Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- visceral
- oppressive
- relentless
- late night horror marathon
- gorehound gathering
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a technically energetic but thematically unsubtle and generally unfavorable exercise in gory spectacle.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film emphasizes explicit killings, mutilation, and cannibal attacks in the Amazon jungle.
Justine joins an activist protest against timber destruction, while the group's intervention exposes them to catastrophic danger.
After a plane crash in the Peruvian rainforest, the survivors are isolated from civilization and abducted by a cannibal tribe.
The story, marketing, and graphic set pieces deliberately revive the cannibal-film tradition associated with jungle settings.
Films like The Green Inferno, and why
Cannibal Holocaust
shares cannibal horror, jungle survival, graphic violence, and exploitation-film sensibilities
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
shares isolated wilderness survival, visceral brutality, and morally confrontational horror
The Descent
shares stranded travelers, hostile terrain, survival horror, and relentless physical danger
The Ruins
shares activist idealism, rainforest exploitation themes, and adventure-thriller tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Eli Roth
- Release Date
- 2014-09-04
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (1641)
Cast
- Lorenza Izzo
- Ariel Levy
- Sky Ferreira
- Ramón Llao
- Daryl Sabara
- Richard Burgi
- Paz Bascuñan
- Magda Apanowicz
- Nicolás Martínez
- Kirby Bliss Blanton
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Green Inferno about?
- Idealistic student activists stranded in the Amazon become prey in a brutally graphic cannibal survival nightmare.
- What is The Green Inferno like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Green Inferno as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Green Inferno violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Green Inferno as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Green Inferno?
- Critics broadly found the film a technically energetic but thematically unsubtle and generally unfavorable exercise in gory spectacle.
- Which films are like The Green Inferno?
- Films with a similar feel include Cannibal Holocaust, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Descent, and The Ruins.
- How long is The Green Inferno?
- The Green Inferno runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Green Inferno?
- In United States, The Green Inferno is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
