Cannibal Ferox (1981)

Directed by

Umberto Lenzi

Genre

horror film, adventure film, exploitation film, cannibal film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 267 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends in the Amazon rainforest encounter drug dealers and cannibalistic tribes. The film shows graphic violence and torture. It is a notorious exploitation horror movie.

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What happens

Cannibal Ferox (also known as Make Them Die Slowly in the US and as Woman from Deep River in Australia) is a 1981 Italian cannibal horror film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi, and starring Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova and Robert Kerman. Upon release, the film's US distributor claimed it was "the most violent film ever made". Cannibal Ferox was also dubiously claimed to be "banned in 31 countries". The title derives from the Latin ferox, meaning cruel, wild or ferocious. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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