#cannibal film

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Happy Thanksgiving, horror and cult film fans!

Here's some new John Carver art inspired by Thanksgiving (2023) to mark the occasion!

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VIRUS - L'inferno dei morti viventi. AKA VIRUS CANNIBALE AKA Hell Of The Living Dead

(French Press Sheet)

Data di uscita: 21 agosto 1981 (Italia)

Spagna: novembre 1980

Italia: agosto 1981

Stati Uniti: 1983

Regista: Bruno Mattei

Sceneggiatura: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso, Rossella Drudi, José María Cunillés

Casa di produzione: Beatrice Film S.r.l, Films Dara

Distribuzione in italiano: United Artists

Paese di produzione: Italia, Spagna

Bruno Mattei Vincent Dawn

[coloronthewallzz]

She couldn’t have been that crazy I don’t think soooooooo….

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[morbidology]

The movie Cannibal Holocaust, which was directed by Ruggero Deodato and released in 1980, is said to be one of the most controversial films in cinematic history.

The film is presented as a found-footage documentary, and follows a group of filmmakers who venture into the Amazon rainforest to document indigenous tribes, only to encounter horrifying violence. The extreme depictions of gore and real animal killings led to it being censored in various places.

The controversy reached its peak when Deodato was arrested shortly after the film’s release, as authorities believed that the movie depicted actual murders. To clear his name, Deodato had to prove that the actors were alive and that the scenes of human violence were staged. Nevertheless, Cannibal Holocaust remained banned or heavily censored in numerous countries due to its graphic content.

[keeperofdarkness22]

Cannibal ferox | 1981

[peachy-keenss]

Im glad you all like them so much! Here’s some more!!! Especially given it’s Tender Treats’ anniversary!

[mistybunny]

“i still dont know how to love someone without swallowing them"

[tehzeldamaster]

man-eater💀

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On June 2, 2018, Messiah of Evil was screened on Creature Features.

[thesunoficarus1]

nobody understands media with super dark themes (cannibalism/religion/etc.) like I understand media with super dark themes (cannibalism/religion/etc.)

[belluzinhaa]

favorite first watches of 2024: #2

RAW (2016) dir. Julia Ducournau

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[starbuck]

Ravenous is Haunted

Within the lore of Ravenous, eating people causes you to “absorb [their] spirit,” but what does that mean in practice?

Ives mentions that eating someone brave gives you a surge of bravery, which is exactly how Boyd goes from too scared to move to single-handedly capturing the enemy command. The spirit of his fellow soldiers and specifically his commanding officer compel him to do it. But we know that this personality shift is not permanent, it abates. However, I believe that there are other more subtle influences that remain. 

There’s a whole collection of things Boyd, Ives, and Hart do and say that mirror the actions and words of the people they’ve eaten…

The protectiveness that Boyd shows towards the Fort Spencer crew after Ives arrives as colonel is a new trait for him and highly reminiscent of Reich’s protectiveness towards Toffler. From the moment he’s stuck with Ives at the fort, Boyd also immediately decides to murder him, the thing that Reich died furious at him for not doing, and never strays from this mission at all. Boyd and Ives both headbutt each other in their final fight, a Knox fighting move, and Boyd also attempts to strangle Ives at one point, which is Reich’s. Another example that I like is when Hart says to the chickens he’s feeding “run away! run for your lives!” which is what Toffler died doing. These are all small moments in isolation, but together they form a compelling picture. 

For another thing, you have Boyd mentioning to Hart near the end the “nightmares” he’s “still” having about Reich, Cleaves, and Knox. These aren’t just random trauma nightmares, they are specifically about the three people of the Fort Spencer crew that he’s eaten. And, considering how strongly Hart reacts to the mention of this, he is likely experiencing the same thing. Since it is canon that they have actually ABSORBED these people by eating them, I don’t think it’s a stretch at all to call this a haunting. 

Put these together and you have the people who have been eaten haunting the cannibal characters at night and maintaining at least some sway over them by day, often without them even realizing it… Fun stuff!

As far as Ives goes, I think that he is less affected by this phenomenon than Boyd and Hart are. He’s been eating people for much longer than they have, he has no moral compass whatsoever, and he has a very strong personality, so he’s not gonna let a little haunting get to him. That being said, who knows what quirks of his personality we might be able to attribute to people he’s eaten in the past if we knew more about them? I also think that his assumption that he is unaffected by the people he eats is a part of his downfall, and I’ll explain that in a moment. 

The last thing I want to talk about is the bell because that’s what REALLY gets me mmmmmmmmmmm… SO! During Boyd’s fight with Ives, there’s a moment where Ives has fled the room they were fighting in and Boyd doesn’t know where he is, so he’s checking behind all these random doors and not finding him when he hears a bell ringing in the courtyard. He goes out and sees the ringing bell but no one near it. Instead of going towards it where he knows Ives is likely waiting for him though, he walks towards the barn, as if in a daze. When he enters, he sees the bear trap and gets an “Aha!” look on his face. 

Now, who do we know who is associated with both that bell and a bear trap? It’s Reich! He is the only person we ever see ring that bell and (in a deleted scene) he uses bear traps as target practice, shooting at them to snap them shut while Boyd watches. So, at the very least, we can say that Reich indirectly inspires Boyd in that course of action. 

BUT, because I am me, I’d like to take it a step further by proposing that, since Reich is haunting both Boyd AND Ives, he influences Ives to ring the bell (with Ives not consciously thinking anything more of about than “this will surely get Boyd’s attention >:)”) and then influences Boyd to walk over to the barn instead of immediately continuing the fight so he can show him how to end it once and for all. Boyd asked Reich to “tell me what to do,” and Reich answered him!

I did also write a fic about this concept a few years ago if anyone is interested!