The Green Inferno
Directed by Eli Roth
- adventure
- horror
The story
A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.
What it’s like
Humid, saturated greens dominate every frame: dense canopy filtering a sickly yellow light, mud-brown rivers, and the flat white glare of a New York airport before the descent into the Amazon. Handheld camera work keeps the young cast close and jittery, with quick cuts and jolting zooms that make the forest feel crowded and close. The score leans on pounding percussion and sudden stingers, and the jungle's insect buzz and rain fill the gaps between set pieces. Its vibe is sweaty, claustrophobic dread with a mean streak of satire. It suits a late-night watch with friends or a Halloween-season horror binge. The pacing is uneven, building to long stretches of dread punctuated by abrupt, graphic violence: brutal, bloody gore, including dismemberment and cannibalism, with some sexual content and frank nudity. Its characters are self-righteous activists slowly stripped of their certainties. It is for horror fans who want gore-heavy survival tension and don't mind a cynical, darkly comic take on activism. Not for anyone seeking gentle viewing.
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