Meat Grinder

This article is about the film. For the appliance, see Meat grinder. For other uses, see Meat grinder (disambiguation).
The Meat Grinder
Theatrical poster
Directed byTiwa Moeithaisong
Written byTiwa Moeithaisong
Produced byPhra Nakorn Film Co. Ltd.
StarringMai Charoenpura
Anuway Niwartwong
Wiradit Srimalai
Rattanaballang Tohssawat
Duangta Tungkamanee
Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul
CinematographyTiwa Moeithaisong
Edited byTiwa Moeithaisong
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
102 minutes (Uncut)
84 minutes (Cut)
CountryThailand
LanguageThai

Meat Grinder (Thai: เชือดก่อนชิม; RTGS: Chueat Kon Chim) 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.[1]

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.[2][3][4] The film was also banned twice in South Korea for extremely high themes and violence, strong sex, language, horror and imitation risk.[5][6] The film met with negative responses.[7][8]

  1. ^ Meat Grinder: Comparisons between Thai DVD and UK DVD
  2. ^ MEAT GRINDER (18) - British Board of Film Classification
  3. ^ Meat Grinder: Uncut for UK
  4. ^ Films that outraged viewers in 2010: The Telegraph
  5. ^ Meat Grinder: Human Noodle (After self-assessment) : Limited screening price - Korea Media Rating Board
  6. ^ Meat Grinder: human flesh noodle: Limited screening price - Korea Media Rating Board
  7. ^ The Meat Grinder (2009) - IMDb
  8. ^ The Meat Grinder (2009): Rotten Tomatoes