Shipwreck survivors battle hunger, madness, and man-eating sharks on the open sea.
CYCLONE
The terror storm was only the beginning... but the SHARKS would be the merciless end
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
Cyclone is a 1978 Italy-Mexico-USA horror film directed by René Cardona Jr. about plane crash survivors stranded at sea who face starvation, cannibalism, and sharks.
The SassyFlix Take
Not all storms blow over—some just leave you with fewer dinner guests.
Why Cult
Stranded survivors face dehydration, starvation, and the ultimate taboo—cannibalism—while adrift at sea.
Just when things couldn't get worse, rescue planes and hungry sharks arrive to complicate the survivors' fate.
Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, and Hugo Stiglitz headline a cast of survivors trapped in this cross-continental nightmare.
- Director
- René Cardona Jr.
- Writers
- Antonio Mendoza, Carlos Valdemar, René Cardona Jr.
- Release
- 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Country
- Italy, Mexico, United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Horror
- Also Known As
- Ciclón, Terror Storm, Tornado, Cyclones, Ciclone
Themes & Keywords
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cyclone about? +
Cyclone follows survivors of a plane crash as they struggle for survival on a tour boat, facing starvation, cannibalism, and shark attacks.
When was Cyclone released? +
Cyclone was released in 1978.
Who directed Cyclone? +
Cyclone was directed by René Cardona Jr.
How long is Cyclone? +
Cyclone has a runtime of 100 minutes.
What genre is Cyclone? +
Cyclone is a horror film.