La Montagne du dieu cannibale

Original title: La montagna del dio cannibale

1978
13
1h 39m

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Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach in La Montagne du dieu cannibale (1978)

A woman is aided by her brother, a professor and an explorer as they search the jungles of New Guinea for her anthropologist husband, who vanished near a mountain that is said to be cursed.A woman is aided by her brother, a professor and an explorer as they search the jungles of New Guinea for her anthropologist husband, who vanished near a mountain that is said to be cursed.A woman is aided by her brother, a professor and an explorer as they search the jungles of New Guinea for her anthropologist husband, who vanished near a mountain that is said to be cursed.

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Trivia
The film was banned in the UK until 2001 for its graphic violence (mostly for its very real animal violence) and was once one of the infamous 72 "video nasties".

Goofs
When the snake eats the monkey, it is supposed to be natural footage of one animal eating another. There are many leaves around the shot and one of them was very clearly added during editing to hide a device used to launch the monkey into the snake's mouth (a frame-by-frame analysis of this scene can be found on the unrated Blue Underground DVD release).

Crazy credits
The film's ending credits do not actually state what the job of each individual was. Instead, it merely lists the technicians involved, which is why many have mistaken this for a cast list. This was because of the guerrilla nature of the shooting of this film, which meant the film crew positions were very fluid.

Alternate versions
This film was one of the original 72 video nasties of the UK (under the title "Prisoner of the Cannibal God") and was on the infamous DPP 72 list. The theatrical version was cut to remove all the footage of animal violence in it and the 2001 Vipco DVD version (now re-titled "The Mountain of the Cannibal God") featured a longer and more complete U.S. print, although a further two minutes and six seconds were cut by the BBFC to remove genuine footage of a snake fighting a bird and a snake killing and eating a live monkey.

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Edited into La secte des cannibales (1980)

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7/10

Very well-made jungle adventure

"Mountain of the Cannibal God" may disappoint those looking for a hardcore cannibal flick, but if you're willing to accept it as a jungle adventure with occasional doses of gore it works better. The production is colorful and polished; this movie really looks great on DVD. Sergio Martino does a solid job with the direction; apart from "Predator", I don't think I've seen a film with a better sense of place during its jungle scenes. The plot has a good build-up, and even attempts a couple of twists. Ursula Andress handles her physically demanding role well (no wonder the cannibals mistake her for a goddess; that's what Ursula is. And did anyone else find one of the cannibal girls that were painting her up quite hot?). Stacy Keach is a solid lead and has the best (and best-delivered) line in the film: "You never forget the taste of human flesh!". By the way, I watched a 97-minute version which was quite gory, but had some "extreme" scenes that others have mentioned (bestiality) missing. (**1/2)