Human Hibachi: The Beginning

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Human Hibachi: The Beginning
Directed by Mario Cerrito
Written byMario Cerrito
Produced byMario Cerrito
Michael Joy
John Hoehn
StarringWataru Nishida
Nicholas Ear
Ilana Lo
Zachary Chung Pun
Distributed by Troma Entertainment
Release date
  • 2023 (2023)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Human Hibachi:The Beginning is a 2023 found footage short film and third installment of the Human Hibachi film series. It is written and directed by Mario Cerrito and released by Troma Entertainment. [1]

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Plot

The film follows several people who have someone tied to a chair surrounded by sprouting bamboo. The victim refuses to cooperate with them so they leave him there for several hours with the bamboo still growing. When they return later they find his lifeless body with several bamboo sprouts protruding from it. [2]

Cast

Production

The movie follows after the original Human Hibachi and Human Hibachi 2: Feast in The Forest. It was filmed and finished in June 2023. [3]

Release

The film was screened at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival in 2023 and released by Troma Entertainment to their Troma Now platform on October 1st 2023. [4] [3] [5] [6]

Awards

At the New Jersey Horror Con and Film festival, the movie won best New Jersey/New York film in 2023. [7]

Reception

Horror Society gives the film a 3 out of 5 stating that the story for this one is decent as a torture porn or a straight forward found footage/snuff film but as a prequel to Human Hibachi it falls short. They also went on to say the acting is solid. [8]

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References

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  2. https://www.horrorsociety.com/2023/10/07/human-hibachi-the-beginning-short-review/
  3. 1 2 "Human Hibachi: The Beginning filming wraps on Mario Cerrito's cannibal prequel". Horror Society. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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