About This Film
In Colombia, siblings Rudy and Gloria and their friend Pat prepare for a journey into the rain forest. They plan to prove Gloria's theory that cannibalism is a myth. The trio encounter a drug dealer named Mike and his business partner Joe. Joe is badly wounded; Mike explains that they were attacked by cannibals. During the night, Gloria goes missing and Rudy finds a native village while looking for her.
Due to Joe's injuries, the travelers decide to stay in the nearly deserted village. Mike seduces the naive Pat. In a cocaine-fueled rage, he encourages Pat to kill a native girl. She is unable to do it, so Mike kills the girl himself. In his dying moments, Joe reveals that he and Mike were responsible for the cannibals' aggression. They came to the region to exploit the natives for emeralds and cocaine, taking advantage of their trust in white men. One day, while high on cocaine, Mike brutally tortured and killed their native guide in full view of the tribe. A badly charred body, previously believed to be that of a different guide, is actually this native. Mike kidnapped a native girl to lead them out of the jungle, but the outsiders were followed and attacked.
After the murder of the native girl, the cannibals finally snap and hunt the outsiders. Joe dies of his wounds, and his body is found and cannibalized by the natives in full view of Rudy and Gloria, who are hiding from the natives. Mike and Pat abandon the others, but all are captured by the natives and forced into a cage. The prisoners are forced to watch Mike as he is tortured, beaten, including having his penis sliced off with a large machete like knife and then eaten by a native villager. The natives transport their prisoners to another village, but Rudy manages to escape. He is caught in a booby trap in the jungle, and his bleeding wounds attract piranhas. He begs the natives to help him. The natives shoot him with a poisoned dart, and he dies instantly in front of everyone.
Pat and Gloria are put in a hole in the ground. Mike is placed in a separate cage. A native man, whom Pat had saved from Mike's aggression, lowers a rope into the hole so the women can escape. Mike digs his way out of the cage, chases the man away and cuts the rope, preventing the women from escaping. Mike flees into the jungle, where he tries to attract the attention of a search and rescue plane, but he is recaptured. The natives sever one of his hands and drag him back to the village. The search plane lands, but the natives tell the rescuers that the outsiders' canoe capsized in the river and they were eaten by crocodiles.
As the search team leaves, Pat is bound and stripped to the waist and the natives run hooks through her breasts, for her to be hung by them. Gloria can only watch as Pat dies a slow and painful death. Meanwhile, Mike's head is locked in a crude contraption and the top of his skull is cut off so that the natives can eat his exposed brain. During the night, the sympathetic native returns and frees Gloria. He guides her through the jungle, but falls victim to one of the natives' booby traps. Gloria eventually encounters a pair of trappers, who take her to safety. Instead of telling the true story, she recounts the natives' lie about the others being eaten by crocodiles.
Gloria, deeply disturbed by her experiences, returns to civilization. She publishes a book titled, Cannibalism: End of a Myth, which lies to support her theory and covers up the events of her ordeal.
Due to Joe's injuries, the travelers decide to stay in the nearly deserted village. Mike seduces the naive Pat. In a cocaine-fueled rage, he encourages Pat to kill a native girl. She is unable to do it, so Mike kills the girl himself. In his dying moments, Joe reveals that he and Mike were responsible for the cannibals' aggression. They came to the region to exploit the natives for emeralds and cocaine, taking advantage of their trust in white men. One day, while high on cocaine, Mike brutally tortured and killed their native guide in full view of the tribe. A badly charred body, previously believed to be that of a different guide, is actually this native. Mike kidnapped a native girl to lead them out of the jungle, but the outsiders were followed and attacked.
After the murder of the native girl, the cannibals finally snap and hunt the outsiders. Joe dies of his wounds, and his body is found and cannibalized by the natives in full view of Rudy and Gloria, who are hiding from the natives. Mike and Pat abandon the others, but all are captured by the natives and forced into a cage. The prisoners are forced to watch Mike as he is tortured, beaten, including having his penis sliced off with a large machete like knife and then eaten by a native villager. The natives transport their prisoners to another village, but Rudy manages to escape. He is caught in a booby trap in the jungle, and his bleeding wounds attract piranhas. He begs the natives to help him. The natives shoot him with a poisoned dart, and he dies instantly in front of everyone.
Pat and Gloria are put in a hole in the ground. Mike is placed in a separate cage. A native man, whom Pat had saved from Mike's aggression, lowers a rope into the hole so the women can escape. Mike digs his way out of the cage, chases the man away and cuts the rope, preventing the women from escaping. Mike flees into the jungle, where he tries to attract the attention of a search and rescue plane, but he is recaptured. The natives sever one of his hands and drag him back to the village. The search plane lands, but the natives tell the rescuers that the outsiders' canoe capsized in the river and they were eaten by crocodiles.
As the search team leaves, Pat is bound and stripped to the waist and the natives run hooks through her breasts, for her to be hung by them. Gloria can only watch as Pat dies a slow and painful death. Meanwhile, Mike's head is locked in a crude contraption and the top of his skull is cut off so that the natives can eat his exposed brain. During the night, the sympathetic native returns and frees Gloria. He guides her through the jungle, but falls victim to one of the natives' booby traps. Gloria eventually encounters a pair of trappers, who take her to safety. Instead of telling the true story, she recounts the natives' lie about the others being eaten by crocodiles.
Gloria, deeply disturbed by her experiences, returns to civilization. She publishes a book titled, Cannibalism: End of a Myth, which lies to support her theory and covers up the events of her ordeal.
Film Details
Director
Umberto Lenzi
Writer
Umberto Lenzi
Keywords
Female Nudity
Independent Film
Murder
Female Rear Nudity
Female Full Frontal Nudity
Violence
Female Frontal Nudity
Blood
Death
Cult Film
Rape
Sex
Gore
Sadism
Police
Male Nudity
Corpse
Torture
Shot To Death
Fight
Knife
Blood Splatter
Escape
Kidnapping
Low Budget Film
Stabbing
Brutality
Fistfight
Insanity
Male Frontal Nudity
Cruelty
Nipples
Screaming
Severed Head
Cannibal
Impalement
Male Full Frontal Nudity
Friend
Criminal
New York City
Massacre
Jungle
Electronic Music Score
Perversion
Policeman
Dead Woman
Anger
Video Nasty
Villain
Mutilation
Slaughter
Obsession
Humiliation
Snake
Sexual Perversion
Dismemberment
Cannibalism
Severed Hand
Sexual Violence
Threatened With A Knife
Water
Camera
Mercilessness
Sexual Abuse
Escape Attempt
Disembowelment
Machete
Misogynist
Dead Man
Sexual Assault
Violence Against A Woman
River
Italian Horror
Village
Trap
Blood Spatter
Eaten Alive
Man Slaps A Woman
Drug Use
Human Monster
Jeep
Characters Murdered One By One
On The Run
Castration
Actual Animal Killed
Misogyny
Degradation
Bloodbath
Intestines
Spear
Controversy
Penis
Eye Gouging
Sadistic Psychopath
Tribe
Slashing
Independent Horror
Carnage
Flesh Eating
Anthropophagus
Sadistic Violence
B Horror
Cocaine
Eating Human Flesh
Search
Mutilated Body
Threatened With A Gun
Monkey
Jungle Adventure
Pig
Thief
Captivity
Wrath
Brain
Cage
Wristwatch
Ladder
Amazon River
Crocodile
Man Killed
Tortured To Death
Sexual Cruelty
Injury
Violent Death
Sexual Torture
Sexual Sadism
Human Flesh
Italian Cinema
Cannibal Tribe
Maggot
Hook
Biting
Anthropologist
South America
Guts
Dark Secret
Native Tribe
Brief Male Frontal Nudity
Genital Mutilation
Leech
Canoe
Bite
Heart
Animal Abuse
Drug Dealing
Banned Film
Turtle
Piranha
Payback
Sicko
Bloody Body Of Child
Machete Mutilation
Killed With A Machete
Emerald
Turning The Tables
Transgressive Film
Fiend
Tour Guide
Leopard
Car Stuck In Mud
Castrated Man
Murdered With A Machete
Blowpipe
Brain Eating
Man Shoots A Woman
Impaled Child
Genital Dismemberment
Head Split In Half
Eye Skewering
Tortoise
Brief Male Full Frontal Nudity
Colombia
Cinema Extreme
Head Cut In Half
Cutting Off A Hand
Eye Cut Out
Cutting Off Someone's Penis
Meal
Credit Card
Flipping A Coin
Long Suffering
Penis Mutilation
Impalement With A Hook
Eating Intestines
Cheating On A Test
Pusher
Eating A Penis
Breast Impalement
Also Known As
Make Them Die Slowly, Woman from Deep River, Canibal Ferox, Jaget af kannibaler, Terreur cannibale, Argos thanatos, Lefki sarka sta dontia tous, Na pethanoun arga, Hitokui zoku, Hazlos morir lentamente, Cannibal ferox: Niech umieraja powoli, Kanibale, Horror Cannibal, De Kannibalen Vallen Aan, Original title: Cannibal ferox