Director: Aimee Kuge
Cast: April Consalo, Nate Wise, Clay von Carlowitz, Randall Bowlin, Benjamin Frankenberg
Cannibal Mukbang is a 2025 American horror-comedy film directed by Aimee Kuge, blending the internet obsession of competitive eating livestreams with dark romantic tension, graphic gore, and sharp genre-bending humor across 103 minutes of deliberately unhinged storytelling.
What is Cannibal Mukbang about?
Mark is a reserved, socially awkward man quietly longing for connection when he crosses paths with Ash — confident, magnetic, and seemingly out of his league. Against all odds, she returns his interest. What starts as a tentative, hopeful romance quickly pulls Mark deeper into Ash's consuming passion: the underground world of mukbang content creation, where hosts perform theatrical eating sessions for devoted online audiences. As Mark falls harder for Ash, the mukbang world surrounding her grows stranger, more extreme, and far more dangerous than anything he anticipated. The film builds its horror out of intimacy — the closer Mark gets to what he wants, the more disturbing what he finds becomes. Director Kuge keeps the character dynamic at the center throughout, letting the genre's chaos serve the emotional stakes rather than overshadow them.
Cast & crew
Debut feature director Aimee Kuge helms a cast anchored by April Consalo as the mercurial Ash and Nate Wise as the lovelorn Mark, with Clay von Carlowitz, Randall Bowlin, Benjamin Frankenberg, Dwayne Steeler, Andrew Moreski, and Kathryn Whisler filling out the film's eccentric supporting world. Consalo carries much of the tonal balancing act the film requires.
Context & significance
Horror-comedy is a genre that rewards audiences who enjoy watching filmmakers walk a razor-thin tonal line — and Cannibal Mukbang is precisely that kind of film. For Persian-speaking viewers and diaspora audiences who have followed the rise of international horror-comedy on streaming platforms, this title offers something genuinely offbeat: a story rooted in contemporary internet culture (the mukbang phenomenon, which exploded globally in the 2010s) filtered through practical-effects horror and a surprisingly tender love story at its core. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it accessible whether you prefer to watch in your first language or follow along with the original English performances.
Where & how to watch
Cannibal Mukbang is available now on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV دستگاه, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.