1981 · horror · cannibal · gore
Cannibal Ferox
Directed by Umberto Lenzi1h 33m1981
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
Our read: Cannibal Ferox (1981) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · cannibal · gore entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / cannibal, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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