Terreur cannibale (1981)

Director:

Alain Deruelle

Writers:

Julio Pérez Tabernero (writer)
H.L. Rostaine (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Gut Munching Gore Hounds!

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.

Plot Keywords:

Vengeance | Cannibal | Sexual Violence | Flesh Eating | Flesh Eater

Cast

Silvia Solar	...	Madame Danville (as Sylvia Solar)
Gérard Lemaire
Pamela Stanford	...	Manuela
Olivier Mathot	...	Monsieur Danville
Burt Altman
Stan Hamilton
Antoine Fontaine		(as Tony Fontaine)
Antonio Mayans		(as Antony Mayans)
Michel Laury
Annabelle	...	Laurence Danville
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mariam Camacho
Antonio Jover
Amparo Marsilla
Montserrat Salvador
Chris Yebenes

Also Known As:

Cannibal Terror (Europe: English title)
Terror caníbal (Spain)
Tromos ton kannivalon, O (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (re-rating: 2003) (uncut) | Norway:18 (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | USA:Not Rated | UK:(Banned) (1984-2001) | Norway:(Banned) (1984-2005) | Iceland:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Benidorm, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Eurociné

Trivia:

The film was briefly classed as one of the official DPP 74 video nasties in the UK but was removed from the list in 1985. It was released fully uncut in the UK in 2003.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Mondo cannibale (1980)

Terrible cannibals!

It's safe to say that cannibal films are an acquired taste, but I think it's safe to say that it is one that I have acquired. However, even I am struggling for good things to say about Cannibal Terror. The best cannibal films hail from Italy, so the fact that this one was a French and Spanish co-production may have something to do with its sub-par quality. The plot follows two would-be kidnappers who end up hiding out in a house near the jungle. However, when one of them rapes the home-owner's daughter, the bunch is left to the nearby cannibals. Cannibal Terror was one of the handful of cannibal films banned by the DPP back in the eighties. Indeed, there is some rather nasty gore on display; but it's nowhere near as gory as the best films that this genre has to offer, and the gore is hardly shocking as the whole production is so badly done. Director Alain Deruelle never manages to impose the jungle atmosphere on his audience, and the film feels like merely a rip off of better cannibal films. Needless to say, the plot doesn't really go anywhere and the overall effect is really rather dull. Overall, I can't recommend this film as the only reason for watching is that it was once banned! Avoid.