The Green Inferno (film)

Eli Roth’s *The Green Inferno*, a 2013 cannibal horror film, was co-written by Roth and Guillermo Amoedo. The story centers on a college student who signs up with an activist group for a trip abroad, only to be captured by a tribe that practices cannibalism. Roth intended the movie as a tribute to the Italian cannibal films of the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially *Cannibal Holocaust* (1980), which later became associated with the phrase "The Green Inferno" in promotional materials and fan discourse, though the fictional film within it is not explicitly named that in the original release.

The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013, and hit theaters on September 25, 2015, distributed by High Top Releasing, BH Tilt, and Universal Pictures. Critics mostly panned it, but it performed moderately well at the box office, earning $12.9 million against a $5 million budget. Controversy arose over its portrayal of indigenous people; human rights groups argued it reinforced racist stereotypes of uncontacted tribes as “savage.”

The plot follows Justine, a college freshman who joins a student activist group led by Alejandro and his girlfriend Kara. They travel to the Amazon to stop a petrochemical company from clearing forest and displacing tribes, planning to film the protest and stream it online. Justine offers to use her father, a UN attorney, to draw attention. A drug dealer named Carlos funds the trip. After chaining themselves to bulldozers, a private militia arrives; Justine nearly dies, but the protest goes viral. The group is arrested, then freed by Carlos’s bribe. Their plane crashes in the jungle, killing Carlos and others. Survivors are captured by a tribe that kills Kara with an arrow and tranquilizes the rest. Alejandro admits the protest was staged to benefit his father’s rival company. The tribe tests the women for virginity; Justine is taken for genital mutilation. The prisoners are fed meat containing Samantha’s tattooed skin, leading Amy to kill herself. Lars stuffs marijuana into Amy’s corpse, getting the tribe high so Justine and Daniel can escape. Alejandro stays behind, tranquilizing Lars, who is later eaten alive. Justine and Daniel are recaptured; Daniel is tied to a stake, his limbs broken, left for ants. When the tribe leaves to fight a clearing crew, a child helps Justine escape. Daniel begs for d