In the film there are noisy adventures , action pace , impressive jungle pursuits , beautiful landscapes and lots of blood , gore and guts with bloody natives that threaten to take their own lives .An adventure/horror movie relying heavily on sensationalistic aspects , eerie images full of gore , nudism , actual animal massacre and exploitation , such as physical violence , tortures , merciless natives executing decapitation , hacking , mangling and anything else. Concerning a young girl named Sheila Morris (Janet Agreen) joins forces with a mercenary (Robert Kerman) to find her missing sister (Paola Senatore) in the jungles of New Guinea . An unstoppable chase to find her sister , while battling for survival wit besieged by head-cutters , gut-munching natives , including loads of gore and blood . Along the way, they meet up with the standard Cannibal tribe as well as a religious cult led a deranged leader (Ivan Rassimov as Jim Jones-like cult leader) whose commune is located at the area inhabited by the hungry cannibals. They didn't have a chance! They have a never-ending hunger for human flesh! .The most violent human sacrifice you'll ever see! .Trapped in a jungle of crazy flesh eaters! .The terrifying nightmare that became reality! .This is the one story you won't be seeing on the 6 o'clock news. Assignment : survival.
This unsettling and loathing picture turns out to be a rough, nasty and entertaining Italian exploitation . Intriguing and violent Italian movie , resulting to be a strange mix of noisy action, adventures, jungle fights, grisly killings and gory scenes. It is a mediocre but passable film and full of blood , guts and gore. Thrilling adventure and exploitation movie where protagonists clash against cannibals , take off relentless religious fanatics , as well as the perilous wildlife . The best scenes are the immense efforts of the unfortunate people have to carry out for their purports to survive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive .Regarding a woman and a mercenary guide who will have to confront lots of risks until find her sister , and , of course , escaping , being relentlessly pursued by the always-hungry cannibals waiting them out and ready to eat them , as well as tracked down by the crazy followers of the suicide cult leader. From start to finish the action-packed is non-stop and gory paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in a final savage action . The flick features many strong scenes , among them beheading , astonishing slaughter , cannibalism , cutting , a gloomy spectacle to watch . It's fast moving and that's why it is neither tiring, not boring , but bemusing . Special effects are passable , but other parts of the movie are never fully realized . The movie pushes too hard and too far , and no apt for squeamish . It strives for being some inspirational but falls well short of being really inspired and marred by some extreme exploitation scenes . In spite of it , the movie is entertaining , though shot in fits and starts and in obtained success enough all around the world . It is a lack luster drama that explores the nasty activities carried out by a Jim Jones-lookalike , relying heavily on sensationalistic aspects , eerie images full of nudism and exploitation , such as physical violence , mental torture , sexual abuse , cannibalism and many other things . This ¨Mangiati vivi!. (1980)¨ follows in the wake of ¨Guyana: Crime of the Century¨ (1979) or "Guyana: Cult of the Damned" by Rene Cardona Jr with Stuart Whitman , Gene Barry , John Ireland , Yvonne De Carlo that was followed by another American rendition titled ¨Guyana Tragedy : The Story of Jim Jones¨ (TV , 1980) by William A Graham with Powers Boothe as Rev. Jim Jones , Ned Beatty, Diane Ladd , Diane Scarwid , Ron O'Neal , Irene Cara . Both of them regarding a grim dramatization of the Jonestown tragedy , begining with Jim Jones creating his own church with a lot of cult followers . Jim Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust and he increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is "a wicked enemy" that's out to get him, as he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana , where he plans to create an utopia . He had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune , Jim Jones' utopia consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds , bodies and possessions over to him one which's rife with torture of children , sexual relations between kiddies and adults , and other awful happenings .Ultimately , Jim Jones' paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation . As Ivan Rassimov's Eaten Alive role bears remarkable resemblance to Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide , though here happening in Borneo . Main cast and support cast are acceptable . Janet Agren plays intrepid Sheila Morris , while Robert Kerman is her brave helper guide , Paola Senatore as abducted sister , being special mention for Ivan Rassimov as a nasty, mean preacher, Jim Jones-lookalike and brief appearance by Mel Ferror who curiously also starred another film titled Eaten Alive by Tobe Hooper . And attractive oriental Me Me Lai who was most notably known in Au Pair Girls (1972) and in 1972 she appeared in Il paese del sesso selvaggio , the first of several "cannibal" movies filmed in Italy , following as the lead female native girl in Ruggero Deodato's Jungle Holocaust (1977) and this Mangiati vivi! (1980) .
It contains an atmospheric and colorful cinematography by cameraman Federico Zanni. Being shot on location in Niagara Falls, New York, and Sri Lanka . This horrific retelling of a perilous and deadly adventure in the wild jungle was regularly written/directed by Umberto Lenzi who developed a long career as national as international . He was a notorious Italian director especially known for his cannibal and jungle films as ¨Mangiati vivi! ¨(1980) , ¨Daughter of the Jungle¨ and especially for ¨Cannibal ferox¨(1981) today considered classic in this disgusting sub-genre . Lenzi has directed all kinds of genres with particular penchant for terror, Western , Poliziesco , Peplum , Giallo and adventure movies.
This unsettling and loathing picture turns out to be a rough, nasty and entertaining Italian exploitation . Intriguing and violent Italian movie , resulting to be a strange mix of noisy action, adventures, jungle fights, grisly killings and gory scenes. It is a mediocre but passable film and full of blood , guts and gore. Thrilling adventure and exploitation movie where protagonists clash against cannibals , take off relentless religious fanatics , as well as the perilous wildlife . The best scenes are the immense efforts of the unfortunate people have to carry out for their purports to survive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive .Regarding a woman and a mercenary guide who will have to confront lots of risks until find her sister , and , of course , escaping , being relentlessly pursued by the always-hungry cannibals waiting them out and ready to eat them , as well as tracked down by the crazy followers of the suicide cult leader. From start to finish the action-packed is non-stop and gory paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in a final savage action . The flick features many strong scenes , among them beheading , astonishing slaughter , cannibalism , cutting , a gloomy spectacle to watch . It's fast moving and that's why it is neither tiring, not boring , but bemusing . Special effects are passable , but other parts of the movie are never fully realized . The movie pushes too hard and too far , and no apt for squeamish . It strives for being some inspirational but falls well short of being really inspired and marred by some extreme exploitation scenes . In spite of it , the movie is entertaining , though shot in fits and starts and in obtained success enough all around the world . It is a lack luster drama that explores the nasty activities carried out by a Jim Jones-lookalike , relying heavily on sensationalistic aspects , eerie images full of nudism and exploitation , such as physical violence , mental torture , sexual abuse , cannibalism and many other things . This ¨Mangiati vivi!. (1980)¨ follows in the wake of ¨Guyana: Crime of the Century¨ (1979) or "Guyana: Cult of the Damned" by Rene Cardona Jr with Stuart Whitman , Gene Barry , John Ireland , Yvonne De Carlo that was followed by another American rendition titled ¨Guyana Tragedy : The Story of Jim Jones¨ (TV , 1980) by William A Graham with Powers Boothe as Rev. Jim Jones , Ned Beatty, Diane Ladd , Diane Scarwid , Ron O'Neal , Irene Cara . Both of them regarding a grim dramatization of the Jonestown tragedy , begining with Jim Jones creating his own church with a lot of cult followers . Jim Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust and he increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is "a wicked enemy" that's out to get him, as he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana , where he plans to create an utopia . He had a loyal following of about 1000 people, who had donated their entire life savings to him to join his commune , Jim Jones' utopia consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds , bodies and possessions over to him one which's rife with torture of children , sexual relations between kiddies and adults , and other awful happenings .Ultimately , Jim Jones' paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation . As Ivan Rassimov's Eaten Alive role bears remarkable resemblance to Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide , though here happening in Borneo . Main cast and support cast are acceptable . Janet Agren plays intrepid Sheila Morris , while Robert Kerman is her brave helper guide , Paola Senatore as abducted sister , being special mention for Ivan Rassimov as a nasty, mean preacher, Jim Jones-lookalike and brief appearance by Mel Ferror who curiously also starred another film titled Eaten Alive by Tobe Hooper . And attractive oriental Me Me Lai who was most notably known in Au Pair Girls (1972) and in 1972 she appeared in Il paese del sesso selvaggio , the first of several "cannibal" movies filmed in Italy , following as the lead female native girl in Ruggero Deodato's Jungle Holocaust (1977) and this Mangiati vivi! (1980) .
It contains an atmospheric and colorful cinematography by cameraman Federico Zanni. Being shot on location in Niagara Falls, New York, and Sri Lanka . This horrific retelling of a perilous and deadly adventure in the wild jungle was regularly written/directed by Umberto Lenzi who developed a long career as national as international . He was a notorious Italian director especially known for his cannibal and jungle films as ¨Mangiati vivi! ¨(1980) , ¨Daughter of the Jungle¨ and especially for ¨Cannibal ferox¨(1981) today considered classic in this disgusting sub-genre . Lenzi has directed all kinds of genres with particular penchant for terror, Western , Poliziesco , Peplum , Giallo and adventure movies.