Devil Hunter (film)

Devil Hunter (also known as The Man Hunter, Mandingo Manhunter, Jungfrau unter Kannibalen and Sexo Caníbal) is a 1980 horror film directed by Jesús Franco under the pseudonym "Clifford Brown" and written by Franco and Julián Esteban (under the pseudonym Julius Valery). It was shot back-to-back with Franco's Mondo Cannibale (also 1980). It is one of the infamous "video nasties" that were banned in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.

Devil Hunter (a.k.a. The Man Hunter)
Severin Films 2008 DVD cover
Directed by	Jesús Franco (as Clifford Brown)
Screenplay by	Julián Esteban (as Julius Valery) Jesús Franco (as Clifford Brown)
Story by	Julián Esteban (as Julius Valery)
Produced by	Julián Esteban (as Julián Esteban Gómez) Daniel Lesoeur Karl Spiehs
Starring	Al Cliver Ursula Buchfellner
Cinematography	Juan Soler
Edited by	Nicole Guettard Federico Vich
Music by	Jesús Franco (as Jess Franco)
Production companies	Eurociné J.E. Films (Julian Esteban Films) Lisa Film
Release date	5 December 1980 (1980-12-05) (West Germany)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	West Germany Spain France
Language	German

Lina Romay was credited with co-directing this film, while Franco's first wife Nicole Guettard edited it. This shows that Franco was still with Guettard as late as 1980 (eventually they broke up and she was replaced in Franco's life by Romay). Pierre Chevalier was the art director on this film.

Release

The film was released on 5 December 1980 in West Germany as Jungfrau unter Kannibalen, and in Spain as Sexo Canibal. It was theatrically released in the U.S., the U.K. and Italy as The Man Hunter, but was later released to video in the U.K. as Devil Hunter. It also appeared on U.S. video as Mandingo Manhunter. It was banned as a video nasty in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.

Critical reception

Devil Hunter has been critically panned. Kurt Dahlke of DVD Talk called it a "horrible, trying piece of dreck that should have remained legendary and lost. That said, it's pretty fun stuff." DVD Verdict, similarly, called the film "trash" and wrote that "the storyline is threadbare and the characters are idiots (the horrid dubbing makes their dialogue endlessly entertaining) but Jess Franco does not hesitate in blasting out the nipples and bloodshed."

Cast

• Al Cliver as Peter Weston
• Ursula Buchfellner as Laura Crawford (as Ursula Fellner)
• Antonio Mayans as Jack (as Robert Foster)
• Antonio de Cabo as Thomas
• Bertrand Altmann as The Devil (as Burt Altman)
• Gisela Hahn as Jane
• Muriel Montossé as Girl on Yacht (as Victoria Adams)
• Werner Pochath as Chris
• Melo Costa as Pablito (as Leonardo Costa)
• Aline Mess as Cannibal Priestess (as Lynn Mess)
• Claude Boisson as Cannibal Chief

External links

• Devil Hunter at IMDb