88 Films goes Eurociné with the nadir of the French exploitation company's attempts to cash in on the Italian cannibal craze with the Blu-ray of CANNIBAL TERROR.

Barely able to scrape by on petty thievery and turning tricks, two-bit thieves Mario (Antionio Mayans, MACUMBA SEXUAL) and Roberto (Antoine Fontaine, HELLTRAIN), and prostitute Lina (Mariam Camacho) hit upon the idea of ransoming car executive Danville's (Olivier Mathot, BLUE RITA) young daughter Florence (Annabelle). When their fourth partner is involved in a very public traffic accident that brings the police, the trio contact club owner Don Pepe for help and he sets them up with an out of the way hideout. Pepe's "man Mickey" turns out to be a she who transports them across the border warning them that the road they have to travel skirts cannibal country just before the radiator overheats. When Mickey fails to return from a trip the river for water, the trio and their hostage make their way to the hideout of aged Antonio (Gérard Lemaire, LOVE AT THE TOP) and his much younger wife Manuela (Pamela Stanford, LORNA THE EXORCIST). Although he owes Don Pepe a favor, Antonio is uneasy about abetting kidnappers and keeps his wife ignorant of their guests' identities and intentions. When Antonio leaves for a few days and Mario rapes Manuela, however, Antonio gets revenge by leading Mario into the jungle under the ruse of a hunting trip and leaving him tied up as food for the cannibals. Manuela realizes that her husband's guests are kidnappers, she has one of the locals get word to the authorities. Danville is able to find out ahead of the authorities the whereabouts of his daughter and the kidnappers and decides to execute a three "man" rescue mission with his wife (Sylvia Solar, THE WEREWOLF AND THE YETI) and army buddy Alfredo. When they realize that Danville is on their trail, Roberto and Lina flee into the jungle with Florence and are captured by the cannibals. With the Danvilles and Antonio in danger of walking into the same trap, Manuela rounds up some of the locals for another rescue team.

The attempts of Eurociné – a French sexploitation house run by father and son Marius Lesoeur and Daniel Lesoeur – to cash in on the Italian zombie genre with Jess Franco's OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES and the partially Jean Rollin-directed ZOMBIE LAKE – were barely competent but possessed meager charms. The French exploitation company's attempts to cash in on the Italian cannibal genre with DEVIL HUNTER, CANNIBAL TERROR, and WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN test even the most patient and trash-hungry viewers. CANNIBAL TERROR is regarded as not just the worst of the three Eurocine cannibal films, but the worst of Eurociné productions. The story is straightforward but the pacing is downright murderous. After a laborious thirteen minutes of set-up (with the theme music heard twice in its entirety), the film's first action set-piece in the abduction of little Florence happens entirely off-screen. Despite the film being helmed by unabashed hardcore pornographer Alain Deruelle – Olivier Mathot is also listed in some sources as an uncredited co-director (he did shoot some additional scenes for Jess Franco's CECILIA), while Julio Pérez Tabernero (SEXY CAT) may be credited on Spanish prints for quota purposes along with cameraman Emilio Foriscot (FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR) who is listed in some sources – there is very little to titillate the viewer, and even a repugnant rape scene fails to provide requisite views of female flesh (although Stanford is seen getting out of an outside tub beforehand). The gore scenes are ropey but executed with gusto as the very Caucasian natives pull out the innards of a slaughtered pig repeatedly in close-up; however, these sequences are never as disturbing as the average Italian cannibal film feeding frenzy. The exchange of gunfire and arrows between the rescuers and the cannibals is better choreographed than edited, but boredom may have set in long before the kidnappers get what is coming to them and you may not care whether the little girl is rescued.

Unreleased in the United States theatrically or on VHS – although it ended up on the Video Nasty list in the UK which was a non-issue when the film hit DVD in that country in 2003 – CANNIBAL TERROR had its first official stateside release with Severin Films' 2008 DVD which featured an anamorphic transfer with English credits as well as a brief deleted scene in the extras and a Blu-ray upgrade in 2015 as a double feature with DEVIL HUNTER. That transfer featured French credits and added the French dub track without subtitles as well as new extras. 88 Films utilizes the same master for their 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 widescreen Blu-ray. Undeservedly better archived than most Eurocine titles, CANNIBAL TERROR's materials look quite clean with reds that pop and effects that look just as ludicrous as they did in standard definition. English and French LPCM 2.0 mono tracks are included of similar quality, although the French track is not only better acted but has a tad more umph. While Severin neglected to include subtitles on their Blu-ray, Eurocine includes only English HoH subtitles for the dub track which not only has more profanity than the French but also includes more expository dialogue.