Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Euro-sleaze merchant Joe D'Amato probably thought he was bringing something new to the exploitation field by fusing elements of the long-running softcore Emmanuelle series with the cannibal subgenre foisted on the viewing public by such directors as D'Amato and Umberto Lenzi, among others. The end product is merely excruciating tedium punctuated by occasional kinky sex in the first half of the film and cheap, gag-inducing special effects in the second. The threadbare plot involves the investigations of a glamorous journalist (Laura Gemser, then-current star of the Emmanuelle series, though not actually playing that character here) into the cannibal proclivities of a certain Amazon tribe. After viewing documentary footage of cannibals torturing, executing and devouring their enemies, she apparently still wants to learn about such behavior firsthand and journeys down the Amazon with a research team to find the tribe in question. Naturally, the entire group falls into the cannibals' clutches, leading to endless messy scenes of people being carved up, impaled, disemboweled, split in half and (of course) eaten. Too gory for softcore fans and too dull for gorehounds, this is basically a film with no target audience whatsoever. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital
• Features:
  • Origional theatrical trailer
  • Stills gallery

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Laura Gemser - Emanuelle
       Gabriele Tinti - Prof. Mark Lester
       Susan Scott - Maggie
       Donald O'Brien - Donald
       Percy Hogan
       Geoffrey Copleston
       Nieves Navarro

• Director:

  Joe D'Amato

• Producer:

  Gianfranco Couyoumdjian

• Screenwriter:

  Aristide Massaccesi, Romano Scandariato

• Cinematographer:

  Aristide Massaccesi

• Composer (Music Score):

  Nico Fidenco

• First Assistant Director:

  Donatella Donati

• Production Manager:

  Fabrizio de Angelis

• Makeup Special Effects:

  Fabrizio Sforza