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Wikipedia article
'Meat Grinder' (; ) is a 2009 Thai splatter film written and directed by Tiwa Moeithaisong, starring Mai Charoenpura in the lead role. The film revolves around a poverty stricken woman who starts a restaurant where she slaughters people and serves up human flesh, cut from her victims.
The film was released with cuts in Thailand on 19 March 2009, with a duration of 84 minutes. The Thai version by far deviates the most from the uncensored version. This is not only due to the amount of censorship but many scenes were completely re-cut. Added to that are several strange warnings, harmless and irrelevant alternative footage, additional scene in the shorter version, changes in running-speed and even a blur effect due to censorship.[http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=451668 Meat Grinder: Comparisons between Thai DVD and UK DVD]
Classified as containing "strong gory violence and horror", an uncut 18 rated version was released in the United Kingdom with a duration of 102 minutes on 23 August 2010, which met with criticism.[http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/meat-grinder-2009 MEAT GRINDER (18) - British Board of Film Classification][http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php?feature=2159&category=4&archive=&title=horror+channel+meat+grinder+-+uncut+for+uk Meat Grinder: Uncut for UK][https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8573148/Films-that-outraged-viewers-in-2010.html Films that outraged viewers in 2010: The Telegraph] The film was also banned twice in South Korea for extremely high themes and violence, strong sex, language, horror and imitation risk.[http://m.kmrb.or.kr/data/searchMovieView.do?rcv_no=10565 Meat Grinder: Human Noodle (After self-assessment) : Limited screening price - Korea Media Rating Board][http://m.kmrb.or.kr/data/searchMovieView.do?rcv_no=10805 Meat Grinder: human flesh noodle: Limited screening price - Korea Media Rating Board] The film met with negative responses.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1603808/ The Meat Grinder (2009) - IMDb][https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_meat_grinder/ The Meat Grinder (2009): Rotten Tomatoes]
Synopsis
But (Mai Charoenpura) is a disturbed woman who hears voices in her head and is tormented by visions. Having been taught some pretty dubious and unconventional food preparation and cooking skills by her mother, she decides to open up a noodle stall, using the body of a man left over from a riot as the main ingredient. Soon enough, the customers are turning up in droves for her delicious meals, and life is starting to look good after a nice young man takes an interest in her. However, her past comes back to haunt her, and as her mental state breaks down, yet more people end up on the chopping block or hanging up on meat hooks in her basement.
The film also tackles the themes of mental illness and the mistreatment of women, with But's behavior being depicted as being part of an ongoing cycle of violence that she suffered as a child, and which she is now passing on to her own daughter.
Cast
*Mai Charoenpura as But
*Anuway Niwartwong as Prawit
*Wiradit Srimalai as Lek
*Rattanaballang Tohssawat as At
*Duangta Tungkamanee as But's mother
*Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul as Nida
*Jirachaya Jirarachakij as Bua
*Somlek Sakdikul as Mogul
*Atitaya Shindejanichakul as Oi
Censorship
'Meat Grinder' was released in March 2009, just a few months before the ratings system came into effect in Thailand. After beef noodle shop owners and vendors protested, the movie was reportedly ordered to cut certain scenes.
The title for the Thai main release was also changed from 'Kuai-tiao Nuea Khon' (; "human-flesh noodles" to 'Chueat Kon Chim' (; "slice before tasting"), to remove direct reference to noodles, a staple in Thai food.[http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-dvd-meat-grinder.html Thai Film Journal: On DVD - Meat Grinder]
Award nominations
In 2010, the film was nominated for three awards at the Thailand National Film Association Awards
*"Best Actress" for Mai Charoenpura
*"Best Art Direction"
*"Best Make-up" for Siwakorn Suklankarn and Nattakarn Uthaiwan
References
Category:2009 films
Category:Thai films
Category:Thai-language films
Category:Thai horror films
Category:Thai slasher films
Category:Splatter films
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