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  • Cannibal Ferox
  • Cannibal Ferox review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 4.0 stars Proper sick 26 August 2007
    ...most well known films in the cannibal genre. This is the third and last film in Umberto Lenzi's cannibal trilogy. Cannibal Ferox has some of the most creative killings in th...   Read customer review
  • Nightmare City
  • Nightmare City review by from Bishop Auckland
    Rated - 2.0 stars So Bad It's Almost Good 24 July 2004
    ... together in a less than subtle manner by one of the kings of Italian B movies, Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox, Eaten Alive!). Lenzi wastes no time in spilling blood, and ne...   Read customer review
  • Oasis Of Fear
  • Oasis Of Fear review by A customer from Cheltenham
    Rated - 4.0 stars A Lost Gem, Found At Last 10 November 2008
    ...ho is a woman on the edge with a secret to hide. Crafted by Italian director Umberto Lenzi, the movie offers a very different movie from the director. No gross out gore, ...   Read customer review

Umberto Lenzi - filmography


  • House Of Witchcraft on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Andy J. Forrest,  Sonia Petrova,  Susanna Martinkova
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT is part of a four-part movie series made for Italian television under the umbrella title House of Doom. Legendary Italian horror maestros Umberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci each contributed two films for the series: Lenzi made HOUSE OF LOST SOULS and HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT, while Fulci ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 170 members
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  • The House Of Lost Souls on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Stefania O. Garello,  Matteo Gazzolo
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    HOUSE OF LOST SOULS is part of a four-part movie series made for Italian television under the umbrella title House of Doom. Legendary Italian horror maestros Umberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci each contributed two films for the series: Lenzi made HOUSE OF LOST SOULS and HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT, while Fulci ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 143 members
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  • Cannibal Ferox on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Lorraine De Selle,  Robert Kerman,  John Bartha
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In this gore-fest, team of anthropologists discovers a tribe of cannibals being exploited by a ruthless cocaine cartel in the Colombian jungle. CANNIBAL FEROX is a schlock horror tale with a high splatter factor--not for the squeamish.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 889 members
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  • Nightmare City (1980)
    Starring: Hugo Stiglitz,  Laura Trotter,  Mel Ferrer
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX) directed this rather bizarre yet popular zombie movie. The film stars Hugo Stiglitz as Dean Miller, a television reporter who is covering a nuclear accident in a major city. When a mysterious plane makes an emergency landing near the accident site, Miller goes to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 298 members
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  • Eaten Alive on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Robert Kerman,  Janet Agren,  Ivan Rassimov
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX) directed this atrocious cannibal/religious cult exploitation feature that has become a cult favorite for its awful dialogue, countless scenes of unintentional comedy, copious gore, and a wealth of footage lifted from other cannibal films. Filmed not long after the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 289 members
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  • From Hell To Victory (1979)
    Starring: George Peppard,  George Hamilton
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The internationally produced From Hell to Victory is evocative of the works of Erich Maria Remarque. Several close friends of varying nationalities are separated by WW II. German Jurgen Dietrich (Horst Buchholz) is isolated from his old chums by his loyalty to the Fatherland. Still, he and his ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 3 members
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  • Desert Commandos on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Ken Clark,  Carlo Hinterman,  Horst Frank
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin prepared to meet at the Casablanca Conference in the midst of World War Two, a crack troop of Nazi assassins were making their way slowly through the African desert with only one objective - to kill the "Big 3". Disguised as British commandos, the men must avoid ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 20 members
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  • Almost Human on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Tomas Milian,  Henry Silva,  Laura Belli
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Tomas Milian (DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING) and Henry Silva (THE CRY OF A PROSTITUTE) star in this thrilling Italian crime saga from director Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX). Milian stars as aspiring gangster Giulio Sacchi who, with his motley crue of criminal wannabes, conspire to kidnap the beautiful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 69 members
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  • Spasmo (1974)
    Starring: Robert Hoffman,  Suzy Kendall,  Ivan Rassimov
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A young couple spend a day of love in a motel bungalow. When attacked by a mysterious gunman they flee... but their nightmare is about to start...
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 8 members
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  • Deep River Savages on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Ivan Rassimov,  Me Me Lai,  Pratitsak Singhara
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A photojournalist takes a trip to the jungle to escape the pressures of his life, he joins a group of natives and falls in love. It soon becomes clear that all is not well and he may well be on the menu for some local cannibals...
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 192 members
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  • Knife of Ice (1972)
    Starring: Carroll Baker,  Evelyn Stewart,  Alan Scott
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    As a thirteen year old, Martha Caldwell witnessed the death of her parents in a terrible railway accident. Barely surviving the tragedy herself, Martha was struck dumb due to the shock. Now an adult, the still mute Martha lives with her uncle Ralph in the Spanish countryside. Martha's cousing Jenny ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 6 members
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  • Seven Blood Stained Orchids (1972)
    Starring: Antonio Sabato,  Uschi Glas,  Marisa Mell
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Umberto Lenzi (CANNIBAL FEROX) directs this giallo, based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, about a killer who begins a series of brutal murders and leaves some bizarre clues that he plans to carry out seven ritualistic killings. The main pieces of evidence, a number of half-moon lockets, lead the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 7 members
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  • Oasis Of Fear on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Ornella Muti,  Irene Papas,  Ray Lovelock
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Also known as DIRTY PICTURES this fabulously trippy sexploitation thriller from Umberto Lenzi (PARANOIA, NIGHTMARE CITY, CANNIBAL FEROX) is a lost classic long unavailable to fans of classy kinky flicks.RTwo young, sexually-free hippies, Dick (Ray Lovelock) and Ingrid (Ornella Muti) finance their ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 164 members
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  • Kriminal (1966)
    Starring: Glenn Saxson,  Helga Line,  Andrea Bosic
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A segue between the Italian Gothic Horror and Giallo genres were the popular film versions of the Italian fumetti comic books. One of the first anti-hero's of this genre was Kriminal: A masked villain who dresses in a skeleton costume to accomplish his fiendish plans.
    1.5 stars out of 5 24% from 9 members
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  • Sandokan The Great on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Steve Reeves,  Jacqueline Sassard,  Mimmo Palmara
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Steve Reeves stars in this swashbuckling tale of action and adventure, as a dashing, muscle-bound sultan's son struggling to single-handedly stave off Queen Victoria's army of invaders and thereby save his father from kidnappers.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 27 members
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Umberto Lenzi facts

5 most recent films

House Of Witchcraft - 2.0 stars
The House Of Lost Souls - 2.0 stars
Hitcher In the Dark - 2.5 stars
Cannibal Ferox - 2.0 stars
Nightmare City - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Almost Human - 3.0 stars
Oasis Of Fear - 2.5 stars
Nightmare City - 2.5 stars
Deep River Savages - 2.0 stars
Cannibal Ferox - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Kriminal - 1.5 stars
Knife of Ice - 1.5 stars
Paranoia - 1.5 stars
Spasmo - 2.0 stars
The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ivan Rassimov - 3 times - show films
Andrea Bosic - 2 times - show films
Ray Lovelock - 2 times - show films
Carroll Baker - 2 times - show films
Mel Ferrer - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Humphrey Humbert - 1 times - show films
Umberto Le - 1 times - show films