non gory and mature and believable and the director seldom dwells on the blood and gut aspect of his film and but more on the psychological profile . the production value be pretty good and the english dubbing be tolerable and the acting ( particularly the two male lead ) be competent and if not excellent and throughout and plus there be even a couple of black comic suspense scene worthy of hitchcock and particularly one with some neighborhood bully play keep away with marcos bag . originally title la semana del asesino ( the week of the killer ) and but release in the u a apartment on the 13th floor ( with an exploitation ad campaign reminiscent of last house on the left ) . supposedly ban in many country upon release and the version i saw from claim to be uncut and uncensored . director de la iglesia also make several other horror film and include glass ceiling ( 1971 ) . too bad theyre so hard to track down .