Cannibal kung fu chaos erupts when a secret agent hunts a thief in a village with a taste for flesh.
WE'RE GOING TO EAT YOU
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
Quick Answer
We're Going to Eat You is a 1980 Hong Kong action-comedy-horror film directed by Tsui Hark about a secret agent whose search for a thief leads him to a village of cannibals.
Programmer's Pick
Tsui Hark’s genre-mashing appetite is on full display here, where kung fu and cannibalism mix like soy sauce and hot sauce. Agent 999 might be out of his depth, but for viewers, it’s a feast of gory slapstick and subversive humor. Not your average undercover mission.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Tsui Hark
- Writers
- Sze-To Cheuk-Hon, Tsui Hark
- Release
- 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Also Known As
- Die Kung Fu Kannibalen, We're Going To Eat You, Histoire de cannibales, ¡Cole cole que te como!, Cole, cole, que te como, que te como (Corre, corre, que te como), Corre, Wir kommen und werden euch fressen, Di yu wu men, Dei yuk mo moon (original title)
Why This Matters
This early horror comedy by Tsui Hark marks a step in his directorial career prior to his greater success with Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind later that same year.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
The villagers don’t just eat outsiders—they do it as a bizarre ritual dictated by their power-hungry chief.
Action scenes fuse martial arts with flesh-eating folk horror for a uniquely Hong Kong genre cocktail.
This film balances grotesque horror with broad comic beats and sly jabs at authority.
Watch as a secret agent finds himself in escalating peril, helped and hindered by a thief with his own agenda.
Scene Gallery
Threat File
Agent 999’s pursuit of Rolex leads him to the village
Cannibalistic villagers under the chief’s rule
Outsiders are captured and eaten as ritual
Isolated Hong Kong village
Questions from the Vault
When was We're Going to Eat You released? +
We're Going to Eat You was released in 1980.
Who directed We're Going to Eat You? +
Tsui Hark directed We're Going to Eat You.
How long is We're Going to Eat You? +
We're Going to Eat You has a runtime of 90 minutes.
What genre is We're Going to Eat You? +
We're Going to Eat You is an action, comedy, and horror film.
Where can I watch We're Going to Eat You? +
You can watch We're Going to Eat You on SassyFlix.
Why do the villagers consider rebelling against their chief? +
The villagers grow restless and consider rebellion because the chief gives most of the food to his soldiers instead of the townspeople.
