Apocalypse domani (1980)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Antonio Margheriti

Writers:

Antonio Margheriti (screenplay)
Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay)

Release Date:

August 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

POW's in Vietnam...starved in captivity...released with a taste for human flesh.

Plot:

Giovanni Lambardo Radice and John Saxon are Vietman vets that bring back contagious virus that turn people into cannibals when bitten.

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Atlanta Georgia | Vietnam | Gore | Video Nasty

Cast

John Saxon	...	Norman Hopper
Elizabeth Turner	...	Jane Hopper
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Charlie Bukowski (as John Morghen)
Cinzia De Carolis	...	Mary (as Cindy Hamilton)
Tony King	...	Tom Thompson
Wallace Wilkinson	...	Captain McCoy
Ramiro Oliveros	...	Dr. Phil Mendez (as Ray Williams)
John Geroson
May Heatherly	...	Helen
Ronnie Sanders
Vic Perkins
Jere Beery	...	Biker Leader
Joan Riordan	...	Aunt Tina
Laura Dean
Lonnie R. Smith	...	Biker

Also Known As:

Apocalisse domani (Italy)
Cannibal Apocalypse (USA)
Cannibal Massacre
Cannibals in the City
Cannibals in the Streets (USA)
Invasion of the Fleshhunters
Savage Apocalypse
Savage Slaughterers
The Slaughterers

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (re-rating) (2005) | Norway:(Banned) (original rating) | USA:R | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | South Korea:18 | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (2005) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Edmondo Amati presents

Goofs:

Continuity: The blood on Charlie Bukowski's lips during the flea market shootout scene.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

This review is for the R-rated cut called Invasion of the Flesh Hunters. * * out of 4.

John Saxon returns from Vietnam with a deadly virus that remains in remission for several years. However, after a strange nightmare he discovers that he has a craving for human flesh and that whenever he takes a bite out of someone that person gets the virus and starts eating human flesh also. Decent premise with an alright cast and agreeable gore effects, but it features one of the worst music scores in film history!

Rated R; Rape, Strong Graphic Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, and Profanity.