{"id":11499,"date":"2008-06-11T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2008-06-11T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T16:27:46","slug":"cannibal-ferox-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/11\/cannibal-ferox-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannibal Ferox (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cannibal-ferox4\"<\/a>Watching Ruggero Deodato\u2019s \u201cCannibal Holocaust\u201d was an experience that I still remember with fondness. I sat with the DVD in hand at my television with a pit in my stomach and prepared to finally view what is considered one of the most controversial and taboo films ever made. And I wasn\u2019t disappointed. Watching \u201cCannibal Ferox\u201d was a different experience altogether. Maybe it was because the movie is not as good as the aforementioned horror film, or maybe it\u2019s because Umberto Lenzi approaches this horror flick from a sexploitation angle with sensual women ravaged by cannibals instead of the mock documentary style as Deodato\u2019s film.<\/p>\n

But something didn\u2019t click with me, even in spite of my best efforts to enjoy this. \u201cCannibal Ferox\u201d is very much like Deodato\u2019s film in which Lenzi attempts to show how the civilized white man is much more of a destructive savage than the primitive cannibals, all the while bringing a revenge story to full circle with cannibals looking to strike back at those that interrupted their peaceful existence.\u00a0 <\/span>There\u2019s the same amount of animal cruelty, less the social commentary, and horrific performances that keep \u201cCannibal Ferox\u201d from being a stellar horror thriller. Lenzi and Deodato do have one thing in common beyond one ripping off the other, and it\u2019s the inherent xenophobia that\u2019s carried over to modern horror movies. Whereas directors have preached the fear of foreigners, Lenzi and Deodato seem to have a fear of the American, the individual who is smug, self-entitled, and ravage other cultures for their personal gain.<\/p>\n

Of course we know that\u2019s not true in today\u2019s society\u2026 right? And sadly like Deodato\u2019s film, the message of we being the true cannibals in a tribe of savages is pounded into our heads to the point where we begin to think \u201cAlright, we get it!\u201d When all hope is lost, Lenzi does make good on the promise of grue with some rather grotesque acts of torture and vengeance. While the production stinks, and the basic finale is confusing, \u201cCannibal Ferox\u201d is not a complete waste of time. It entertains in many instances, but sadly not as much as the previous cannibal films I\u2019ve encountered.I don\u2019t know, I personally prefer \u201cCannibal Holocaust\u201d when all is said and done. While it has its up points, it\u2019s clunky, tedious, and is a basic retread of material from Deodato\u2019s horror flick. It\u2019s good just not great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watching Ruggero Deodato\u2019s \u201cCannibal Holocaust\u201d was an experience that I still remember with fondness. I sat with the DVD in hand at my television with a pit in my stomach and prepared to finally view what is considered one of the most controversial and taboo films ever made. And I wasn\u2019t disappointed. Watching \u201cCannibal Ferox\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[58,170,174,367,477,1012,1087],"class_list":["post-11499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grindhouse-review-fest","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-c","tag-cannibals","tag-foreign","tag-horror","tag-survival","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}