| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Giovanni Lombardo Radice |
Mike Logan (as John Morghen)
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| Lorraine De Selle |
Gloria Davis
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| Danilo Mattei |
Rudy Davis (as Bryan Redford)
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| Zora Kerova |
Pat Johnson (as Zora Kerowa)
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| Walter Lucchini |
Joe Costolani (as Walter Lloyd)
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| Maria Fiamma Maglione |
Myrna Strand (as Meg Fleming)
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| Robert Kerman |
Lt. Rizzo
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| John Bartha |
Brooklyn Mobster
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| Venantino Venantini |
Sgt. Ross
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| 'El Indio' Rincon |
Native who helps Gloria
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Horror |
| Director |
Umberto Lenzi |
| Writer |
Umberto Lenzi |
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| Language |
Italian |
| Audience Rating |
Unrated |
| Running Time |
1 hr 33 mins |
| Country |
Italy |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Primarily a showcase for the gory special-effects artistry of Gianetto de Rossi , this revolting horror film stars Giovanni Lombardo Radice (also known as " John Morghen ") as a drug-dealer who comes to the Amazon jungle from New York looking for a cache of stolen emeralds. He joins some American college students and soon introduces them to his special lifestyle, raping a native girl, then beating a young Indio senseless before gouging out his eyeball with a knife. Naturally, the local cannibals don't take too well to this treatment, so they cut off Radice 's penis with a machete, gouge out his eye, then scalp him and eat his brain. Deciding that his companions are also to blame, the natives hang a young woman by impaling her breasts on meat hooks while her sorrowful companion sings "Red River Valley." Eventually, one woman gets back to New York, where she reads a dissertation on cannibalism to earn her PhD. Cult filmmaker Umberto Lenzi really outdid himself with this bloody spectacle, which maintains a consistent air of cruelty with a non-stop procession of beatings, rapes, real-life animal slaughter, larva-chewing, genital-chopping, cannibalism and the infamous meathook scene. Definitely for acquired tastes only, this nauseatingly effective shocker features a brief appearance by adult-film star Richard Bolla as a New York policeman. — Robert Firsching |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
13 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/1/2003 |
| Tape Label |
4 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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