- Director
- Antonio Margheriti
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 92 min
Also released as
- Apocalypse domani
- Invasion of the Flesh Hunters
- Cannibals in the Streets
- Cannibals in the City
- Apokalipsa kanibali
- Cannibal Massacre
- Perseguição Selvagem
- Apocalípsis canibal
- The Slaughterers
- Cannibal Virus
- Апокалипсис каннибалов
- Apokalypsa kanibalů
- Demain l'apocalypse
- Canibais do Apocalipse
Cannibal Apocalypse
Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 Italian, Spanish and American zombie film directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is one of the 72 films on the Director of Public Prosecutions' video nasties list, and it was successfully prosecuted for obscenity.
Vietnam veterans come home with a bite that spreads. A better idea than the film delivers.
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Vietnam veterans come home carrying something transmitted by a bite, and the infection spreads through Atlanta.
The idea is better than the cycle it got filed into. It is not really a cannibal film at all; it is a returning-veteran film in the mode of Rolling Thunder, with the trauma made literal and contagious, and the flashback that opens it is the strongest thing in the picture.
John Saxon is doing real work as a man who knows what he is and is trying to hold a suburban life together anyway.
Antonio Margheriti was a competent journeyman and the film is watchable throughout, which cannot be said for most of the list.
Successfully prosecuted. The sewer finale and a hole through a torso are what did it.
Banned, seized, prosecuted
DPP 72 · successfully prosecuted
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Where to watch
Canada
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Checked 9 Aug 2026
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