Inferno’s first half hour takes place on a posh university campus in New York, in a careful build-up that establishes the reason why a group of 15 students concerned about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest embarks on a mission to Peru to raise awareness about the plight of endangered Indian tribes. THR’s Complete Toronto Film Festival Coverage Even before its bow in Toronto, a sequel was announced in the offing, though Roth will not direct it. ![]() Eli Roth’s return to the director’s chair after Cabin Fever and Hostel 2 is a well-filmed R-rated scream fest designed to satisfy viewers’ blood lust, though his childish determination to push the politically incorrect button as often and as hard as possible will dim the enthusiasm of a good number of college students who might otherwise have bought the DVD. ![]() An Amazonian cannibal yarn tipping its hat to the 1980 cult classic Cannibal Holocaust by Italian director Ruggero Deodato, but showing little sign of understanding that film’s journey into the heart of darkness, The Green Inferno functions on the level of a scary if scatter-brained story whose wafting smell of baking flesh will draw Midnight Madness crowds.
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