Am I disappointed that a film that takes place in a supposed “Dinosaur Valley” doesn’t show me any dinosaurs? Immensely. Was I having fun for most of the film? Undoubtably..

The film starts out relatively lighthearted, almost as if it is lampooning the entire cannibal exploitation genre. The colourful cast of characters dwindles quickly, however, and as we are eventually left with a small handful of them, the film goes from a story about escaping groups of cannibals to escaping from a slaver. That’s decidedly less fun. The presentation still feels camp, even with the slaver scenes, especially when tools such as spears and firecrackers are a huge part of saving the day. The cheesy special effects help a lot also, but neither really help to elevate the film past cheesy schlock, especially when there’s some incredibly dark things used here purely for dramatic tension. The running from a dinosaur cult is fun, but threats of rape - also in sapphic flavor - is very much not fun.

Am I disappointed that a film that takes place in a supposed “Dinosaur Valley” doesn’t show me any dinosaurs? Immensely. Was I having fun for most of the film? Undoubtably..

The film starts out relatively lighthearted, almost as if it is lampooning the entire cannibal exploitation genre. The colourful cast of characters dwindles quickly, however, and as we are eventually left with a small handful of them, the film goes from a story about escaping groups of cannibals to escaping from a slaver. That’s decidedly less fun. The presentation still feels camp, even with the slaver scenes, especially when tools such as spears and firecrackers are a huge part of saving the day. The cheesy special effects help a lot also, but neither really help to elevate the film past cheesy schlock, especially when there’s some incredibly dark things used here purely for dramatic tension. The running from a dinosaur cult is fun, but threats of rape - also in sapphic flavor - is very much not fun.

1985 | Italian Horror | Cannibals

I actually only watched "Nudo e selvaggio" because of the English title "Massacre in Dinosaur Valley", but as unfortunately to be expected there were no dinosaurs, only a few fossils.

The fact that the film is often sold as a sequel to Lenzi's "Cannibal Ferox", of course unofficially, could hardly be more inappropriate as there is very little cannibal action and the film has nothing of its violence, gore and disgust.

Still, I liked the film. The set of characters is very entertaining and especially in its first third the film is also quite amusing and, as is so often the case with films of this kind, the score is great. What can be annoying is the sometimes extremely stupid behavior of the characters, but it leads to cool situations and therefore presented a rather small problem for me. In addition, the film has some very good action moments and manages to be entertaining for the most part, also due to its characters.

With dinosaurs, or even better: cannibal dinosaurs, I might have liked the film even more, but all in all it's an entertaining film.

1985 | Italian Horror | Cannibals

I actually only watched "Nudo e selvaggio" because of the English title "Massacre in Dinosaur Valley", but as unfortunately to be expected there were no dinosaurs, only a few fossils.

The fact that the film is often sold as a sequel to Lenzi's "Cannibal Ferox", of course unofficially, could hardly be more inappropriate as there is very little cannibal action and the film has nothing of its violence, gore and disgust.

Still, I liked the film. The set of characters is very entertaining and especially in its first third the film is also quite amusing and, as is so often the case with films of this kind, the score is great. What can be annoying is the sometimes extremely stupid behavior of the characters, but it leads to cool situations and therefore presented a rather small problem for me. In addition, the film has some very good action moments and manages to be entertaining for the most part, also due to its characters.

With dinosaurs, or even better: cannibal dinosaurs, I might have liked the film even more, but all in all it's an entertaining film.