DanielSavage
Flesh Eater
Reged: 09/25/03
Posts: 1213
Loc: West Virginia
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I'm ashamed to admit this, but I just got this movie the other day. I had watched Make Them Die Slowly when I was about 12 years old, but had no idea it was aka Cannibal Ferox. I searched around from time to time trying to find Make Them Die Slowly, but could never find it. About two weeks ago I was browsing dvds on netflix when I came across Cannibal Ferox and added it without reading the synopsis. When it arrived I read the description on the sleeve and instantly knew it was Make Them Die Slowly. I haven't been that happy about a dvd in a long time. The only way I can redeem this ignorance is by hiding behind my I'm not a euro horror guy bullshit. I think Cannibal Holocaust is superior to Make Them Die Slowly, but Ferox is still quite entertaining. Could anyone share knowledge of other similar films? I've got Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox and Slave of the Cannibal God, and I'm curious about other cannibal films. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really am starting to enjoy some of the euro stuff. I guess my tastes are maturing, but I never thought this would happen...
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MojoNexus
Flesh Eater
Reged: 10/22/01
Posts: 1090
Loc: Manhattan, KS USA
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I would STRONGLY recommend Ultimo mondo cannibale (1977) or as we know it here in the states, Jungle Holocaust.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078437/
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Zeroillusion
Rotting Corpse
Reged: 11/04/00
Posts: 140
Loc: Seattle, WA.
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I would check out Lenzi's "Man from Deep River," it is considered to be the first film in the Italian Cannibal cycle, that Holocaust and Ferox epitomized.
Also, Jungle Holocaust as previously mentioned is a good pic. You may also want to check out Lenzi's "Eaten Alive." it's probably the worst cannibal film that he's ever done, and it reuses a lot of footage from other Cannibal films, but it's sort of interesting if you're looking for more stuff to check out.
Not a cannibals-in-the-jungle film, but I would check out Antonio Margheriti's "Cannibal Apocalypse." It stars John Saxon and John Morghen, and is really fun for cannibal film.
Lastly, I would recommend Sergio Martino's "Mountain of the Cannibal Gods." it's slow paced, but it's pretty cool, it has nothing on Ferox or Holocaust, but it's worth seeing at least once.
I haven't seen these either, but these are considered part of the Italian cannibal cycle, a good few of them can be found in Media Blasters "Triple Feature," box sets, that can be acquired online quite cheaply.
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (Joe D’Amato, 1977) (Trap Them and Kill Them)
Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story (Mario Gariazzo, 1985) (White Slave, Forest Slave)
Zombi Holocaust (Mirano Girolami, 1980) (Dr. Butcher M.D.)
Anthropophagus (Joe D’Amato, 1980) (The Beast, The Grim Reaper)
Massacre at Dinosaur Valley (Michele Tarantini, 1985) (Cannibal Ferox 2)
Cut and Run (Ruggero Deodato, 1985)
The Green Inferno (Antonio Climati, 1988) (Cannibal Holocaust 2)
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bretthorror
Risen from the Grave
Reged: 08/01/05
Posts: 73
Loc: Canada
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It's not entirely in the same, but Cannibal Girls is an amazing cannibal flick from Canada that's downright hilarious and stars a young, afro-sporting Eugene Levy.
It's awesome to see a Manson-like clan of hot chicks wielding axes and scissors and killing and eating men! There's no shortage of boobies either, including a nude scene outside in the Canadian winter, her nipples could slit your wrists!
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EdgarAllen
Living Dead
Reged: 09/16/00
Posts: 1206
Loc: Star City
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Quote:
I'm ashamed to admit this...
Yikes, I just figured out this week I've spent the majority of my life believing that I've seen Cannibal Holocaust when in fact it was Cannibal ferox. Feeling a little stupid. That's one of the problems with starting you're horror watching career too early. Your mind eventually plays tricks on you and you start to remember things the way you want to instead of realistically.
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Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday."
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Grok
Risen from the Grave
Reged: 07/30/08
Posts: 38
Loc: Beyond Belief
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I can't say it enough to anyone, see Cannibal Holocaust. This movie takes so much shit, but as I breathe I personally think it's a piece of post-modern genius. Way ahead of its time. The second (or really the first, imo) cannibal film everyone should see is the already mentioned Jungle Holocaust. It plays so much like an action/adventure film that it's probably the most "mainstream" cannibal flick, but it doesn't sacrifice its nastiness. Of course Ferox completes the the triple feature.
Man from Deep River I don't take as much of a cannibal film. I see the direction, but it's way more of a jungle adventure, and a lot closer to A Man Called Horse than a cannibal flick. That said, it is a great fucking movie, just not in the same lot.
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