There are other grisly
Cannibal Corpse videos I could’ve picked but I’ve chosen this one (taken from
1996’s ‘Vile’) from the memories of
first seeing it. And watching it back, it’s delightfully creepy, kooky and
brutal in more ways than one. Filmed mostly in black and white, it’s gleefully
unsettling throughout – Corpsegrinder pictured with blood dripping from his
mouth, a brief yet brutal scene featured someone haplessly having their head
smashed into the ground again and again by their killer, and that scene where
the hands come from the abyss to drag the unsuspecting victim into the
darkness. Yes, yes and yes! And that’s before we even get to the song itself,
which just plain fucking kills.
Granted, Cannibal Corpse’s
videos aren’t half as gruesome as the lyrics they pen, but this one had just
the right amount of everything for me. The mostly black and white visuals and
constant shroud of darkness gives the video the grim and nasty B-movie sheen
that it needs. I do wish they delivered more in this vein – the crushing albums
they deliver time and time again deserve it.
Peter
Clegg
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