Cannibal Apocalypse

Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)

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POW's in Vietnam... starved in captivity... released with a taste for human flesh.

Released from captivity in Vietnam, two American Army officers return to civilian life and discover they have acquired an insatiable taste for human flesh. A city is terrorised... as they stalk the inhabitants to satisfy their primitive appetites.

Date of release
1980-08-04
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (114)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Horror, Crime, Thriller
Director
Antonio Margheriti

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Georgia

Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring John Saxon, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Cinzia De Carolis, Tony King and Ramiro Oliveros. The film combines the cannibal film genre with a Vietnam War film.

Production

Filming took place on-location in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. Locations included the Savannah College of Art and Design, CNN Center, and the Candler Discount Mall. Interiors were filmed at De Paolis Studios in Rome. Giannetto De Rossi was the special makeup effects designer. The opening Vietnam War sequence re-used props and costumes from Antonio Margheriti's previous film, The Last Hunter.

Actor John Saxon had gotten a badly translated script, in which the gory parts were left out. In a 2002 interview Saxon explained: "It was talking about the Vietnam war like it was a virus you could bring home. I thought it was a great metaphor for a psychological condition." Saxon only learned what the movie was truly about during shooting.

"At one point we were shooting a scene and a guy brings in this tray of meat. I asked what it was for and they explained to me it was supposed to be body parts, even genitals, and we were supposed to gnaw on them. I asked Margheriti to take me out of the scene and I went to my hotel room. Once I found out what the true nature of the film was I got so depressed." Saxon contemplated leaving the production altogether.

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