The 1960s brought forth the advent of Mondo (from the Italian for world) films and among their shocking elements was the explicit depiction of flesh-eating cannibals. But the Italians, as always, were at the forefront of boundary-pushing cinema. These films did feature cannibalism, but only in the periphery of narrative specific consumption of human flesh was either implied or alluded to. Often taking the framework of a white hunter or explorer captured by natives and served up for dinner, the illicit subject matter spiked in the 1970s with UK/US grindhouse fare like DEATH LINE and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
Other Titles: SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD PRISONER OF THE CANNIBAL GODĬast:Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio MarsinaĬannibalism is one of society’s longstanding taboos, and has infused itself into everything from Tarzan comics to Bugs Bunny cartoons to motion pictures.
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