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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,  Susanna Martinkova,  Sonia Petrova
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young man has a recurring dream in which he visits an old house where his head is boiled in a kettle. His girlfriend notices that he is becoming increasingly anguished and suggests they take a holiday together in an old house which belongs to her family. But the house they visit is the very same ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 177 members
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  • The House Of Lost Souls on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Matteo Gazzolo,  Stefania O. Garello
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A group of young geologists stop-over at an old hotel and soon find themselves caught up in a night of unspeakable horror. It seems the hotel was once the site of a series of grisly murders, and those glory days are about to return again.
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 147 members
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  • Cannibal Ferox (1981)
    Starring: Walter Lloyd,  John Bartha,  Brian Redford
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Unavailable since 1982, this former 'video nasty' follows a group of scientists and students on a journey into the Colombian jungle. The aim of the expedition is to prove that cannibalism does not exist, but when the explorers stumble across a lost tribe they find graphic evidence which points to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 923 members
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  • Eaten Alive on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Janet Agren,  Robert Kerman,  Paola Senatore
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This cult cannibal flick comes from director Umberto Lenzi, and tells of the disappearance of a young girl. The only clue to her whereabouts is a reel of film found on the body of a hitman assassinated in New York. From this clue, the girl's sister sets out to New Guinea to track down 'Mr Jonas', ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 306 members
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  • Nightmare City (1980)
    Starring: Francisco Rabal,  Hugo Stiglitz,  Laura Trotter
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A radioactive spill causes mass contaminatin and thousands of infected citizens are turned into bloodthirsty undead fiends who can only be killed by a bullet to the brain. Released uncut for the first time.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 316 members
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  • From Hell To Victory (1979)
    Starring: George Peppard,  George Hamilton
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    WWII ensemble drama directed by Umberto Lenzi. In August 1939, six friends from different European countries (George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz, Anne Duperey, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Sam Wanamaker) meet in Paris and make a vow to meet every year at the same cafe. Their differing paths ..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 45% from 23 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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  • Almost Human on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Franco Ferrari,  Lorenzo Piani,  Laura Belli
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Brutal crime drama from Italian director Umberto Lenzi, in which a petty crook decides to act out his dream of becoming one of the most feared criminals in Italy. Small-time miscreant Guilio Sacchi (Tomas Milian) has scraped by on spare change for most of his life, but one day decides he needs to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 98 members
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  • Deep River Savages on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Me Me Lai,  Ivan Rassimov,  Pratitsak Singhara
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cannibal horror directed by Umberto Lenzi. Fleeing from underworld justice, photojournalist John Bradley (Ivan Rassimov) takes to the jungle where he goes native and finds love. However, it turns out that this comes with a high price when he finds that he is living with natives who are not only ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 205 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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  • 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 »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 7 members
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  • Oasis Of Fear on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Ray Lovelock,  Irene Papas,  Ornella Muti
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Early 1970s 'giallo'-style sexploitation thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Ray Lovelock and Ornella Muti as Dick and Ingrid, two young, free-loving hippies who decide to finance their road trip to Italy by selling pornographic pictures of themselves. Flower power, catchy pop tunes and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 204 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: Andrea Bosic,  Steve Reeves,  Marie Versini
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Action packed adventure starring Steve Reeves as Malaysian rebel Sandokan. In a bid to release his father from prison, Sandokan abducts the niece of a British General. Determined to succeed, Sandokan and his crew have to battle through sweltering jungles, deadly swamps and unfamiliar territory ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 29 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
Eaten Alive - 2.0 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
Paranoia - 1.5 stars
Spasmo - 2.0 stars
Knife of Ice - 2.0 stars
The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert Kerman - 4 times - show films
Ivan Rassimov - 4 times - show films
Andrea Bosic - 3 times - show films
Mel Ferrer - 3 times - show films
Carroll Baker - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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