Cannibal Ferox (1981) poster
1981 · horror · cannibal · gore

Cannibal Ferox

Directed by Umberto Lenzi1h 33m1981
ElsewhereIMDb5.111kRT40%TMDB5.4265
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / cannibal, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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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. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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ends devastatingit will wreck youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 18attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upanimal harmgraphic violencegoresexual violencenuditydrug use

Skip it tonightYou value your stomach, sleep, or any living creature tonight.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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