cannibalism to survive theme

A (presumably starving) character must decide whether or not to eat the corpse of another person in order to survive. This may or may not involve killing the other person first.

7 total · 7 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds95x09 minor Quark half joked about eating Odo after he died
movie: After the Apocalypse (2004) minor Desperate for nourishment, the woman and the Asian man roasted a man's arm over a fire and proceeded to consume it.
movie: Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996) minor It was explained that the Eenos had turned to eating the flesh of their own to survive at some point during their enslavement.
movie: No Blade of Grass (1970) minor It was reported that people in some parts of the world had resorted to cannibalism.
movie: The Shining (1980) minor In the car, Jack spoke of how some members of the Donner Party resorted cannibalism out of desperation while snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
movie: The Ultimate Warrior (1975) minor Carson and Baron discussed rumors that people were eating people to survive out there.
rd1988e7x04 minor There was brief talk about turning to cannibalism in desperation.