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Eaten Alive [DVD] [1981] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

3.4 out of 5 stars 9 customer reviews

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Product details

  • Language: English
  • Dubbed: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006FDBO
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 161,100 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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By A Customer on 28 Aug. 2000
Format: DVD
An entertaining rag-bag of cannibalism, "Jim Jones-ploitation" and action film. Briefly, Southern belle Sheila is searching for her lost long sister who disappeared in the jungle and resurfaced in a mondo 8mm film found on the body of an assassin. Hiring desperado Mark they head out to New Guinea only to meet cannibals and a demented cult run by Jonas (the films Jim Jones character), a cocktail of kool aid and cannibalism follows, "special guest star" Mel Ferrer phones in his cameo
from NYC. Two interesting points shine in Eaten Alive, the titles set against 42nd Street grindhouses and wedded to a disco-era rendition of the theme from Cannibal Ferox, and the presence of East Coast XXX actor Robert Kerman, who as R. Bolla was eaten alive in a more normal fashion in movies that played the aforementioned forty deuce. Kerman/Bolla puts in a fine performance as a grisly but likeable seen it all type. How New Yorker Kerman came to appear in nearly all Italian
cannibal films must be a story in itself. When it opened in the UK, Eaten Alive had one of the most strongest posters ever seen from Wardour Street, a blood splattered depiction of Me Me Lai's demise, it left people shell shocked and was remembered years after. Then and now however Eaten Alive has been much butchered by the censors, at last count by 5 minutes 42 seconds. Gone are blood caked cannibalism, national geographic animal butchery and some kinky stuff at Jonas place, alas Me Me's demise has also bit the dust.
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Just to warn buyers that the 'Beyond Terror' edition of "Eaten Alive" is heavily cut and most of the potent scenes of violence and eroticism have been censored and deleted. Fans of the beautiful Me Me Lai (of Golden Shot fame...remember that?) will be disappointed that the scene where she is disrobed at the funeral and taken by three men on the funeral pyre of her husband (an old native custom...apparently...) has been heavily CUT. And the sequence where she is stripped naked by the cannibals and literally eaten alive has been almost completely CUT. Fans of the beautiful Euro-Babe Paola Senatore will be grieved that the sequence where she too is stripped naked, ravished and eaten alive by the cannibals, has also been almost completely CUT. The beautiful heroine Janet Agren's nude scenes have also been severely CUT and the bit where the cult leader uses a kinky device on her in his hut has been CUT. Also cut are scenes of animal violence: animals being killed by humans and animals killing each other. Also the scene where a native has a vital appendage cut off has been CUT OFF... If you want to see the film as the director envisaged it and as the viewer has every right to expect, given the title of the film, rather than the Mary Whitehouse approved (?) Beyond Terror edition I would recommend the uncut Region 2 Euro version of this film. for which I would give 5 stars.
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Made by Umberto Lenzi directly before he made the cult cannibal classic "Cannibal Ferox", "Eaten Alive" is a slightly milder trial version of Ferox to some extent. "Cannibal Holocaust's" Robert Kerman stars as an american adventurer who helps a rich heiress track down her long lost sister who has absconded with a religious evangelist and his cult to the jungles of New Guinea.

Whilst not as well known as the 2 other films i mentioned, Eaten Alive is a pretty good cannibal flick, some of the footage has been recycled from Lenzi's "Deep river savages" and the score is virtually identical to the one later used in Ferox, so this has obviously been made on the cheap, but for the most part this looks identical in scope to the other films.

As usual with Italian cannibal films, there are several scenes of animal cruelty, something Robert Kerman was disgusted about when he made "Cannibal holocaust" and spoke very strongly against it's use when the films came out.

Sadly though the U.K DVD version is butchered ( no pun intended!) beyond belief, of course the animal cruelty scenes are all gone/or cut ( rightly so) but unfortunately most of the gore has been cut as well, thankfully the U.S and European versions are all uncut, so don't bother with the U.K release, just buy the Region 1 version instead. The Shriek Show release is probably the best as it features a good 1.85 framed widescreen presentation and a good array of extras including interviews with Lenzi and Kerman.

If your a fan of Grindhouse movies then you'll likely get a kick out of this.
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By Kem on 21 July 2013
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This film is in widescreen, to watch without subtitles you switch it off at setting screen. Even though the film is old the picture quality and sound is good. This is the uncut version, brings back memories, good soundtrack Recommeded
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a better than normal print for a vipco release but you could see it wasnt uncut,some good locations used for the film,i enjoyed it .
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