Cannibal Ferox
A graduate student and companions travel into the Amazon to investigate claims about cannibalism, only to encounter smugglers whose brutality has provoked violent retaliation. It is one of the most infamous entries in the Italian cannibal cycle.
Film details
| Original / alt title | Cannibal Ferox; Make Them Die Slowly |
| Year | 1981 |
| Director | Umberto Lenzi |
| Country | Italy |
| Runtime | Approx. 93 min |
| Main cast | Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle, Danilo Mattei, Zora Kerova |
UK status
The uncut UK pre-cert release remained one of the successfully prosecuted DPP 39.
Passed 18 with cuts to real animal-cruelty footage.
Why it caused controversy
UK censorship / Video Nasties history
A quick status check first, followed by the film’s censorship timeline. A DPP prosecution was an obscenity case against a particular video publication — it was not automatically the same thing as a permanent nationwide “ban”.
Detailed censorship timeline & facts
FACTS & TRIVIA
- Also known as Make Them Die Slowly.
- Umberto Lenzi wrote and directed it.
- Giovanni Lombardo Radice was often credited as John Morghen.
- Robert Kerman also appeared in Cannibal Holocaust.
- The Replay Video artwork is highly collectible.
- Unsymulated animal material complicated its censorship history.
- Its advertising traded heavily on its banned reputation.
Distributor / VHS label
Replay Video (cover shown).
Trailer
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