Regardless of why they showed up, it's hard to ignore that a seemingly lighthearted comedy movie features a musical guest like Cannibal Corpse and the grotesque music they promote. When asked about this strange cameo by Vice, the members of Cannibal Corpse claimed that Jim Carrey's people reached out to them about appearing in the movie since he was apparently a fan of death metal.
In 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,' the band shows up during a scene to play one of their songs titled 'Hammer Smashed Face.' Ace seems to enjoy the heavy metal show and navigates through the headbanging mosh pit crowd with a smile on his face.
The band writes music themed around violence, death, gore, murder, sexual assault, and even more depraved topics that shouldn't be talked about in detail. Cannibal Corpse is a notorious death metal band that has been around since the 1980s and is mainly known for its over-the-top horror aesthetic and gag-inducing songs about countless taboo subjects, as explained by Almostfear Entertainment. Really, though, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’s insensitivity toward animals and the mentally ill is peanuts compared to its contempt for LGBT people.After hunting down all potential suspects rocking the 1984 AFC Championship ring (one of whom Ace inspects while standing beside him at a urinal, and who prances after Ace with arms aflutter expecting a hookup), the pet dick, as he’s often.
