Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.Three friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe.
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- Mike Logan
- (as John Morghen)
Danilo Mattei
- Rudy Davis
- (as Bryan Redford)
Zora Kerova
- Pat Johnson
- (as Zora Kerowa)
Walter Lucchini
- Joe Costolani
- (as Walter Lloyd)
Fiamma Maglione
- Myrna Stenn
- (as Meg Fleming)
Miguel Ángel Rincón
- Juanito
- (as 'El Indio' Rincon)
Giovanni Bergamini
- Clerk
- (uncredited)
Riccardo Petrazzi
- Hunter
- (uncredited)
Perry Pirkanen
- Paul
- (uncredited)
Dominic Raacke
- Tim Barrett
- (uncredited)
Jake Teague
- Professor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLike Cannibal Holocaust (1980), this movie contains several actual animal killings. Though his character kills an animal in the film, Giovanni Lombardo Radice strongly objected to the animal killings and refused to participate in them (a double had to be used). Director Umberto Lenzi tried to convince Radice to do the killings by telling him, "De Niro [Robert De Niro] would do it," to which Radice responded, "De Niro would kick your ass all the way back to Rome."
- GoofsWhen handed a watch by a tribesman, Myrna turns it over and says she had Mike's initials engraved on it. 'Mike Logan' appears in full, not just as initials.
- Quotes
Rudy: Why'd you kill her you bastard?!
Mike Logan: Get off my case motherfucker!
- Crazy creditsOne of the character's names is Gloria. Coincidentally, Gena Rowlands in "Gloria" is showing at the Embassy Times Square cinema during the junkie's walk through New York during the opening credits.
- Alternate versionsAfter spending many years as a banned Video Nasty the film was finally submitted to the BBFC in November 2000 in a heavily pre-cut form, removing around 6 minutes of graphic violence. These included a complete removal of cannibalism scenes, a man's eye being gouged out, a scene where Pat threatens a topless native with a knife, all shots of Mike being castrated, scalped and his hand severed, and the infamous scene where Pat is hoisted aloft with iron hooks through her breasts. All of the graphic animal cruelty was also removed. Notably a snake slowly killing a muskrat, and a leopard killing a monkey, plus the mutilations of a crocodile and a turtle. The BBFC additionally made a further 6 sec cut to a shot of a tethered muskrat falling from a jeep.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Canibais e Solidão (2006)
Featured review
I just finished watching this movie, and it actually wasn't bad. The acting was a little cheesy and the plot was at first corny but it eventually picked up and became what it was supposed to be, a gory hard to watch cannibal movie. I didn't enjoy or was not happy with the animal deaths, but the movie was supposed to be shocking and hard to watch, and that is definitely what those scenes were. It had very good gore effects for 1981. The brain eating, the stomach eating, the hooked girl, and the other scenes of cannibalism were gross and pretty hard to watch. I guess I'm a gorehound, but most movies never really deliver on gore in my opinion. This one did, and that was all ready enough for it to be good. I also like the idea that the cannibals are not the real bad guys, and that we are. If you are a fan of horror movies, especially low budget exploitation horror, then this movie is for you. If you have a weak stomach then do not see this. Still haven't seen cannibal holocaust or any other Italian cannibal film sadly, so I don't have anything to compare this to.
- noahbetancourt
- Nov 2, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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