Cannibals movie

Year: 1980

Duration: 1hr 30min 30sec

Directed by: Jesus Franco

Actors: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon 

Language: English (Dubbed)

Country: Spain Italy France

Also known as: White Cannibal Queen, Mondo Cannibale Teil 3: Die blonde Göttin der Kannibalen, Horror caníbal 3, Les cannibales

Description: C-grade instalment in the ever popular cannibal catalogue, light years behind “Cannibal Holocaust” and not much closer to “Mangiati Vivi” or Cannibal Ferox”. The indomitable Al Cliver takes centre stage, playing an explorer whose pre-adolescent daughter is abducted by cannibals while on a voyage down the Amazon river. Years later he returns with photo journalists in toe in an attempt to locate and retrieve her, and discovers she has ascended to local deity status.

At times incoherent, the rough editing, mediocre make-up and shoddy cinematography make a tough job even tougher, while trying to contend with the puerile dubbing and overly intense acting. There’s the ubiquitous animal cruelty (a giant butterfly sandwich anyone?), severed limbs and other grotesque depictions that you’d expect, but it all seems more gratuitous than usual. Spanish horror maestro Jess Franco has apparently jumped on the cannibal franchise bandwagon, minus a cogent storyline, in pursuit of some quick pay dirt. ~ IMDB

Often confused with Cannibal Terror, also from 1980, this piece of shit is embarrassing, but not as embarrassing as listening to Jesus Franco dis ‘Cannibal Holocaust,’ which is like ‘The Godfather,’ compared to this pile of excrement! I included this interview from the disc. Although, this is often called, ‘White Cannibal Queen,’ ‘Cannibals’ is 4 minutes longer than ‘White Cannibal Queen,’ which is missing a scene that is plot-oriented, but not missing any gore. Apparently this movie is considered 3rd in a series of four, by some people: 1) The Man From Deep River AKA Mondo Cannibale (1973) by Umberto Lenzi, 2) Jungle Holocaust AKA Mondo Cannibale 2 (1977) Ruggero Deodata, 3) Cannibals AKA Mondo Cannibale 3 (1980) Jesus Franco, and 4) Diamonds Of Kilimandjaro AKA Mondo Cannibale 4 (1983) Jess Franco. Except that Franco’s two flicks suck and the first two are classics in the genre!

Also, the picture quality is very nice but the English dubbing is crap, so this for Jesus Franco and/or ‘Cannibal’ Genre completists only!

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Cannibals (1980)

Jess Franco Interview

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