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Cannibalism remains, perhaps, the ultimate taboo. Certainly it’s provided filmmakers with plenty of grisly inspiration over the years, particularly in the horror genre. You might argue that all of cinema’s greatest macabre myths – vampires, werewolves, zombies – are at their core about cannibalism. But it was the first Texas Chain Saw Massacre that brought the traumatic prospect of man-devouring-man out of the Gothic twilight and into the blazing American sunshine, hitting unsuspecting audiences like a freight-train way back in 1974.

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