After Cabin Fever and the Hostel movies, we reported a few weeks ago that director/actor Eli Roth would be returning to a behind-the-camera position with a then-cryptic project titled The Green Inferno.
Now, ShockTillYouDrop has provided us with a slim plot synopsis for the project, which “follows an idealistic student and a group of naive do-gooders who are captured by cannibalistic Indios after their plane crash lands in the Peruvian jungle.” Apparently, Roth is a huge fan of the 1980’s gore-fest Cannibal Holocaust, which has a pretty similar plot synopsis to Roth’s latest.
But now that we have a synopsis, the only thing — among cast and production notes — to wonder about is how gore-filled this movie will actually be. If you’re familiar with pretty much any of Roth‘s movies, you know that he doesn’t take this aspect lightly. Although I’m not particularly fond of Roth‘s directing efforts, I love gore-infested movies like Evil Dead or Dead Alive and I understand that his movie’s aren’t for everyone. Most of his projects are either paying homage to or incorporating plots of past campy horror films, which is something I can respect about Roth‘s unique aesthetic, even if I don’t like them on the whole.
Roth is currently shooting Hemlock Grove for Netfix, but shooting for The Green Inferno will begin in Peru and Chile later this year.
What do you think about the cannibalistic plot for The Green Inferno?