I wouldn't see a cannibal horror survival film voluntarily. No, this was of course a classical Fantastic Fest AICN secret screening. Activist college students travel to South America to stop the destruction of native tribes, not realizing exactly what it is they were protecting. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be; it was clearly made for its R rating, which means that while parts were suitably disgusting, other parts of it were kind of watered down and lame. Still, I have no interest in ever seeing it or anything else by Eli Roth ever again.
The Green Inferno
2013, 103 minutes, directed by Eli Roth
The tribe where they filmed is in Chile, and are peaceful farmers. They'd never seen an ice cube before and didn't understand the concept of video; Eli brought in a television and a projector and showed them Cannibal Horror, which they thought was a comedy. It might seem like exploitation, but while they were filming a particularly gruesome scene, with heads on spikes and body bits on display, a few boats of Texas Christian missionaries sailed up and were shocked with horror. Having Eli Roth convert the natives first almost makes it worth it. (As payment for their acting and use of their village to film, they also built metal roofs on all the huts, replacing the leaky thatch roofs the tribe had before.)
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