Sacrifice! (aka Man From Deep River)

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The birth of the bloody and controversial Italian Cannibal sub-genre starts here, withthis notorious 1972 Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox, Nightmare City) directed survivalistshocker, presented in its completely uncut, outrageously violent version. Sacrifice! (akaThe Man From Deep River, Deep River Savages) stars Eurohorror legend Ivan Rassimov(Mario Bava s Shock, Lamberto Bava s Blade of the Ripper) as photographer John Bradley,who ventures into the heart of Thailand s jungles and is kidnapped by a ruthless nativetribe. As Bradley fights for his life, he eventually catches the eye of the Chief s daughter(the beautiful Me Me Lai, who also appears Lenzi s 1980 gut-muncher Eaten Alive!) and,after marrying her, and after several bouts of brutality, eventually wins the natives respect. Complications arise, however, when the neighboring clan, a horde of bloodthirsty,flesh-hungry cannibals, begin sniffing around, licking their lips at the sight Bradley and hisnewly conquered tribe mates... Taking its cues from Gualitiero Jacopetti s hugely popularMondo Cane films and its many imitators as well as Elliot Silverstein s similarly plotted hitA Man Called Horse, Lenzi s paean to primitive pain was branded a Video Nasty in the UKdue to its relentless brutality, disturbing scenes of cannibalism and upsetting sequencesof real-life animal death. Less exploitative than Ruggero Deodato s Cannibal Holocaustand Lenzi s own Cannibal Ferox but no less intense, Sacrifice!Special Features: Documentary "Cannibal World (Mondo Cannibale), A fully illustrated booklet, New HD Transfer, New and Improved English subtitle translation