Land of Death (2003) (V) Nella terra dei cannibali (original title)

Director:

Bruno Mattei

Writers:

Bruno Mattei
Giovanni Paolucci

Release Date:

20 May 2004 (Russia)

Genre:

Horror | Adventure

Plot:

Commandos head deep into the Amazon jungle to rescue a general's daughter who has been kidnapped by a cannibal tribe. |

Plot Keywords:

Cannibal | Jungle | Extreme Gore | Cannibal Movie | Actual Animal Killed

Cast

Claudio Morales	...	Romero
Lou Randall	...	Lt. Wilson
Cindy Jelic Matic	...	Sara Armstrong (as Cindy Matic)
Ydalia Suarez	...	Vasquez
Silvio Jimenez	...	Sgt. Cameron
Sanit Larrauri	...	Kruger (as Santi Larrauri)
Kenny Krall	...	Smith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Vitale

Directed by
Bruno Mattei		(as Martin Miller)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bruno Mattei
Giovanni Paolucci		(as Gianni Paolucci)

Produced by
Giovanni Paolucci	....	producer (as Gianni Paolucci)

Cinematography by
Luigi Ciccarese

Film Editing by
Elio Lamari
Bruno Mattei

Art Direction by
Claudio Cosentino

Set Decoration by
Arthur Aguilar

Costume Design by
Joey Luna

Makeup Department
Giuseppe Ferranti	....	makeup artist
Lorenzo Ferranti	....	hair stylist
Ruth Rosales	....	additional makeup artist
Sally	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Campbell	....	unit manager
Silvio Colecchia	....	second production manager
Boy Dionosio	....	unit manager
Sammy E. Interno	....	first production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joel Apuyan	....	assistant director (as Joel B. Apujan)

Art Department
Pujoy Abateza	....	property master
Lito Nicdao	....	property master (as Lito 'Choki' Nicdao)

Sound Department
Pierpaolo Barbanera	....	sound mixer
Ted Rusoff	....	supervising dialogue editor

Stunts
Bernie Garcia	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Armando Beccaceci	....	key grip
Luis Congsong	....	gaffer
José Emeranciana	....	still photographer
Pio E. Interno	....	assistant camera
Quirino Jacinto Jr.	....	gaffer
Elio Lamari	....	camera operator
Jessie Manallo	....	grip
Butch Manlosa	....	grip
Miguel Pasion	....	gaffer
Augusto Ruelo	....	still photographer
Nino Tonnarini	....	gaffer (as Ninuccio Tonnarini)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Randy Garnier	....	assistant costumer
Joey Mosquera	....	assistant costumer
Chie Nicdao	....	assistant costumer
Zeny Ugsang	....	assistant costumer

Transportation Department
Pedro Buenaventura	....	driver
Freddie del Castillo	....	driver
Vito Interno	....	driver
Ray Pardillo	....	driver

Other crew
Rene Abadeza	....	property gun master
Rodgie Aguilar	....	location manager
Tullio Antiqua	....	script supervisor
Honesto Artani	....	script supervisor
Eric Capili	....	chief set service
Emmanuell M. Interno	....	cashier
JonJon M. Interno	....	second set service
Sammy Boy M. Interno	....	first set service
Maning Sta. Maria	....	caterer

Production Companies

• La Perla Nera

Distributors

• CP Digital (2004) (Russia) (DVD)
• Cine Video Corporation (CVC) S.r.l. (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Film Export Group (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• France Video Distribution (Fravidis) (2006) (France) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Media Suits (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2005) (Italy) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Nella terra dei cannibali" - Italy (original title)
"Cannibal Holocaust 3: Cannibal vs. Commando" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

Italy:93 min

Country:

Italy

Color:

Color

Certification:

Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Philippines

Company:

La Perla Nera

Movie Connections:

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Mattai's Holocaust

Land of Death (2003)

** (out of 4)

One of several films Italian director Bruno Mattai made during his comeback a few years before dying. Mattai's films are always bad so the real question is if they are bad enough to be entertaining and this one here is. It's also worth watching Mattai to see what and who he rips off and this time out he does a scene for scene remake of Cannibal Holocaust even though, of course, that film is never credited. In the film some American soldiers go missing in the jungle so another group goes in to look for them and they too run into cannibals. I was really curious to see what Mattai would do with this politically incorrect genre and he delivers exactly what those earlier controversial films did. You have rape, torture, flesh eating and yes, real animals dying. These scenes are always disgusting but Mattai has them here after all the years of protest towards Cannibal Holocaust and others like it. This film here contains the bad dubbing and bad acting but everything is bad enough to where the film remains interesting if you've seen the other movie. There really isn't a single original idea here as everything comes from Cannibal Holocaust but it's interesting to see such a rip off.