Last Cannibal World (1977) Ultimo mondo cannibale (original title)

Director:

Ruggero Deodato

Writers:

Tito Carpi (screenplay)
Gianfranco Clerici (screenplay)
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Release Date:

March 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror

Tagline:

Can this modern man survive in a Stone Age world?

Plot:

An oil prospector escapes from capture by a primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippine rain forest and heads out to locate his missing companion and their plane to return home.

Plot Keywords:

Cannibal | Plane | Pilot | Escape | Tribe

Cast

Massimo Foschi	...	Robert Harper
Me Me Lai	...	Pulan
Ivan Rassimov	...	Rolf
Sheik Razak Shikur	...	Charlie
Judy Rosly	...	Swan
Suleiman	...	Native Chief
Shamsi	...	Native Warrior #1

Directed by
Ruggero Deodato

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tito Carpi		screenplay
Gianfranco Clerici		screenplay
Renzo Genta		screenplay
Renzo Genta		story
Giorgio Carlo Rossi		story (as G.C. Rossi)

Produced by
Giorgio Carlo Rossi	....	producer

Original Music by
Ubaldo Continiello

Cinematography by
Marcello Masciocchi

Film Editing by
Daniele Alabiso

Production Design by
Walter Patriarca

Makeup Department
Marcello Di Paolo	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Giovanni Masini	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lamberto Bava	....	assistant director
Stefano Rolla	....	assistant director

Art Department
Carlo Cascioli	....	props

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	dubbing editor

Special Effects by
Paolo Ricci	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Giovanni Ciarlo	....	camera operator
Alberto Emidi	....	key grip
Tullio Marini	....	gaffer
Mauro Masciocchi	....	assistant camera
Mauro Pezzotti	....	grip

Editorial Department
Ivana Boggian	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Lamberto Bava	....	continuity
Ernesto Poli	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Erre Cinematograsica S.r.l.

Distributors

• Interfilm (1977) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1978) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Producers Releasing Organization (1978) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• American International Pictures (AIP) (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release) (dubbed)
• Video City Productions (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Meteor Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Saturn Productions (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Shriek Show (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Shriek Show (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Viking Video (2004) (Russia) (DVD)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Century Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cine Art Pictures (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• M.I.B. (Germany) (DVD)
• New Movie Video (????) (Finland) (video)
• Omni Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Unknown Video (video)
• Video Classics (Australia) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Ultimo mondo cannibale" - Italy (original title)
"Carnivorous" - USA (reissue title)
"Jungle Holocaust" - USA (DVD box title)
"The Last Survivor" - USA (censored version)

Runtime:

88 min | Sweden:82 min (heavily cut) | USA:82 min (R-rated version) | South Korea:85 min (heavily cut) | UK:87 min (heavily cut) | Australia:82 min (heavily cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | Norway:(Banned) (1982-2005) | Australia:R (re-rating: 1984) (heavily cut) | USA:X (1984 release) | USA:Unrated (uncut) | UK:18 (re-rating: 2003) (heavily cut) | USA:R (heavily cut) | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating: 1977) | UK:X (original rating: 1977) (heavily cut) | USA:X (1984 re-release) | Germany:Not Rated (DVD rating) | West Germany:18 (uncut) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating: 2007) | Finland:(Banned) (1986) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-18 (2004) (self applied) | Portugal:M/18 | France:-18 | Iceland:(Banned) | Italy:VM18 | South Korea:18 (1995) | Sweden:15 (heavily cut)

Filming Locations:

Malaysia

Company:

Erre Cinematograsica S.r.l.

Trivia:

Although the UK cinema version was heavily cut, the pre-certification video release on the Derann label featured the uncut print and was regularly seized by police during the video nasty scare. However, it was never listed as an official nasty, and the only prosecution resulted in a verdict of not guilty.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Eaten Alive! (1980)

An adventure in the jungle.

Jungle Holocaust opens with some beautiful shots of a small aircraft flying over a seemingly endless jungle. The four people on the plane are going to the middle of said jungle to check up on a mining crew one of them sent out there. When they get there the camp is of course empty, and all that they find of the inhabitants is a heavily decomposed head. They end up having to stay the night in the plane because the pilot, understandably, will not fly over the jungle in the dark. At this point their situation goes from bad to worse as they have to deal with getting separated, a tribe of natives who just happen to be cannibals, being lost, and being far out of their element.

The movie centers around Robert Harper (Mossimo Foschi) and his ordeals with the cannibals and the jungle in his struggle to get home. The character development is a highlight as the events take their toll on Robert's psyche. He becomes more savage, animal like, and at times it seems, insane. Actor Mossimo Foschi does a very good job portraying all of this, by the way. Actress Me Me Lai is never clothed, a plus in my book, and performs well, though her obviously fake breasts do detract from the believability as she is supposed to be playing a native.

There isn't much gore but some of what there is can get a bit strong. Some will find a scene with a crocodile particularly hard to watch.

Overall Jungle Holocaust is one of the best of the Italian Cannibal genre and is oddly uplifting for this kind of film. Highly recommended.