The box called it Cannibal: The Musical, but it's original title is Alfred Packer: The Musical, just so you know.
What can be said for a musical about a cannibal? Well, not much. This movie was wrong in every sense of the word. It's the story of Alfred Packer and his expedition to Colorado Territory to find gold. Along the way, Alfred's horse runs away, and his team encounters a group of singing trappers, a cyclops, and a tribe of Japanese Indians. There's plenty of singing and dancing. When they run out of food, they resort to eating one of the men gets shot (for singing about building a snowman) and they have to eat him. After a while, when Alfred is scouting, the Mormon priest guy kills the others for food. Alfred kills the Mormon and lives off the bodies until he can find civilization. He's arrested, taken to court, found guilty, and sentenced to death. He gets off at the last minute when the love interest gets an order from the governer to stop te execution. They all sing and the movie's over.
The movie was written by Trey Parker (of South Park) and it shows. The jokes are awful. At one point, a character offers Alfred Packer some fudge, saying, "Fudge, Packer?" And yet, I watched it twice. I guess it's just one of those movies that you like for no good reason. Either that or you hate it for a very good reason. Either way, you should see it at least once.