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Cyclone (1978)
Director: René Cardona Jr.
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Lionel Stander, AndrĂ©s GarcĂa
Runtime118 min
Rating15
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An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Cyclone, the 1978 horror film directed by René Cardona Jr., received a mixed critical reception. While some praised the film's suspenseful premise of plane crash survivors resorting to cannibalism, others found the execution to be lacking. Despite its divisive critical response, the film does not appear to have received any major awards recognition. Its IMDb rating of 5.1 and lack of Rotten Tomatoes data suggest a lukewarm public reception.
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Fans of gripping, existential horror will appreciate the intense, unsettling survival story at the heart of Cyclone. Directed by the acclaimed René Cardona Jr. in 1978, the film follows a group of plane crash survivors adrift at sea, forced to make desperate choices to stay alive - including resorting to cannibalism. With strong performances from stars like Arthur Kennedy and Carroll Baker, Cyclone is a chilling exploration of human nature under extreme duress.
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Cyclone is a 1978 Mexican survival horror film directed by René Cardona Jr. and starring Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, and Lionel Stander. The plot follows a group of passengers from a crashed airplane who find refuge on a small tour boat in the ocean, and who eventually resort to cannibalism for survival. The film is purportedly based in part on Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944).
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