Eaten Alive

Pros: Kerman and Rassimov make this one watchable
Cons: Good lord, I don't know where to start...

Eaten Alive AKA The Emerald Jungle: Medusa Film Distribution
Rating: UK: 18/ Australia: R

Also Known As:

Doomed to Die
Eaten Alive by the Cannibals
Mangiati Vivi
Mangiati Vivi dai...

Pros: Robert Kerman and a naked Me Me Lai help...
Cons: but Lenzi's film is so problematic, you'll probably be disappointed

Perhaps one of the most interesting genres of films ever propagated in the history of film is the unique and inspired group of Italian cannibal shockers that started appearing in the middle of the 1970s. Is there any group of films that could incite so...

Pros: plenty-o-action/gore, Kerman & Rassimov, many wild & dangerous natives (some lifted from other movies!!)
Cons: more mish-mash/cut-n-paste style of film-making, Mel Ferrer wasted (as usual), Paola Senatore cant act......

EATEN ALIVE (87mins, unrated version) Director: Umberto Lenzi Cast: Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov, Paola Senatore, Mel Ferrer, Me Me Lai, Meg Flemming, Gianfranco Coduti, Franco Fantasia, Alternate titles: "MANGIATI VIVI", "DOOMED TO ...

Pros: This movie is pure B-grade fun. Robert Kerman rocks and so does this film.
Cons: The animal violence is always a turn off.

While watching "Eaten Alive" I began to notice how each individual Italian Cannibal film (though all vastly similar) fit into their very own seperate category. Okay, it breaks down like this. You've got "Man From Deep River," the 1st of the genre;...

Pros: Some decent gore effects towards the end.
Cons: The plot is almost as awful as the animal killings.

Another in the slew of Italian cannibal movies that were all the rage back in the '70's.  The fact that this technically came out in 1980 doesn't matter, since the style is distinctly of '70's origin.  Some wooden acting and a bad plot help ...

Pros: great gore, not a bad story
Cons: slow starting, cheesy acting and bad dubbing

I've seen the uncut version of this film which was titled, "Eaten Alive". At the beginning of the film we watch as a man is assassinating people in North America. Why? We don't know. This assassin is a native with a poison blow gun. The...