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Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 93 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
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CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Dania Cinematografica/Medusa/National Cinematografica
Executive Producer: Antonio Crescenzi
Producer: Giovanni Masini
Unit Manager: Evi Parinelli, Vito di Bari
Production Organiser: Giovanni Masini
SCRIPT
Script: Umberto Lenzi
DIRECTION
Director: Umberto
Lenzi
Assistant Director: Riccardo Petrazzi
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Giovanni Bergamini
Camera Operator: Renato Doria
Assistant Camera Operator: Maurizio Zampagni
Key Grip: Mario Pizzi
Chief Electrician: Roberto Belli
Colour: Luciano Vittori
Stills: Garibaldi Schwarze
EDITING
Editor: Enzo Meniconi
Assistant Editor: Alessandro Gabriele
MUSIC
Music: Budy and Maglione
Music Arranger/Director: Carlo Maria Cordio
SOUND
Sound: Raul Montesanti
Special Sound Effects: Ciorba-Basili-Marcorin
MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Giuseppe Ferranti
Costumes: Giuseppe Bassan
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Gino De Rossi
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Giuseppe Bassan
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: Avianca, Columbian Airlines; The City of Leticia, Amazonas
LOCATIONS
Locations: Colombia; New York; RPA - Elios Studios, Rome
CAST
Lorraine de Selle (Gloria Davis)
John Morghen (rn: Giovanni Lombardo Radice) (Mike Logan)
Brian (Bryan) Redford (Rudy Davis)
Zora Kerova (Kerowa) (Pat)
Robert Kerman (aka Richard Bolla) (Lieutenant Rizzo)
John (Janos) Bartha (fat drugs dealer?)
Walter Lloyd (Joe Castellani?)
Meg Fleming (rn: Fiamma Maglione) (Myrna Stanton)
Venantino Venantini (Sergeant Ross)
El Indio Rincon (Suarez the Portugese/The Indio)
PLOT SUMMARY
An anthropology student and her friends venture
into the Amazon basin to complete her dissertation on cannibalism. They
meet a pair of emerald prospectors who have been attacked by a supposedly
cannibal tribe - but are they all they seem and just how responsible
are they for the appalling violence they encounter? (Full
Synopsis)
CAPSULE REVIEW
A ludicrous but surprisingly effective jungle romp
made bearable by a hammy performance by Morghen/Radice and laughable
dialogue. The violence is harrowing and the politics are, at best, dubious,
but it's hard to deny that the film has a raw, primal energy that makes
it utterly indefensible but strangely compelling. (Full
Review)
AVAILABILITY
Australia
Video Distributor: Video Classics
Austria
Video Distributor: Professional Cine Media
Denmark
Video Distributors: Royal; Vipco
France
Video Distributors: Broadway/Carrere; MPM
Germany
Video Distributor: Arcade
Greece
Video Distributor: Myrsine Home Video
Hong Kong
Video Distributor: Taishan International
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Medusa
Video Distributors: Magnum 3B; Avo Film
Japan
Laserdisc Distributor: Nikkatsu
Portugal
Video Distributor: Filmitalus
Spain
Video Distributor: Constan Films
Sweden
Video Distributor: Video Invest
UK
Video Distributor: Replay/VPD
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Aquarius Releasing
Video Distributor: Thriller
Laserdisc Distributor: Grindhouse Releasing
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Undetermined cuts to video release
Denmark
The version released on video by Vipco is
missing around 4 minutes of footage
France
The video print is shorn of almost four minutes
Hong Kong
Rating: Category III
Italy
Rating: 14
UK
Initially released uncut on video, then re-issued,
with an 18 rating, and around four minutes of cuts. This version was
also subsequently banned outright. A heavily cut version was released
in 2001.
USA
Rating: unrated
TIMELINE
1981
October
23: Italy - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
24 scenes of extreme and explicit violence... banned in
31 countries!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Canibal Feroz - Portugese and Spanish title
Kannibalen Massakren - German title?
De Kannibalen Vallen Aan! - Dutch title
Let Them Die Slowly - US title on video prints
Make Them Die Slowly - US title on video sleeves
Die Rache der Kannibalen - German title
Woman From Deep River - Australian title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Deep Red July 1986 p.17 (USA)
review
Delirium no.4 pp.22, 24 (UK)
credits, review
L'Écran Fantastique no.16 (1981)
p.37 (France)
review
Fangoria no.197 (October 2000) p.63 (USA)
DVD review
Halls of Horror no.27 p.18 (UK)
UK video data
Nekrofile pp.9-10, 12 (UK)
illustrated review
Rivista del Cinematografo vol.55 no.4 (April
1982) p.184 (Italy)
credits
Samhain no.3 p.24 (UK)
review
Samhain no.6 p.4 (UK)
review
Starburst no.67 p.8 (UK)
note
Variety 9 November 1983 pp.24, 35 (USA)
credits, synopsis, review
Variety Italian Production Chart 15 October
1980 p.194 (USA)
credits
Variety Italian Production Chart 21 January
1981 p.50 (USA)
credits
Variety Italian Production Chart 18 March
1981 p.160 (USA)
credits
Video Drive-In no.9 (USA)
review
Video Watchdog no.44 pp.52-53 (USA)
review
Video Week 5 January 1987 p.8 (UK)
note
BOOKS
Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror p.360
credits, review
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies
1991 - 1992 p.61
credits, review
Horror and Science Fiction Films III pp.169-170
credits
The Seduction of the Gullible (2nd edition)
p.41
illustrated review (by John Martin), credits, review
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
cannibalism, jungles, jewels, students, castrations
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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