This one plays pretty much like a slasher movie except instead of some homicidal nutjob doing all the killing you get a bunch of wild zoo animals imbued with maniacal fury thanks to some pcp-infused water running amuck. Directed by Franco Prosperi, best known for doing MONDO CANE as well as a few other infamous mondo-type films, this one is full of "how the hell did they film that?"-scenes. A tiger runs around a subway, a cheetah chases a Volkswagon bug around the city streets, a polar bear attacks some kids in a school amongst other insane spectacles. I'm guessing much of the budget went towards buying animal tranquilizers. Sadly it looks like many animals were not treated well as is often the case with these older European films so if you're a hardcore animal lover this might not be a good choice of viewing material. The gore on display is fairly excessive including an elephant stomping a lady's head, rats eating some people alive and that old standby- the seeing eye dog killing his master(done already in SUSPIRIA and THE BEYOND before this). A strange combination of animals-gone-crazy mixed with bloody Euro-slasher. AKA SAVAGE BEASTS
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