Cannibals (1980) 4/10

Cannibals, directed by Jess Franco, is yet another entry in the savages gone wild films of the late 70s and early 80s. These films revel in the lowest common denominator, gore and boobs and usually real animal death. Cannibals stands amongst some of the most notorious grindhouse films ever made, Cannibal Ferox, Cannibal Holocaust, Mountain of the Cannibal God. It stands however, at the bottom of the pile.

Cannibals is about a family traveling to an exotic land when suddenly they're attacked! The mother is eaten alive and the father's arm is cut off and eaten. The daughter is kidnapped and named a goddess. The father comes back to find his daughter and more cannibalism ensues.

This is the third Jess Franco film I've seen and it only further proves the fact that this man cannot direct. The film is boring and horribly shot. The shoot locations look more like a desert then a jungle and a well maintained public desert at that. There's plenty of intercut stock footage and the "savages" just look like fat Spaniards to me. Their face paint looks more like they escaped from a culture club video instead of the jungle. Yikes! The gore is graphic but also unbelievable and the cannibalism scenes go on and on and on and on in slow motion no less.

This one's a stinker, only worth watching if you're a cannibal completest or have a lot of drunk buddies over. The only good thing about the movie is the 20 min. interview of Jess Franco.

Gore - medium

Nudity - mild

Overall - 4/10