Cannibal Terror (1980)

After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.

Directors:

Alain Deruelle (as A.W. Steeve), Olivier Mathot (uncredited)

Writers:

Julio Pérez Tabernero, H.L. Rostaine

Stars:

Silvia Solar, Gérard Lemaire, Pamela Stanford

Cast

Credited cast:
Silvia Solar	...	Madame Danville (as Sylvia Solar)
Gérard Lemaire
Pamela Stanford	...	Manuela
Olivier Mathot	...	Monsieur Danville
Bertrand Altmann	...	(as Burt Altman)
Stan Hamilton
Antoine Fontaine	...	Roberto (as Tony Fontaine)
Antonio Mayans	...	Mario (as Antony Mayans)
Michel Laury
Annabelle	...	Flaurence Danville
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mariam Camacho	...	Lina
Antonio Jover
Amparo Marsilla
Montserrat Salvador
Sabrina Siani

Storyline

Two crooks (Mario and Roberto) kidnap a girl and hide out in the house of a friend who lives by trading with the natives in a nearby jungle. The friend's wife is raped by Mario; she exacts revenge by tying him to a tree and leaving him to the cannibals. She then informs the kidnapped girl's parents of their daughter's whereabouts, and the crooks flee through the jungle.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | jungle | house | cannibal | tree | 

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Taglines:

Gut Munching Gore Hounds!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Spain France

Language:

French

Release Date:

22 October 1980 (France)

Also Known As:

Cannibal Terror

Filming Locations:

Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eurociné

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was at one point on the UK Government's 'video nasty' list, purely as it features the word 'cannibal' in its title, which led to it being seen as on the same levels of violence as Nackt und zerfleischt (1980), Cannibal Apocalypse (1980), and Cannibal Ferox (1981), but it is nowhere near as graphically violent.

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Goofs

Near the end of the film cars can be seen driving past on a road less than 50 meters from the cannibals' supposedly remote village.

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Connections

Featured in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

Vraiment Terrible!

Before watching "Terreur Cannibale" (aka. "Cannibal Terror") I was expecting to see a film of the kind that is so awful that it is actually kind of funny. Awful it is indeed, but in a manner that is nothing but... awful! I am a huge fan of the gruesome Italian Cannibal flicks that were made around the time (most memorably Ruggero Deodato's disturbing masterpiece "Cannibal Holocaust"). Director Alain Deruelle apparently wanted to cash in on this popular wave of gruesome movies about Cannibals, that were mostly ingeniously set in the Amazon Jungle. "Cannibal Terror" is also set in the jungle. A jungle that is very obviously situated in France, that is, however. I will not even try to explain the absolutely ridiculous and moronic story, the performances are among the worst I have ever seen. In the first half of the movie, Deruelle seemingly wanted to enhance the atmosphere by having crickets chirp for about ten minutes. The scenes change, but the chirping of the crickets keep monotonously drowning out all other sounds (such as the dialogue), which is even more annoying than it sounds.The 'Cannibals' in the film are entirely white guys in savage costumes, some of them sport beards, others are bald and have beer-bellies. Apart from being the whitest savages ever seen on film, they are also astonishingly well-behaved, as they never seem to leave their territory, and their hunger for human flesh apparently concerns bad people only. The score wouldn't be that bad, but it nearly always seems terribly out of place. Also, the gore-sequences are quite well-made and nauseating for a film with such a low budget. Nevertheless, it is beyond me why this film landed on Britain's infamous Video Nasty list, as nobody could possibly see anything but ridiculousness in this sorry attempt of a film. The moderately disgusting gore cannot save this. The only reason to watch "Cannibal Terror" is the wish to look at absolute awfulness. AVOID!