Post by doomedbloodwork on Nov 15, 2004 8:38:54 GMT -5
In hindsight, Ruggero Deodato's predecessor to CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, THE LAST CANNIBAL WORLD (or CANNIBAL, as it was known on it's initial 1977 release) is a surprisingly restrained affair compared to that.
The tale, not dissimilar to HOLOCAUST, sees a group of jungle-bound travellers arriving in the jungle to see what has happened to an earlier party. They land and find the camp, but are hindered by sudden nightfall. It isn't long before the natives have picked up on this and abduct the female Japanese member of their tribe and the remainder head into the jungle, where they are cornered and trapped by the cannibals.....
Where this film differs from HOLOCAUST is the fact that there is not filmed footage being viewed in a New York cinema and the perverted perspective that provided a genuine sense of shock is missing from this film, which plays more like PLANET OF THE APES and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (without Doug McClure in heroic mould). It does have it's fair share of gore moments and inevitably there is a bit of animal torture along the way, though not as much as in CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST.
Worth seeing for historical reasons.
The tale, not dissimilar to HOLOCAUST, sees a group of jungle-bound travellers arriving in the jungle to see what has happened to an earlier party. They land and find the camp, but are hindered by sudden nightfall. It isn't long before the natives have picked up on this and abduct the female Japanese member of their tribe and the remainder head into the jungle, where they are cornered and trapped by the cannibals.....
Where this film differs from HOLOCAUST is the fact that there is not filmed footage being viewed in a New York cinema and the perverted perspective that provided a genuine sense of shock is missing from this film, which plays more like PLANET OF THE APES and THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (without Doug McClure in heroic mould). It does have it's fair share of gore moments and inevitably there is a bit of animal torture along the way, though not as much as in CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST.
Worth seeing for historical reasons.
