Antonio Marsina, Claudio Cassinelli, Franco Fantasia

Ambushed by cannibals in the jungles of New Guinea, Susan (Ursula Andress) and her colleague Dr. Foster (Stacy Keach) fear that they'll be eaten alive. But when the maniacal tribe leader becomes obses...( read more  read more... )sed with Susan, she realizes that he has a hunger of a different kind.

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Directed by: Sergio Martino

Release Date: December 31, 1978

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DVD Release Date: November 13, 2007

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  • June 14, 2009
    Your basic jungle cannibal package here. Lots of gross stuff being eaten left and right, and I love the constant 5 minute scenes of animals killing each other. My favorite part was when the jerk brother lets the guide die, and then immeadetly afterwards there is a happy buddy-l...( read more)ike montage of the rest of the crew traversing the jungle. It's also funny to me that at the beggining of the film, the Pooka are super hard core, and by the end they're getting their butts kicked left and right by the escapees.
    Final conclusions? It was boring in parts, but it kept my attention. Who can turn away from jungle adventures?
  • May 15, 2009
    deep in the jungles...you practically know the whole story with simply that beginning, eh? and this one does not disappoint. plenty of dense jungle canopies, yer animals eating animals here, yer tribal strongmen and tribal hussies, and then there's the whites, always on the loo...( read more)kout for some get rich quick exploitation (never happens). ursula andress (or should that be "undress")(just joking)(no i'm not) leads the excursion to points unknown and then there's those cannibals...out there...deep in the jungles. ouchy fun.
  • August 26, 2009
    Another item in the long, long list of why Stacey Keach is friggin' awesome. He was in a Italian cannibal flick! Can Nicholsan, Brando, Deniro or Pacino say that? I think not.
    And oh what a effed up flick this is. Not only does it change the hero half way through, this movie ...( read more)moves between what seems to be a Boy's Adventure, to gruesome animal killings, graphic gore (CU of severed penises and all!), hardcore masturbation footage, bestiality and so much more. Though it's seldom spoke of when discussing the cannibal genre, just the jaw dropping bizarreness of this one should have it be highly regarded. I can't believe it's taken me until I'm almost 40 to see this nutty film.
  • November 21, 2009
    pretty grafic scenes, worth it
  • November 12, 2009
    Even Ursula Andress? presence can?t save this turkey. It is as bad as it?s title. It has a few suspenseful moments, and the acting isn't awful, but there isn't enough good about the film to make it worthwhile.
  • October 10, 2009
    Fun pre-Indiana Jones type horror adventure with decent performances, gore and horrific animal cruelty done for real like your typical Italian cannibal movie. Not as horrifying as Cannibal Holocaust but still good.
  • October 29, 2008
    I think I've seen the same cannibal movie five different times under five different titles...

    ...but I'll keep on watching 'em.

    The standard here: on-screen animal sacrifice, genital mutilation, tribal rape, unsavory foods. Every single one of these unpleasantries is a part...( read more) of some unwritten cannibal-flick-quota, I'm sure.

    Actually one of the better of the cannibal movies I've seen.

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