Cannibal Terror
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Cannibal Terror is a 1981
Cannibal film
. It was directed by Alain Deruelle and written by Julio Pérez Tabernero and H.L. Rostaine. Released at the end of the "cannibal boom
", this film is French, instead of Italian, like most films of the genre.
The film is notable for the fact that it shares an amount of footage with 'Mondo Cannibale' (1980). While many sources suggest that Franco's footage was 'borrowed' for 'Cannibal Terror', a closer examination reveals that there are more connections than this between the two films. Both films share a number of locations, cast, and even dubbing actors. Some connections which suggest more than a mere borrowing of footage are:
Sabrina Siani is the eponymous White Cannibal Queen of 'Mondo Cannibale', and also appears (as a fully clothed adult) in a bar scene in 'Cannibal Terror'.
Several shots of the dancing cannibal tribe in their village are common to both films, and several shots appear only in one or the other.
One actor with a very distinctive face and large Mick-Jagger type of mouth is seen in 'Cannibal Terror' in no less than three roles (two cannibals and one border guard) and is also quite visible as one of the cannibals devouring Al Cliver's wife in 'Mondo Cannibale'.
Of course, in addition are the obvious cast parallels of Olivier Mathot, Antonio Mayans, both of whom have starring roles in both films.
The film is notable for its use of several segments lifted directly from cult director Jess Franco's film Mondo Cannibale
.
1981 in film
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Cannibal film
Cannibal film
Cannibal films are a sub genre of exploitation film made mostly by Italian filmmakers through the 1970s and 1980s. This sub genre is a collection of graphically gory movies that usually depict cannibalism by primitive, Stone-age natives deep inside the Asian or South American rain forests...
. It was directed by Alain Deruelle and written by Julio Pérez Tabernero and H.L. Rostaine. Released at the end of the "cannibal boom
Cannibal boom
The cannibal boom is a period in the history of exploitation film, lasting roughly from 1977 to 1981, where cannibal films were at the peak of their popularity in Grindhouse theaters and cinema...
", this film is French, instead of Italian, like most films of the genre.
The film is notable for the fact that it shares an amount of footage with 'Mondo Cannibale' (1980). While many sources suggest that Franco's footage was 'borrowed' for 'Cannibal Terror', a closer examination reveals that there are more connections than this between the two films. Both films share a number of locations, cast, and even dubbing actors. Some connections which suggest more than a mere borrowing of footage are:
Sabrina Siani is the eponymous White Cannibal Queen of 'Mondo Cannibale', and also appears (as a fully clothed adult) in a bar scene in 'Cannibal Terror'.
Several shots of the dancing cannibal tribe in their village are common to both films, and several shots appear only in one or the other.
One actor with a very distinctive face and large Mick-Jagger type of mouth is seen in 'Cannibal Terror' in no less than three roles (two cannibals and one border guard) and is also quite visible as one of the cannibals devouring Al Cliver's wife in 'Mondo Cannibale'.
Of course, in addition are the obvious cast parallels of Olivier Mathot, Antonio Mayans, both of whom have starring roles in both films.
Plot
After botching a kidnapping, two criminals hide with their victim in a friends house in the jungle. After one of them rapes the friend's wife, they're left to be eaten by a nearby cannibal tribe.The film is notable for its use of several segments lifted directly from cult director Jess Franco's film Mondo Cannibale
Mondo Cannibale
Mondo Cannibale is a 1980 cannibal film by prolific Spanish exploitation director Jesús Franco which starred a 17-year-old Sabrina Siani...
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