The Green Inferno is a bit of a tonal mess, as Roth jumps from satire to bawdy college humor to gruesome flesh-eating shocks and back again. Of course, they are soon captured by one of these tribes and put on the dinner menu. Like his successful Hostel movies, Roth gives his movie a political edge, in this case sending a bunch of young, naive environmental activists into the Amazon rainforest to protest about the destruction of ancient tribes by an unscrupulous logging company. However, in 2013, director Eli Roth attempted to update the sub-genre for younger audiences who probably weren't familiar with those earlier cult favourites with The Green Inferno. While cannibal movies have taken many forms over the past few decades, there has been little attempt to revive the jungle-based Third World horrors of the infamous Italian cannibal films of the early '80s. As once you’ve done that, check out our guide to the best possession movies, the best exploding heads in horror, and the horror sequels that are better than the originals. So, here's a look at some of the best, scariest, and most shocking cannibal movies ever made. Sometimes played for laughs, sometimes as an allegory, and often for old-fashioned scares. This sub-genre didn't last long, but the most extreme examples remain notorious today, for both their staged violent content and the real-life animal cruelty that the filmmakers included to increase their notoriety.īeyond those movies, cannibalism has taken on different forms in horror.

These were exploitation movies, often set in South America, in which people from the 'civilized' world were captured and eaten by the natives. The most controversial cycle of cannibal movies came from Italy during the late-'70s and early-'80s.

We've been watching people eat other people in horror movies for decades, but there is something so primal and unpleasant about the concept, that no matter how many times you've seen it, even the strongest stomach can be turned by onscreen cannibalism if delivered effectively by a director. Of course, screen taboos have shifted over the decades-what was considered shocking in the 1930s might seem laughable today, and audiences back then would have been utterly appalled by what is considered mainstream entertainment in 2018.Ĭannibalism is one of the on-screen taboos that still has the power to upset viewers. A big part of why horror fans keep coming back for more is the hope that the next movie will really deliver something they've never seen before. Since the horror genre's very earliest days, filmmakers have delighted in shocking audiences and pushing back the boundaries of what is acceptable on-screen.

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