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Devil Hunter

Original title: El caníbal
  • 1980
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
3.5/10
1.5K
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Ursula Buchfellner in Devil Hunter (1980)
Horror

A Vietnam veteran heads to an island inhabited by cannibals to save a kidnapped model not only from her kidnappers, but also from the cannibals' lurking Devil god.A Vietnam veteran heads to an island inhabited by cannibals to save a kidnapped model not only from her kidnappers, but also from the cannibals' lurking Devil god.A Vietnam veteran heads to an island inhabited by cannibals to save a kidnapped model not only from her kidnappers, but also from the cannibals' lurking Devil god.

  • Director
    • Jesús Franco
  • Writers
    • Julián Esteban
    • Jesús Franco
  • Stars
    • Ursula Buchfellner
    • Al Cliver
    • Antonio Mayans
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.5/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Julián Esteban
      • Jesús Franco
    • Stars
      • Ursula Buchfellner
      • Al Cliver
      • Antonio Mayans
    • 38User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Ursula Buchfellner
    Ursula Buchfellner
    • Laura Crawford
    • (as Ursula Fellner)
    Al Cliver
    Al Cliver
    • Peter Weston
    Antonio Mayans
    Antonio Mayans
    • Jack
    • (as Robert Foster)
    Antônio do Cabo
    • Thomas
    • (as Antonio de Cabo)
    Bertrand Altmann
    • The Devil
    • (as Burt Altman)
    Gisela Hahn
    Gisela Hahn
    • Jane
    Muriel Montossé
    Muriel Montossé
    • Girl on Yacht
    • (as Victoria Adams)
    Werner Pochath
    Werner Pochath
    • Chris
    Melo Costa
    • Pablito
    • (as Leonardo Costa)
    Aline Mess
    Aline Mess
    • Cannibal Priestess
    • (as Lynn Mess)
    Claude Boisson
    • Cannibal Chief
    Tibi Costa
    Óscar Cortina
    • Goldstein
    Ana Paula
    Russel Case
    • Jack
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Jesús Franco
    • Writers
      • Julián Esteban
      • Jesús Franco
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film was briefly available in the UK as a pre-cert (and now very rare) video before being banned and placed on the DPP list of official video nasties. It was finally passed fully uncut in 2008.
    • Goofs
      A woman is chained to a tree in, supposedly, the jungle. The tree is completely covered in carved names of lovers and was here people.
    • Quotes

      Jack: [having a flashback] Peter!

      Peter Weston: What's the matter, Jack?

      Jack: It was just like this place... all those bombs. Oh! Oh my poor head. I hate the jungle and its humidity.

      Peter Weston: Come now. It's all over now.

      Jack: ...and these shadows...

      Peter Weston: We're not in Vietnam now.

      Jack: This heat...

      Peter Weston: Come on!

      Jack: The blood was all over the place. I can't take it. Not again. Get me outta here. I can't get these painful memories out if my head

      Peter Weston: Calm down. Come on... you most control yourself

      Jack: Wait a minute. Let me take a pill.

      [moans]

      Peter Weston: OK?

      Jack: That'll be better. It'll steady my nerves.

      Peter Weston: Come on!

      Jack: I'm sorry, Peter. But I just can't get it out of my mind. I was the only one who survived. You know that? The only one!

      Peter Weston: I know, I know. You'll get over it in time. I promise.

    • Alternate versions
      There were two videos that were banned in the UK as 'video nasties'. Both were released by 'Cinehollywood'. Both are uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

    User reviews38

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    5/10
    More Franco ultra-sleaze
    Lesser known but full-blooded Jess Franco exploitation that cashes in on the popular early 80's trend of European cannibal movies. A successful actress is kidnapped by a gang of thugs whilst shooting a movie in the South-African jungle. She's kept prisoner and gets sexually abused frequently, but this is only the beginning of her misery as the jungle homes a native tribe with strange and primitive beliefs. Their God is a spooky, flesh-eating madman with his eyeballs hanging out of his sockets. Yikes!! "Devil Hunter" features some beautiful filming locations, good atmospheric music and a whole lot of authentic euro-sleaze. Still, there are many tedious moments and redundant sub plots. The amount of gore is limited but several sequences are truly nauseating, notably the one where the lead-cannibal bites off a poor girl's labia and devour it! Oh my God!! According to the VHS-cover it was her heart, but I doubt her heart was located between the legs. Proceed at your own risk!
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    • Coventry
    • Dec 6, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 5, 1980 (West Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Spain
      • France
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Sexo Cannibal
    • Filming locations
      • Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Eurociné
      • J.E. Films (Julian Esteban Films)
      • Lisa-Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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