by Biggles Wigby

Created on: April 19, 2007   Last Updated: May 09, 2007

I have been watching movies for quite a while now, some may say I am a bit of a specialist in the area of horror movies in particular. My favourite being zombie films. Recently I have been drawn to the infamous cannibal films of the 80's by the promise of never before seen scares. This review is about Cannibal Ferox, billed as "The Most Violent Film Ever Made" and it also boasts being banned since 1982 in the UK. Two more things drew my attention to this title in particular (not withstanding the fact that this was the only cannibal film I could get hold of in town). The first being that the box claims that if you watch this film "You won't sleep for a week" and the second being that the box also claims that "If the representation of violent and repulsive subject matter upsets you please do not view this film". I slapped down my 10 note and eagerly purchased this film that promised so much!

"So is it any good?", "What the heck is a Ferox?" and "Does it deliver?" I hear you cry! Read on and you will find out! If you want to know what I thought of the film skip to the last paragraph, if you would rather listen to me rant about the plot and main characters carry on at your own risk!

The film starts in New York with some guy walking around the streets of Manhattan with a rather bad eighties mop on his head, this carries on for what you might think is an eternity, bear with it though and you find out that this guy is the friend of another guy called Mike. Mike has apparently skipped town and left his buddy to the hands of a vicious gangster mob that seems to consist entirely of a fat guy and a guy that looks a lot like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo but with a bad rainbow moustache. They kill Mikes buddy for no real reason, with a rather loud silencer, with which my girlfriend joked that they must have had it on the wrong way round. Then some police cars turn up. Pretty on the ball police if you ask me I wish they were like that in my area.

Then our protagonists Rudy, Gloria (Rudy's sister) and Pat (Gloria's friend also known as slutbag) are in the Amazon with some dodgy eighties background music, they meet a seedy Spanish guy with yet another rainbow tash and we are on our way! Pat sleeps with the seedy Spanish guy solely on the fact he has a shower and he shouts what can only be translated as "viva la America" at her as they depart for cannibalsville, don't ask me.

A short boat trip, a giant fake butterfly and a small pig later we are in the rainforest in a jeep. For some

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