Sexo caníbal (1980)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writers:

Julián Esteban (story)
Julián Esteban (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 December 1980 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Hunted, raped, and tormented out of her mind...

Plot:

A Vietnam veteran heads to an island inhabited by cannibals to save a kidnapped model not only from her kidnappers, but also from the cannibals' lurking Devil god.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Cannibal | South America | Vietnam Veteran | Tribe

Cast

Ursula Buchfellner	...	Laura Crawford (as Ursula Fellner)
Al Cliver	...	Peter Weston
Antonio Mayans	...	Jack (as Robert Foster)
Antonio de Cabo	...	Thomas
Burt Altman	...	The Devil
Gisela Hahn	...	Jane
Muriel Montossé	...	Girl on Yacht (as Victoria Adams)
Werner Pochath	...	Chris
Melo Costa	...	Pablito (as Leonardo Costa)
Aline Mess	...	Cannibal Priestess (as Lynn Mess)
Claude Boisson	...	Cannibal Chief
Tibi Costa
Óscar Cortina
Ana Paula

Directed by
Jesus Franco		(as Clifford Brown)

Writing credits
Julián Esteban		(story) (as Julius Valery)
Julián Esteban		(screenplay) (as Julius Valery) and
Jesus Franco		(screenplay) (as Clifford Brown)

Produced by
Julián Esteban	....	producer (as Julián Esteban Gómez)
Daniel Lesoeur	....	associate producer
Franco Prosperi	....	producer
Karl Spiehs	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jesus Franco		(as Jess Franco)

Cinematography by
Juan Soler

Film Editing by
Nicole Guettard
Federico Vich

Art Direction by
Pierre Chevalier

Set Decoration by
Pierre Chevalier

Makeup Department
Guillermina Guerrero	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Joaquín Domínguez	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-Pierre Ducroux	....	assistant director
Lina Romay	....	assistant director (as Rosa Maria Almiral)

Special Effects by
Manuel Archilla	....	special effects
Antonio Molina	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Luis Colombo	....	camera operator (as Luis Dura Colombo)
Angel Ordiales	....	camera operator
Gerard Singer	....	camera operator

Other crew
Nicole Guettard	....	assembler

Production Companies

• Eurociné
• J.E. Films (Julian Esteban Films)
• Lisa-Film

Distributors

• CineHollywood (CH) (1981) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Major Producción Vídeo (1981) (Spain) (VHS)
• Manhattan Video (1981) (UK) (VHS)
• Ventura Distribution (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Videoasia (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Astro Distribution (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
• Cinehollywood (1981) (UK) (VHS)
• Cinema Land (????) (Japan) (video)
• D.E.C. Films (????) (France) (VHS)
• Severin Films (2008) (USA) (DVD) (as "Devil Hunter")
• Tec Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Trans World Entertainment (TWE) (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Wizard Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Chasseur de l'enfer (France) (video title)
Chasseurs d'hommes (France) (video title)
Jungfrau unter Kannibalen (West Germany)
Mandingo Manhunter (USA)
The Devil Hunter (International: English title)
The Man Hunter (International: English title)
Il cacciatore di uomini (Italy) [it]
Manhunter - O Seqüestro (Brazil) [pt]

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Spain | France | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:(Banned) | UK:18 (uncut) | Argentina:18 | West Germany:(Banned) | Iceland:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Eurociné

Trivia:

The film was briefly available in the UK as a pre-cert (and now very rare) video before being banned and placed on the DPP list of official video nasties. It was finally passed fully uncut in 2008.

More coma inducing Franco rubbish.

Of the three titles from Jess Franco to find their way onto the Official DPP Video Nasty list (Devil Hunter, Bloody Moon and Women Behind Bars) this is perhaps the least deserving of notoriety, being a dreadfully dull jungle clunker enlivened only very slightly by a little inept gore, a gratuitous rape scene, and loads of nudity.

Gorgeous blonde Ursula Buchfellner plays movie star Laura Crawford who is abducted by a gang of ruthless kidnappers and taken to a remote tropical island inhabited by a savage tribe who worship the 'devil god' that lurks in the jungle (a big, naked, bulging-eyed native who likes to eat the hearts of nubile female sacrifices).

Employed by Laura's agent to deliver a $6million ransom, brave mercenary Peter Weston (Al Cliver) and his Vietnam vet pilot pal travel to the island, but encounter trouble when the bad guys attempt a double-cross. During the confusion, Laura escapes into the jungle, but runs straight into the arms of the island's natives, who offer her up to their god.

Franco directs in his usual torpid style and loads this laughable effort with his usual dreadful trademarks: crap gore, murky cinematography, rapid zooms, numerous crotch shots, out of focus imagery, awful sound effects, and ham-fisted editing. The result is a dire mess that is a real struggle to sit through from start to finish (It took me a couple of sittings to finish the thing), and even the sight of the luscious Buchfellner in all of her natural glory ain't enough to make me revisit this film in a hurry.