Woman from Deep River
Cannibal ferox
Directed by:
Umberto LenziScreenplay:
Umberto LenziCinematography:
Giovanni BergaminiCast:
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Zora Ulla Keslerová, Robert Kerman, John Bartha, Venantino Venantini, Perry Pirkanen, Dominic Raacke (more)VOD (1)
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An academic, Gloria (Lorraine De Selle), journeys to the Amazon jungle where things go awry when her party encounters sadistic druggy villain Mike (Giovanni Lombardo Radice aka John Morghen), as the travellers venture further into the heart of darkness, they soon discover what it means to be the hunted prey. A decade on from starting the cannibal genre, director Umberto Lenzi has the final word, pushing the vomit envelope beyond the sick with his utterly nasty, nihilistic apotheosis that is Cannibal Ferox. So unredeemable that its own makers denounced it as barbaric. (Shameless Films)
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The cannibal film "Women from the Deep River" is simply a myth. There is a lot of talk about it, a cult has been created around it, but the fact that an actress of Czech origin plays in it is perhaps the biggest curiosity, at least for Czech audiences. It's not worth it because it's just "Cannibal" again, not any better and rather worse. Watching essentially the same thing twice is quite boring and a waste of time.
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The Italian splatter flicks from 1970s and 80s set in the jungle are all the same, with dirty hairy natives pretending to be absent in spirit, detailed images of animal killings (among other things, here again a tortoise, a worthy victim of Italian the trashers). There are also some splatter scenes here and there, including the tried-and-tested cutting off of a penis seen in other genre-related films, which in this one is also combined with its consumption. All this is wrapped up in the story of a scientific expedition exploring the life of cannibals, which meets two drug dealers who are terrorizing a local tribe. Of course, the Indians ain't putting up with it, which is a good excuse to unleash a splatter orgy. All in all, taken as "study material" on what was also filmed, it's survivable in one viewing. But really one.
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