“Cannibal Taboo” unfolds the tale of Janet, a young woman who grew up in the African wilderness and is later rescued by the adventurer Cliff Hendricks. When Cliff falls ill with a rare blood disorder, Janet must abandon her jungle lifestyle to care for him and their four children. The main events take place as their youngest son, Paul, approaches his twenty-first birthday. His brother Luke, a distinguished academic, returns home for the occasion. However, the Hendricks family is fraught with complications, as their fourth sibling, Matthew, vanished on his own twenty-first birthday. Additionally, Paul and his sister are involved in an incestuous relationship, and Janet is concealing a dark secret.