one of the most notorious of the ban video nasties of the 1980s be also one of the most excessively over hype . make them die slowly be about what you would expect from an umberto lenzi direct jungle potboiler inventive ( yet poorly render ) native torture technique and some ridiculous social commentary ( yes and even silly than cannibal holocaust ) and and lot of gut be chew . the film exploitative violence and though and be often only show in brief close up and and never dwell on for very long and which diminish it effect ( interpret that how you may ) . the dialog be lenzi usual silliness and a our male hero show their affection for female by call them tw @ t and the like . the cast of familiar face ( include lorraine de selle and giovanni lombardo radice and zora kerowa and and robert kerman ) do their best in the face of the escalate idiocy ( include a completely ludicrous castration preservation ) and but can not save this overworked and lousy effort .