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Odd and at times, funny, the twisty nature of Ravenous comes
with a healthy dose of noteworthy horror at the hands of cannibal Colonel
Ives. His ability to convince others that he himself is not a killer
showcases the work of a true trickster. This makes him and the movie rather
scary. While somewhat dated, Ravenous feels consistently fresh - it's
contortions and trappings similar to a game of Mafia or Werewolf. By far one of
the smartest cannibals on this list, Ives is a worthy adversary in the
mystically confusing and comical world created by Ravenous.
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Crowsnest is
a particularly unoriginal movie. But, through all of the been-there-done-that,
it does offer one of the strangest and scariest groups of cannibals. Following
a group of friends through the wilderness, the horrific cannibals central to
this film are blunt and intense; their RV providing much needed anticipation
and suspense to this otherwise predictable film. Crowsnest is simple and
straightforward, but it's terrifyingly rambunctious and aggressive cannibals
are definitely nightmare-inducing. If you've ever traveled on a country road
too thin to pass other cars, you'd understand the fear this movie feeds off of.
Even in the open wilderness, Crowsnest proves you can feel trapped; all
it takes is an RV blocking your path.
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Like Crowsnest, Wrong Turn doesn't offer much revolution
to the subgenre. But, what it does do is provide viewers with the jolting
encounters of Three Finger, Saw Tooth and One Eye. Easily some of horror's most
unsettling killers, these deformed countrymen are terrifyingly daunting. Able
to move swiftly through the forest and capable of some truly cringe-worthy
kills, the trio leave little to the imagination. Add on Three Finger's laughter
and you have some truly awful chances of having nightmares. But, even without
Three Finger's scene-stealing, Saw Tooth and One Eye are scary enough to cause
some minor, if not laughable, trauma.
By far one of the list's most subtle entries, We Are What We are
features an odd, but relatively normal family harboring a dark ritual. And,
while the Parker family's ways are definitely sinister, you can't help but
feel some sort of empathy for them... Which is its own kind of horror. But what
makes We Are What We Are especially effective is in its conveyance of
what exactly could be going on behind your neighbors' closed doors. We
Are What We Are isn't so much an in your face horror movie, but it most
certainly doesn't stop the Parker family from being viciously horrific.
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6. The Starving Men (Bone Tomahawk)
Watching Bone Tomahawk, audiences will definitely be
caught off-guard by the film's transition from Western to horror. It comes
quickly, without much warning and with terrifying precision. Featuring a tribe
of not-quite human savages, the movie makes a very clear and distinct
divergence away from describing this demon-like clan of cannibals as Native
Americans- a distinction that helps alleviate some offensiveness. But nothing
can take away from how scary these creatures are. Taking on the form of people
but with far more aggression and literally no compassion or morality, this film
will make you feel hopeless as the band of frontiersmen begins unraveling in an
attempt to save a woman. The Starving Men are terrifying additions that provide
a fresh take on cannibalism in a subgenre inundated by deformed humans.
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