![]() But after seeing Ferox, I realised there is really no excuse for it. ![]() I always found myself defending Cannibal Holocaust for the animal cruelty, as that is a genuinely good film, and the horrific animal scenes really do add to the horrible and deeply unsettling atmosphere. This is all well and good and what can be expected from an Italian exploitation film at the height of the nasties era, but the animal killings are simply needless. Multiple cocks are hacked off (and one is eaten - yummy), a woman is lifted into the air with fish- hooks through the breasts, there is an eye-gouging, and of course, no cannibal film would be complete without a bit of the ol' brain eating. The gore and violence is by no means convincing, or even disturbing, but it is clear from the off that the film's sole purpose is to be more repulsive than anything else before it. The cannibal genre died out pretty quickly, thankfully, as they represent everything that is ugly about the horror genre, and Cannibal Ferox, possibly the second most notorious after Cannibal Holocaust, is no exception. It was Ferox's director Umberto Lenzi who kick-started the sub-genre with Deep River Savages in 1972, but they only really hit their stride in 1977, when the Grindhouse theatres were at their most popular. They boasted exotic locations, horrific gore, real animal killings, and the threat of the unknown in the primitive tribes. Between 19 there was a huge boom in cannibal films. Gloria is out to disprove the claims of cannibalism for her dissertation, and after they come across two mangled bodies of tribesmen, they also come across Mike Logan carrying his injured partner Joe (Walter Lucchini), who both claim to have been attacked by savage cannibals. As the police begin their investigation into the shooting, the action relocates to the Paraguayan jungle, where two students, Gloria (Lorraine De Selle) and Rudy (Danilo Mattei), and one tag-along Pat (Zora Kerova) are making their way into the heart of the jungle looking for native tribes who have been accused of cannibalism. These days on Hog Island, much of the wildlife is human, but I keep my hand in the seabird restoration business by supplying sound attraction equipment to projects from Bermuda to Hawaii, and Quebec to Baja.The film begins with the murder of a drug addict in an unknown apartment by some gangsters looking for a man named Mike Logan. I first volunteered as a research assistant on Matinicus Rock in 1984, and I have spent many summers since on Maine seabird islands, in addition to seabird stints in California and Galapagos. Later on when I was in college, by strange coincidence my Ornithology professor at UNH knew Project Puffin quite well, and directed me to the Audubon Camp at Hog Island. Steven Kress (on Wild Kingdom!) and learned about his efforts to reintroduce puffins to the Gulf of Maine. My own introduction to Project Puffin began in high school, when I saw Dr. It is great to encourage students to approach nature with a sense of curiosity. I love being in the classroom where I get to lead students through learning activities and share real data from the seabird islands with them. I have been living in Maine year-round for 16 years now, and during the winter I am Project Puffin’s Outreach Educator. On Hog Island I help the volunteers keep the place running, explain the wonders of the intertidal zone, create slide-shows, and lug endless numbers of things on and off the island. ![]() ![]() Hello! I am “Seabird Sue” Schubel, Volunteer Coordinator and head cheerleader for the Hog Island Audubon Camp.
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