antonio margheriti pass away in the late 2002 but his work in the field of italian horror and exploitation cinema will not die in the heart of their admirer . war film lultimo cacciatore ( aka represent the last hunter and 1980 ) and cannibal tale apocalypse domani ( aka represent cannibal apocalypse and 1980 ) be probably the two best ( know ) film that he direct . they be both extremely exploitive and violent and also both write by dardano sacchetti who write most of the fulci masterpiece like zombie ( 1979 ) and the gate of hell ( aka represent city of the living dead and 1980 ) and the beyond ( 1981 ) among film for other director like lamberto bava and his demoni ( 1985 ) and demoni 2 ( 1986 ) . cannibal apocalypse star the b movie favourite john saxon and giovanni lombardo radice who be a small legend in the field of italian exploitation cinema . he have act in fulci gate of hell and even more notably in umberto lenzi sicko cannibal flick cannibal ferox ( 1982 ) that he also hat the most nowadays . saxon and radice ( the latter know also a john morghen ) be vietnam veteran that suffer from a strange virus originate from the war field represent cannibalism and the need for human flesh and some gut munch . in the city and this naturally cause trouble a radice be the active one and saxon only try not to accept what his teeth and hand more and more desire and eventually they find themselves on the run and contaminate more and more people with the virus and their hunger . it spread a wildly and rapidly a the zombie virus in romero zombie film and and thus italian zombie film and too . so what a rip off of a plot but this way they be . these film and cannibal apocalypse be a very noteworthy example and be nothing but exploitation and attempt to cash in some buck and throw a movie that be even more violent and sleazy than the previous one . the italian cannibal or zombie genre have some real masterpiece and serious piece like ruggero deodato harrow 1979 masterpiece cannibal holocaust that be a important and topical in it message about humanity and medium than it be back then . naturally the film cause a hystery due to it sadistic and graphic ( but not gratuitous ) violence and many producer and director start to rip that film off in order to satisfy the audience that like the violence in deodato film so much even though that be definitely not even the film point and it be it theme and and everyone watching holocaust because of it violence be closer to the film message than they could have ever ( dare to ) thought . lenzi do his ferox and eat alive ( 1980 ) and they be nothing but mindless gore and some laughable attempt to give the film some kind of a meaning and importance which mean line and bit of dialogue take straightly from deodato film and especially in the case of ferox . cannibal apocalypse have a little different setting a it take place in urban jungle and in the big city and not in the jungle with wild animal and native . the film have sadly very few positive cinematic merit and even the soundtrack that be usually very effective in these film ( fabio frizzi with fulci and riz ortolani with deodato ) be at time very awful and almost laughably cheesy disco something attempt that make the imagery even more painful to follow . but the soundtrack have some genuinely creepy bit too and that be more than nice . the cinematography be nothing special nor the editing and all they do very carefully and with 100 % interest be naturally the close ups to the gory detail in the spirit of exploitation cinema . the carnage on screen be pretty strong and thus this film can not be recommend to anyone else than a hardcore fan of the genre . there be some now legendary scene like the shotgun blast at the end and the sadistically long tongue rip scene that really make it clear what be the reason for this film existence . the most insanely sick italian sleaze gore hell i have see so far be aristide massaccesi ( aka represent joe damato ) 1979 film buio omega aka beyond the darkness that have some of the nasty idea ever in the history of cinema . the effect in apocalypse be by giannetto de rossi who begin his remarkable career with spanish director jorge grau and his atmospheric zombie piece live dead at the manchester morgue aka let sleeping corps lie in 1974 and work alot with lucio fulci and his zombie and too . it be interest to hear the maker own opinion on these ( low ) film nowadays and now that most of the director have retire and be old men and and the actor also age but still possibly in the business . john morghen have some very straight opinion on these film he act in a he say they be very sick and he doesn not like them at all . he admit that lenzi be the most violent one and like violence very much which i hope be not a true in real life a it could be ( lenzi seem like a very nice old guy to me . ) margheriti himself be very proud of this film and also mention plenty of time that quentin tarantino himself have like cannibal apocalypse ( same kind of comment about q have be say by lenzi and too . ) . the fact be cannibal apocalypse be pretty inept in any serious and cinematically noteworthy level lack almost all the atmospheric wonder of fulci and be visually very uninteresting too . still cannibal apocalypse have a place in the mind and heart and shelf of the enthusiast of italian ( exploitation ) horror cinema which still have much more noteworthy and great piece to offer and thankfully so . cannibal apocalypse be also a little too long run 96 minute in ntsc speed . no need for that a nothing interesting or important be include in most of those minute . for example and the final sewer chase sequence be painfully long . beware the epilogue again and though . negative .