Cannibal ferox (1981)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (screenplay)
Umberto Lenzi (story)

Release Date:

November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror

Tagline:

They raped and killed his sister while he watched helplessly. Now it's his turn to Make Them Die Slowly

Plot:

Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Tribe | Jungle | Anthropologist | Cannibalism | Emerald

Cast

Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Mike Logan (as John Morghen)
Lorraine De Selle	...	Gloria Davis
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)
Robert Kerman	...	Lt. Rizzo
John Bartha	...	Brooklyn Mobster
Venantino Venantini	...	Sgt. Ross
'El Indio' Rincon	...	Native who helps Gloria
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giovanni Bergamini	...	Hotel Administrator (uncredited)
Larry Dolgin	...	Blond Brooklyn Mobster (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Richard McNamara	...	Older Brooklyn Mobster (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Riccardo Petrazzi	...	Hunter (uncredited)
Perry Pirkanen	...	Paul, blond mobster (uncredited)
Dominic Raacke	...	Tim Barrett (uncredited)
Gregory Snegoff	...	Rudy (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Susan Spafford	...	Myrna Stenn (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Pat Starke	...	Gloria Davis (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Jake Teague	...	College Professor (uncredited)
Frank von Kuegelgen	...	Mike Logan (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Umberto Lenzi		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story

Produced by
Antonio Crescenzi	....	executive producer
Mino Loy	....	producer (uncredited)
Luciano Martino	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Roberto Donati		(as Budy)
Fiamma Maglione		(as Maglione)

Cinematography by
Giovanni Bergamini

Film Editing by
Enzo Meniconi

Production Design by
Giuseppe Bassan

Costume Design by
Giuseppe Bassan

Makeup Department
Giuseppe Ferranti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Vito Di Bari	....	unit manager
Evi Farinelli	....	unit manager
Giovanni Masini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Riccardo Petrazzi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Sergio Basili	....	special sound effects
Aldo Ciorba	....	special sound effects
Ezio Marcorin	....	special sound effects
Raul Montesanti	....	sound

Special Effects by
Gino De Rossi	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Belli	....	chief electrician
Renato Doria	....	camera operator
Giorgio Garibaldi Schwarze	....	still photographer
Mario Pizzi	....	key grip
Maurizio Zampagni	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Alessandro Gabriele	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Carlo Maria Cordio	....	music arranger
Carlo Maria Cordio	....	musical director

Production Companies

• Dania Film
• Medusa Produzione
• National Cinematografica

Distributors

• Replay Video (1981) (UK) (VHS)
• Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO) (1981) (UK) (VHS)
• Commodore Films (1982) (France) (theatrical)
• Aquarius Releasing (1983) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Video Classics (1984) (Australia) (VHS)
• Thriller Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• MPM Production (1991) (France) (VHS)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• Grindhouse Releasing (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Grindhouse Releasing (2000) (USA) (all media) (restored) (uncut)
• Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (in collaboration with)
• Laser Paradise (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• DMEG (2004) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Another World Entertainment (2006) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Continental Film Distributors (CFD) (????) (Hong Kong) (VHS)
• Firebox (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Neo Publishing (????) (France) (DVD)
• Nikkatsu Video Films K.K. (1988) (Japan) (VHS)
• Ropponica (1988) (Japan) (VHS) (as Cine Ropponica K.K.)
• Video Invest AB (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Video Programme Distributors (VPD) (????) (UK) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Make Them Die Slowly (USA)
Woman from Deep River (Australia)

Runtime:

93 min | South Korea:85 min (heavily cut) | UK:86 min (heavily cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:18 (re-rating: 2000) (heavily cut) | Norway:18 (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | UK:(Banned) (1984-2000) | Norway:(Banned) (1984-2005) | Canada:R (Alberta) | Sweden:15 (uncut) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM18 (VHS rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) | France:-16 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R18 (cut) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Amazon Rainforest, Colombia

Company:

Dania Film

Trivia:

Like 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."

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the man at the beginning of the movie is shot, the bad guy attaches a silencer onto the gun, but you can hear a very loud bang when the trigger is pulled.

Quotes:

Gloria Davis: Oh God, please let her die soon. Oh, let her die soon. And let me die soon too, please.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Red River Valley

My sweet Lord

This was, hands down, the dumbest movie I have ever seen. I can't believe I wasted my time. Unable to get "Cannibal Holocaust", which I felt I needed to see for myself, I settled for this one. What a mistake. This movie doesn't do anything. Seems like all they do is walk around for the most part, and the gore is ludicrous. Hurting and killing the animals was pathetic and did nothing for the movie except make it worse. Don't see this.