Apocalypse domani (1980)

Director:

Antonio Margheriti

Writers:

Antonio Margheriti (screenplay)
Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay)

Release Date:

August 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

POW's in Vietnam...starved in captivity...released with a taste for human flesh.

Plot:

Giovanni Lambardo Radice and John Saxon are Vietman vets that bring back contagious virus that turn people into cannibals when bitten.

Plot Keywords:

Cannibal Movie | Grindhouse | Person On Fire | Cannibalism | Vietnam

Cast

John Saxon	...	Norman Hopper
Elizabeth Turner	...	Jane Hopper
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Charlie Bukowski (as John Morghen)
Cinzia De Carolis	...	Mary (as Cindy Hamilton)
Tony King	...	Tom Thompson
Wallace Wilkinson	...	Captain McCoy
Ramiro Oliveros	...	Dr. Phil Mendez (as Ray Williams)
John Geroson
May Heatherly	...	Helen
Ronnie Sanders
Vic Perkins
Jere Beery	...	Biker Leader
Joan Riordan	...	Aunt Tina
Laura Dean
Lonnie R. Smith	...	Biker

Also Known As:

Apocalipse Cannibal
Apocalipsis caníbal (Spain)
Apocalisse domani (Italy)
Cannibal Apocalipsis
Cannibal Apocalypse
Cannibal Massacre
Cannibals in the City
Cannibals in the Street
Invasion of the Fleshhunters
Savage Apocalypse
Savage Slaughterers
The Cannibals Are in the Streets
The Slaughterers
Virus (Spain)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Norway:18 (re-rating) (2005) | Norway:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | South Korea:18 | UK:(Banned) (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (2005) | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Edmondo Amati presents

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mr. Hopper exits the door, Mrs. Hopper has a brown shawl on. The camera cuts to a close-up of Mrs. Hopper with no shawl on then returns to a shot of Mrs. Hopper with the shawl back on.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 'Cannibal Apocalypse' Redux (2002) (V)

Not bad for a cannibal movie

Maybe the fact that this particular cannibal movie wasn't directed by one of the usual suspects (Lenzi, Deodato) is what makes it so tolerable. Saxon plays a soldier who goes back to some south Asian country to rescue his POW buddies. He doesn't seem too bothered by the fact that when he finds him, they're eating human flesh, or that one of them bites him, and infects him with some kind of cannibal virus. Fast forward a number of years, and Saxon is gettin a hankerin for some human meat. This all happens about the time that his buddies decide to break out the mental hospital they're in. It all ends up with Saxon and his buddies infecting a bunch of people, and running from the law in the sewers. Cannibal city, baby.

Radice getting his abdomen blown clean out with a shotgun is reason alone to watch this movie (if you can figure out how they did this effect, let me know). The rest is pretty standard, as far as movies go, but it is a lot better than most cannibal movies. At least it takes place in the city and not in some jungle. Worth a look, if you're a cannibal or John Saxon fan.