Mondo Cannibale

Mondo Cannibale
Original release poster
Directed byJesús Franco
Written byJesús Franco
Produced by
  • Daniel Lesoeur
  • Marius Lesoeur
  • Franco Prosperi
Starring
Cinematography
  • Luis Colombo
  • Juan Soler
Edited by
  • Roland Grillon
  • Antonio Hermand
Music byRoberto Pregadio
Production
companies
  • Eurociné
  • Eurofilms
Distributed byAtlas Films SPRL-PVBA
Release date
  • 15 September 1980 (1980-09-15) (Italy)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy
Languages
  • Italian
  • English

Mondo Cannibale (English: Cannibal World; also known as The Cannibals or simply Cannibals –, Die Blonde Göttin, White Cannibal Queen, A Woman for the Cannibals and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 Spanish-Italian cannibal exploitation film directed by Jesús Franco and stars Al Cliver and a then-17 year old Sabrina Siani. It is one of two cannibal films directed by Franco starring Cliver, the other being Devil Hunter.

Franco's original shooting title was Rio Salvaje, but it was changed to Mondo Cannibale before its release. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.