Terror in the Jungle

I am the proud owner of a copy of 'Terror in the Jungle' which I bought for £2 second hand at Stevenage indoor-market. What I took home was a thrilling journey through bad film making, a movie which excels at every aspect of trash. If I didn't know better I'd say this movie was a spoof. The over reliance on stock footage, dubious extended scenes of a young boy crying and a frankly racist depiction of South American tribesmen all combine with hilarious wooden acting. My favourite scene is the plane crash when all the passengers jolt upright with 'terrified' expressions on their faces. Classic.

This typically abysmal Crown International Pictures release deals with a little boy who is the sole survivor of an airplane crash, fighting for his life in a savage jungle teeming with hungry beasts and headhunters. The kid cries constantly, so don't be surprised if you find yourself rooting for the alligators. Apparently a shot-on-location epic, it still somehow manages to incorporate a great deal of "Wild Kingdom" type footage on obviously different film-stock.

TERROR IN THE JUNGLE has some incidentally hilarious moments, my personal favorite being an early scene aboard the plane, where a rock band with crappy Beatle wigs entertains the passengers with a song as a sultry starlet dances "A-go-go" in the aisle. This scene was clearly included solely for a poster tagline - "HEAR THE NEW SMASH HIT BY(insert unknown rock band name here)!!". Cast of nobodies presumably went straight back to driving cabs, cutting hair, etc. After the film's wrap-up...the director, however, went on to a career making all-male porn features.

Schlock film lovers will want to track this one down...it's the kind of bad that makes you reevaluate the crowning of something like PLAN NINE as "the worst movie ever"...which it ain't.

2/10.

Making a jungle movie POORLY isn't easy...first, you have to make sure that the nightclub style ceremonial dance scenes are choreographed with just the right amount of schlock...you have to make sure all of the costumes have been lifted from the 1968 Miss America (or maybe Miss Ecuador) swimsuit competition...and you definitely MUST insure that all the actors have never performed beyond the high school level...

I'M TOTALLY AMAZED THAT THIS MOVIE ISN'T UNIVERSALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY MADE BAD MOVIE OF ALL TIME. I laughed more during this movie than any other...EVER!!!!!

The problem is that, since it is so unknown, it's hard to find. Yet it's definitely worth the effort if you like this sort of thing,

A bad film. Very bad film. Boring and terrible. It takes 25 minutes to get to the point - a plane crash that leaves a young boy stranded in the jungle - the only survivor. After the plane crash, we see the young boy in what appears to be a black coffin made for a child instead of an inflatable life-raft - but he was wearing his life-vest - good for him! he is found by a tribe - a tribe that is left over from the ancient Mayan, Aztec, or Incans - IDK which. The kid has blond hair that glows in the sunlight - that is the only reason he was saved from sacrifice.

Yes they are looking for any survivors of the plane crash and that is boring as well. Just as boring when the kid is found.

Bland jungle film - you can easily pass this one up. BTW I acquired this movie in the Pure Terror 50 Movie Pack - this one is not a horror film.

1/10

Terror in the Jungle is a real find. If you saw it, you're one of the few lucky ones. It's hilarious!

The story is about an airplane crashing in the middle of the south American jungle. The crash scene has to be seen to be believed. Everyone dies in the crash or they're subsequently eaten alive by crocodiles. Only a young blonde boy survives. A nearby tribes brings the kid to their village and they (seemingly all males) venerate him because of his golden hair! I kid you NOT! At the end, there's a lot of wrestling between the natives and the man on the search for any survivors of the downed airplane. All the while, the kid sits on a throne and his blond hair is surrounded by a golden halo and he cries nonstop!! It's a hoot!!!

Very obscure and contains very questionable subtexts. A must if you're into obscure, it's-so-bad-it's-good movies.