Mondo cannibale

This was the third jungle cannibal film I've watched from Jess Franco. Easily the best of the lot, but the competition for that crown isn't much. Franco was simply riding the Cannibal phase, and it simply shows.

I guess, I would say this low-rent production was enjoyable in parts. Loved the slow-motion cannibal munching and the nauseating camera zooms. Those poor ladies. Franco really throws caution to the wind. Although gore fx is a real mixed bag, it works, in spite of some laughable moments.

This includes hilarious dubbing. Even the birds are dubbed?! It was strange hearing cannibals speaking fluent English. Using words like exterminate. But even then, they weren't the most convincing looking tribal cannibals. Nice make-up, but they sure did smear it at times, when eating alive their victims.

The plot throws out many senseless developments. I liked how 'everything' suddenly comes back all at once from our prototginist's lost memory. And how about these people deciding to tag along on a dangerous jungle expedition. They thought they were going on a tea party?! It ain't no walk in the park either... even though some scenes (the nicely trimmed vegetation) look it. Stiff acting and repetitive actions galore.

Surprisingly the funky soundtrack is what I think is the best thing here. Well, I guess I can't leave out Sabrina Siani and Lina Romay either.