The experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Henry Timmis IV) feel like an unholy alliance between David Bowie and Charles Manson. Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, CANNIBAL ORGY is the apex of Timmis’s filmography. It’s a collage-like, Satanic panic ode to BLOOD FEAST, Lucio Fulci, and stoned glam rock. Although he mainly identified as straight, J.T. IV was refreshingly open about his same-sex relationships in his autobiography FROM THE INSIDE, making CANNIBAL ORGY an exciting discovery in the realm of alternative and underground cinema.
