This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of " Shocking Cannibals ". The latest sequel of the series "Shocking Cannibals: Rebirth" is also expected to be released this fall.
When Victor Salva copied Stephen King's novel "The Wolf of Kara" in "The Scary Cannibals", the setting of the wolf pack that appears every 20 years was to avoid making a sequel. However, as this monster movie starring Gina Phillips and Justin Long became the highest-grossing movie on Labor Day weekend in 2001, the producer Francis Ford Coppola quickly convinced Salva. Put aside his artistic integrity and continue to make money while the iron is hot.
Since then, "Scary Cannibals" has become an unbearably low-quality trilogy. However, even though the series has degenerated from the original unconventional minimalist horror film into a boring movie, the fans of the first part are still stubbornly watching it because they still want to know the origin of the ogre.
Of course, fans of popular dramas such as " lost" or " game of thrones" should all have a deep understanding. The long-awaited answers are rarely satisfactory. I have been waiting for nearly twenty After " shocking cannibals 3 " did not provide any new explanation, everyone can only continue to guess.
What is the origin of the ogre in "The Shocking Ogre", from the urban legend Mothman to Pazuzu in the "Exorcist" series, there are different opinions, but the true nature of the ogre may be different from everyone. Conjectures are quite different, perhaps even more evil...
4. Everything we know so far
Ogres are also called "bats" or "hell bats",Every 23 years, he wakes up in the spring and hunts those fearful idiots. It has hands, feet, and a car. It looks like a person from a distance. In the first cut-off clip, it even speaks, and it has a western accent.
What makes the ogre far superior to the average serial killer is that he has a pair of bat-like wings, two rows of chilling yellow fangs, and a hard rubber shell with a zipper. It is a fast-flying monster, likes to drive on barren roads, and is good at making daggers as a hunting tool.
The ogre uses cannibals to replace missing body parts, such as a broken head, crushed feet and broken eyes. The ogre’s arsenal includes Kratos’ axe, using bones, skin and A shuriken made of teeth and a weaponized truck enough to make batman jealous. The hidden third nostril on the bridge of its nose can smell people’s fears and help it choose whom to eat. From this point of view, the ogre created by Salva is more like Stephen King’s copy of Pennywise Taste.
In the trilogy, the personality of the ogre is constantly changing, from the straightforward and unstoppable bloodthirsty beast to the cheap version of Freddie Kruger. In addition, the sequel also introduces the setting that the victim’s undead will warn of an ogre attack, which is quite unacceptable, because Daly and Tracy in the first part were warned by a mad woman, not Early warning of ghosts.
3. What the deleted scene tells us
" Scary Cannibal 2 " is a typical abandoned B-level horror movie All the disturbing elements of success. To make matters worse, the only useful and valuable scene was cut out inexplicably.
In the release version, the blond cheerleader who is essential in every bad horror movie suddenly awakens her psychic ability,And in a daze, he saw the illusion of an ogre dressed as a scarecrow or Jesus Christ crucified. Then, Justin Lang made a cameo appearance and explained to her the routine of ogre cannibalism for 23 days and dormant for 23 years. This shot did not provide any new content. In contrast, the deleted alternative shot was more interesting. .
In the deleted fragment, the skulls of soldiers wearing armor, holding swords and shields appeared. This tells us that the ogre is an ancient creature, and even in the Middle Ages it was rampant. Although, it is not yet certain whether the birth of the ogre was earlier than the Middle Ages, or whether it was born in the Middle Ages, but these pictures at least provide some background information on the long history of the ogre.
This information and the shield with the ugly face of the ogre supports a point that many fans agree...
2. Victor Salva doesn’t know it himself. ......
Although the infamous director Victor Salva insists that he knows what an ogre is, all the sequels since 2001 show that his confidence is just bluffing.
Since the first film succeeded in making people afraid of Paul Whiteman’s song "Jeepers Creepers" and fear of driving on the empty roads of remote , the image of an ogre has happened The huge changes have become less and less terrible for . It changed from the original, brutal, undead truck driver who wore boots and was keen on French kisses to suck the head of the dead, and became a replica of Freddie Krueger. Now he can be defeated with a pair of eagles. Claw-like feet, and no longer like driving, more inclined to run. Paul Whiteman’s iconic songs and covers from others,It is no longer the key to attracting this monster to appear.
"Shocking Cannibals 3" also failed to provide the long-awaited answer. Salva still did not give a clear setting and origin, but added some "cool" things. Although at the end of the third part, the reappearance of Gina Phillips's character Trish seems to indicate that Salva will return to his roots in the fourth part and give a satisfactory answer, but due to his early pedophile Affected by the addiction scandal, "Scary Cannibal 3" was boycotted and the box office failed miserably, and the fourth part of Salva's original plan was completely ruined.
Although Victor Salva is cold, the IP of "Shocking Cannibals" is still working well. Currently, it is the fourth place directed by the director of " Steel Sky" Timo Volensola. The part "Shocking Cannibals: Rebirth" has been completed and is scheduled to be released in October as early as October. In order to completely draw a line with Salva, the original production team of the trilogy was abandoned. The three have reached an agreement.
1. The ogre is likely to be an individual
The producer of the fourth part emphasized that "The Shocking Ogre: Rebirth 2" The continuation, which is also a soft restart of the series, will ignore "Scary Cannibal 3". But this does not mean that fans will stop spreading crazy speculations about the origin of ogres. After all, this eye-catching, long-lasting mystery group , fans are willing to discuss.
Although the explanations that the ogres are mothmen, pazuzus, or drippers are interesting, the claim that ogres were once humans is undoubtedly more credible.
This view thinks that he is a villain in the Middle Ages,After reaching an agreement with the devil, he was deceived by the devil. There is another theory that he was cursed because of an entanglement with a witch. In the scene where "Scary Cannibal 2" was deleted, there was a shield with the face of an ogre, half human and half devil on it, powerful Supports these two claims.
This explains why the ogre looks like a human and uses humans to replace its damaged body parts. Salva and his production team all believe that the ogre is a suffering Describe the tragedy tormented by people. Salva did not disclose where his inspiration came from, but the ogre's handling of corpses and driving trucks have many similarities with the real-life killer Dennis DePue.
There is another saying that the ogre is a parasite that can turn people into the demon like a crab. In the second part, the ogre forcibly removes the damaged head from the alien claws. The scene seems to echo this statement, but the ogre is a product of a taboo ritual or a deal with the devil is obviously easier for people to understand and accept.
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