‘Trapped in a jungle of crazy flesh eaters!’
Eaten Alive! is a 1980 Italian horror film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi (Nightmare City; Eyeball; Seven Blood-Stained Orchids). The story is loosely based on the real-life Jonestown Massacre of 1978. Alternative titles include Doomed to Die; The Emerald Jungle and Eaten Alive by Cannibals.
The movie stars Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Paola Senatore, Mel Ferrer, Ivan Rassimov and Me Me Lai.
Most of the violent scenes from the film were lifted from other movies in the sub-genre, namely Lenzi’s previous cannibal film from 1972, The Man from Deep River; Ruggero Deodato’s Last Cannibal World and Sergio Martino’s The Mountain of the Cannibal God
Plot:
At Niagara Falls and then in Manhattan, a trio of men is killed by an Asian assailant with a deadly blowpipe. The police are baffled…
Meanwhile, Alabama-born Sheila (Janet Agren) is searching for her sister Diana (Paola Senatore), who has disappeared in New Guinea. Sheila hires American dropout Mark (Robert Kerman), and they encounter many jungle perils, especially when one of their guides is eaten by a crocodile.
It transpires that Diana has joined a “purification” cult run by a “cruel sadist” named Jonas (Ivan Rassimov). Jonas abuses his followers and local people alike…
Every ‘80s horror film:
