In a DVD interview for 'Sexo Canibal', Jess Franco says that he hated the cannibal genre, and after his two cannibal films, he would never shoot another, as it was just a popular phase of cinema with the directors Umberto Lenzi and Ruggero Deodato.
The DVD release by Blue Underground features an interview with Jesús Franco in which he opens up about the state of the film. Franco said in the interview that he only did Devil Hunter (1980) and White Cannibal Queen (1980) for the money, and said that he had no idea why anyone would want to watch such films. He said that Sabrina Siani was the worst actress that he ever worked with in his life, second only to Romina Power, and that Siani's only good quality was her "delectable derrière".
The film is considered even by Jesús Franco himself to be one of the worst cannibal films ever made, if not the worst, due to its slow pacing, bad acting, terrible special effects and awful camera work.
The version titled "Mondo Cannibale 3" was signed by Jesús Franco as Clifford Brown, supposedly an homage to the real Clifford Brown, a jazz trumpeter.
The film was shot simultaneously with Cannibal Terror (1980), in July of 1980, and used many of the same sets.