Cannibal Terror

Severin Films

R0 NTSC DVD

Web: http://www.severin-films.com/

Cannibal Terror was one of the original video nasties from the 1980’s banned for many years in the UK and denounced as an example of cinematic excess. To be honest, it is a prime example of a piece of utter Euro trash, terribly acted and with the most ridiculous story twists you may can image, yet it falls into that category of so damn bad its good ! It is just so over the top, so exploitative, so just plain silly that you want to sit right through it just to see where it goes !!

Starring Robert Foster Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle), Pamela Stanford (White Cannibal Queen) and Burt Altman (the Devil Hunters) this is a quirky Spanish/French co-productions which has a lot to offer include some truly weird dialogue.

It seems a couple of young criminals are having a hard time making enough cash to survive so when their overdressed and oversexed moll bumps into the daughter of a wealthy tycoon they hatch a simple scheme to get rich – they will stage a kidnapping. However, things don’t go to plan, they are not the most intelligent crims on the block and when their contact is hit by a car they are left holding the goods (in this case the kid !). So what do they do ? They decide they need to hide out in a local jungle which just happens to be the stomping ground for a tribe of cannibals!

What happens if a text book exploitation film, they make it across the border with ominous warnings about cannibals. Of course, the four wheel drive runs out of water and one of them is brutally killed and eaten and from there on in the action begins...

Okay, the plot is unbelievable and the political incorrectness rampant, however, you cannot overlook the superb excess of what is on offer. Over the top gore and cannibal scenes, gratuitous nudity, some voyeurism and a rape scene and natives who, well, look like refugees from the Eighties. Why do they have sideburns, rather Euro hairdos (a couple even with a fro) and dance like Westerners ? Is it only me or are they constantly checking to see if the camera is on them ???

This is cult cannibal madness at its most ridiculous and most entertaining. Severin has done another great job at making available a rare film previous banned in the UK, in a fully uncut, high definition US edition.