With a poll coming up on IMDbs Classic Film board for the best titles of 1984,I decided to take a look at a DVD sellers page,where I spotted a listing for what sounded like a bonkers Italian Horror movie,which led to me getting ready to go on a safari with the wild beats.
View on the film:
Inspired by an article co-writer/(along with Antonio Accolla) director Franco Prosperi read about a large supply of cocaine being hidden in the sewers of Italy,the screenplay by Prosperi & Accolla leaves anything like subtlety & depth behind,the writers instead going for an all-out deranged smash and grab.
While the film does run out of steam during the "dialogue" scenes,the writers make sure that the insane gory set pieces come thick and fast,as the animal attacks go from a pack of rats ripping a young couple up, (how did Lucio Fulci not direct this?!) to a polar bear running down a school corridor,and a legendary cheetah chasing a car scene.
Originally planning to film in Zimbabwe,Prosperi had to change plans for Italy and South Africa,when terrorist groups started shooting his hotel.
Despite the filming troubles,Prosperi and cinematographer Guglielmo Mancori give the movie a vast scope,with the tower block giving the animals the perfect concrete jungle setting. Made on the cheap,Prosperi goes straight for the sleaze jugular,as the blood drenched animal attacks are matched by exposed female flesh and psychopathic children.
Whilst some of the animal attacks do look hilariously poor,Prosperi shows a bit too much glee in the animal on animal attacks,with a scene of a fur ball being covered in rats being a really uncomfortable, grisly scene,as the beasts go wild.
View on the film:
Inspired by an article co-writer/(along with Antonio Accolla) director Franco Prosperi read about a large supply of cocaine being hidden in the sewers of Italy,the screenplay by Prosperi & Accolla leaves anything like subtlety & depth behind,the writers instead going for an all-out deranged smash and grab.
While the film does run out of steam during the "dialogue" scenes,the writers make sure that the insane gory set pieces come thick and fast,as the animal attacks go from a pack of rats ripping a young couple up, (how did Lucio Fulci not direct this?!) to a polar bear running down a school corridor,and a legendary cheetah chasing a car scene.
Originally planning to film in Zimbabwe,Prosperi had to change plans for Italy and South Africa,when terrorist groups started shooting his hotel.
Despite the filming troubles,Prosperi and cinematographer Guglielmo Mancori give the movie a vast scope,with the tower block giving the animals the perfect concrete jungle setting. Made on the cheap,Prosperi goes straight for the sleaze jugular,as the blood drenched animal attacks are matched by exposed female flesh and psychopathic children.
Whilst some of the animal attacks do look hilariously poor,Prosperi shows a bit too much glee in the animal on animal attacks,with a scene of a fur ball being covered in rats being a really uncomfortable, grisly scene,as the beasts go wild.