Mondo Cannibale (1980)

Original title

Mondo cannibale

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

horror film, exploitation film, cannibal film

Country

France, Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

16

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is captured by a cannibal tribe in a remote jungle. Her friends and a guide try to rescue her from the tribe's brutal rituals.

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What happens

Mondo Cannibale (English: Cannibal World; also known as The Cannibals – or simply Cannibals –, Die Blonde Göttin, White Cannibal Queen, A Woman for the Cannibals and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 Spanish-Italian cannibal exploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and stars Al Cliver and a then-17 year old Sabrina Siani. It is one of two cannibal films directed by Franco starring Cliver, the other being Devil Hunter. Franco's original shooting title was Rio Salvaje, but it was changed to Mondo Cannibale before its release. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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