
Eaten Alive!(1980)
A woman's search for her missing sister leads her to the jungles of New Guinea, where she and an expatriate guide encounter a cult leader and flesh-hungry natives.


“They raped and murdered his sister while he watched helplessly. Now it's his turn to make them die slowly.”
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.

Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Mike Logan

Lorraine De Selle
Gloria Davis

Danilo Mattei
Rudy Davis

Zora Kerova
Pat Johnson
Walter Lucchini
Joe Costolani
Fiamma Maglione
Myra Stenn

Robert Kerman
Lt. Rizzo

John Bartha
NYC Drug Enforcer

Venantino Venantini
Sgt. Ross

'El Indio' Rincon
Juanito
Cannibal Ferox is a adventure, horror film released in 1981 exploring themes of cocaine, tribe, murder, jungle, torture, cannibal. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, it stars Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei. Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
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