Eaten Alive (Mangiati Vivi) (1980)

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Eaten Alive aka Mangiati vivi

An entertaining rag-bag of cannibalism, "Jim Jones-ploitation" and action film. Briefly, Southern belle Sheila is searching for her lost long sister who disappeared in the jungle and resurfaced in a mondo 8mm film found on the body of an assassin. Hiring desperado Mark they head out to New Guinea only to meet cannibals and a demented cult run by Jonas (the films Jim Jones character), a cocktail of kool aid and cannibalism follows, "special guest star" Mel Ferrer phones in his cameo from NYC. Two interesting points shine in Eaten Alive, the titles set against 42nd Street grindhouses and wedded to a disco-era rendition of the theme from Cannibal Ferox, and the presence of East Coast XXX actor Robert Kerman, who as R. Bolla was eaten alive in a more normal fashion in movies that played the aforementioned forty deuce. Kerman/Bolla puts in a fine performance as a grisly but likeable seen it all type. How New Yorker Kerman came to appear in nearly all Italian cannibal films must be a story in itself. When it opened in the UK, Eaten Alive had one of the most strongest posters ever seen from Wardour Street, a blood splattered depiction of Me Me Lai's demise, it left people shell shocked and was remembered years after. Then and now however Eaten Alive has been much butchered by the censors, at last count by 5 minutes 42 seconds. Gone are blood caked cannibalism, national geographic animal butchery and some kinky stuff at Jonas place, alas Me Me's demise has also bit the dust. Something you'll never realise then is that Umberto Lenzi perhaps sensing the genre had run its course, recycles moments from his own Deep River Savages, and competitor Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal, making Eaten Alive a greatest hits package "Now that what I call Anthropophagous" if you will. British DVD's live in fear of censorship cuts that instantly curtail their value, but they are also damned by a lack of extras-(audio commentaries, trailers etc). In this respect Eaten Alive suffers both externally and internally, a number of stills are short change indeed. Even seen cut Eaten Alive is a fine exploitation thriller, but there is a sense of compromise, the question is how much is the worth of a film called Eaten Alive that no longer contains anyone being Eaten Alive?

IMDb

NOTES
*This is fully UNCUT version
*Runtime: 92 min
*'Decent' video/audio quality
*Language = english
*Verified & shared

Eaten Alive (DVD-RIP) UNCUT by MM69 SVCD1-2.mpg
Eaten Alive (DVD-RIP) UNCUT by MM69 SVCD2-2.mpg

Late 70's exploitation. Nasty stuff... no need to say more. I myself didn't like those real animal butchery scenes at all... but worth the download cause this one is pretty rare, I believe.

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Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:12 pm **Post subject:**

Cool another one to add to my nasty cannibal collection.
thanks

tiZ · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 8:05 pm **Post subject:**

anyone still got this one goin?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 8:12 pm **Post subject:**

I cancelled this never saw a FS, so if anyone's got a copt a re-share would be fantastic

all4jaws · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 10:11 pm **Post subject:**

I have this one, i'll put it back in my shares right away.

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 10:23 pm **Post subject:**

that would be cool as i too cancelled this one after never completing

DxaKrator · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 10:40 pm **Post subject:**

Thank you sir..I did what Purple did and cancelled it after no progress..great someone is sticking it back up...Narrowing on on completing my cannibal collection. :beerchug:

all4jaws · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2004 10:41 pm **Post subject:**

Ok guys, hash check... match.
powershare... activated.
Now would be a good time to get thes oversized fuc*ers..

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2004 1:00 am **Post subject:**

cheerz

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue May 25, 2004 7:27 am **Post subject:**

Thanks all4jaws :beerchug:

DxaKrator · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2004 1:23 am **Post subject:**

Would an uncut avi from the dvd be wanted?

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2004 5:01 am **Post subject:**

DxaKrator wrote:

Would an uncut avi from the dvd be wanted?

should you even need to ask? :mrgreen:

DxaKrator · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2004 10:22 pm **Post subject:**

Hehe...ok...they got 2 different versions of it down there...I need to look up and see which one is the most uncut though.Had Cannibal terror down there too,is that one still needed or has it been released?

George Tatum · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2004 10:23 pm **Post subject:**

DxaKrator wrote:

:mrgreen: Hehe...ok...they got 2 different versions of it down there...I need to look up and see which one is the most uncut though.Had Cannibal terror down there too,is that one still needed or has it been released?

Cannibal Terror has been released as part of the Video Nasties collection.

DxaKrator · **Posted:** Sun May 30, 2004 12:30 am **Post subject:**

I thought I had seen it released before but I wasn't quite sure where..and not even sure I grabbed it or not(Damn I need to sort through these things!)Thanks for that george...wanting to grab stuff that hasn't been put out yet or is in need of a better file.I know I would rather have an avi of Eaten alive than a svcd rip.They got this edition Which is the shreik show.Media Blasters version:

Dvd Compare has the specs for this version

Quote:

R1 America - (Shriek Show/Media Blasters) Extras:Cast and crew interviews
Photo and art gallery
Theatrical trailerPicture format:1.66:1 Anamorphic NTSC Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 formatCase type:Amaray Case

And this one released by EC

HorrorDvds had this to say on the one by EC

Quote:

Letterboxed at what looks like 1.66:1 (no ratio is specified on the package), and lacking 16x9 enhancement, the image is mediocre at best. The back cover says the film was "Digitally Remastered from the Original 16mm Negatives in 1995". Translation: EC ported over their old laserdisc transfer onto DVD. The image has quite a few problems - grain, scratches and blemishes aplenty, colors that seem oversaturated at times, undersaturated at others. Normally I would be more generous in my rating for the video quality, since this was a very cheap shot-on-16mm production, but the fact that EC Entertainment ported over an old transfer, like they have with a number of other releases, is simply too frustrating to let alone. It?s getting a C-.

Quote:

Technical Info.

DVD

EC Entertainment
DVD Released 1999
MSRP $34.00
Running Time - 1 hour 22 minutes
Color
Region 0, NTSC
Not Rated
Widescreen 1.66:1 | 16x9: No
1 Disc, Single Layered (DVD5)
14 Chapter Stops
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0

So which one you think?I am heading down there again today and was going to pick it up.

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Eaten Alive (Mangiati Vivi) (1980)

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