Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985)

A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety.

Director:

Michele Massimo Tarantini (as Michael E. Lemick)

Writers:

Michele Massimo Tarantini (story) (as Michael E. Lemick), Michele Massimo Tarantini (screenplay) (as Michael E. Lemick)

Stars:

Michael Sopkiw, Suzane Carvalho, Milton Rodríguez

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Sopkiw	...	Kevin Hall
Suzane Carvalho	...	Eva Ibañez (as Susane Carvall)
Milton Rodríguez	...	Capt. John Heinz (as Milton Morris)
Marta Anderson	...	Betty Heinz
Joffre Soares	...	Josè (as Joffrey Soares)
Gloria Cristal	...	Myara
Susan Hahn	...	Belinda (as Susie Hahn)
Maria Reis	...	Monica (as Mary Reis)
Andy Silas	...	China
Leonidas Bayer	...	Prof. Pedro Ibañez (as Leonid Bayer)
Carlos Imperial	...	China
Samuka	...	Native Chief (as Samuca)
Ney Pen	...	Native
Adalberto Silva	...	Hotel Desk Clerk (as Albert Silva)
Jonas Dalbecchi	...	Carlito

Storyline

Michael Sopkiw hitches a ride to Brazil to dig up some dinosaur bones. Once in Brazil he gets in a few tangles with the locals and manages to secure a ride on a charter flight deep into Amazonia. All hell breaks loose as the plane crashes deep in the heart of the jungle, leaving Sopkiw, megalomaniac Soares, and a bunch of super models on their own to trek back to society. The group runs into cannibals, quick sand, murderous animals, and a renegade mine run by slave owners.

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Plot Keywords:

cannibal | jungle | cannibal tribe | slave trader | piranha | 

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Taglines:

A journey into the cannibal inferno

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy Brazil

Language:

Portuguese Italian

Release Date:

13 August 1985 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Massacre in Dinosaur Valley

Filming Locations:

Amazon Rainforest, Amazonas, Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Doral Film, DMV Distribuzione

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 85 min (heavily cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the native cannibals in the movie were played by Brazilian military men on shore leave.

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Goofs

During the plane crash scene, the plane is obviously a model. It flies sideways and you can see the strings holding it.

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Quotes

Hotel Desk Clerk: He's a photographer from Sao Paulo. The two girls are models. They came down for a photo shoot. He says he works for a fashion magazine. If you ask me, I bet it's a sex one.

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Crazy Credits

The names of the cast are not shown in the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Jungle Holocaust (2015)

User Reviews

Italian cheese. As stinky as french cheese.

The story of "Massacre in Dinosaur Valley" (a.k.a. "Nudo e Selvaggio") is clichéd to the very last speck of celluloid. We have the not-so-invincible hero, the tropical version of Professor Challenger and his gorgeous daughter, the neurotic 'Nam vet and, to add gratuitous T&A, a photographer and two models. They go dig dinosaur bones on a forbidden area of Amazonas, but the plane crashes (it's one of them Star Trek-like crashes), leaving 'em stranded in the heart of the jungle. On the way to get back to civilization, they stumble on hungry alligators, piranhas, quicksand and a tribe of meat-eating Indians. But the real threat is an illegal mine where the sadistic China abuses his slave laborers. Everything's derivative, but at least it's well directed and full of gore and nudity. Sharp ears will recognize the score. It's the same one composed by Andrew Barrymore for Lamberto Bava's "Blastfighter" (also starring Sopkiw, also co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, who's not credited in "Massacre").