Directed by: Umberto Lenzi
Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai, Prasitsak Singhara
Language: English
Country: Italy
Also known as: Il paese del sesso selvaggio, Sacrifice!, Mondo cannibale
Description: A photographer in the rain forest is captured by wild natives, and after months of living with them, he marries the chief’s daughter and helps protect the village from a vicious cannibal tribe.
I liked this one strictly for its exoticness. Ivan Rassimov (R.I.P Big Man) actually could have become an action star if he wasn’t more inclined to stay in Europe. And Me Me Lay (Where is SHE now?) looks great dressed or naked. She has a great face. I have the Prism edition video. That one is missing a brief cannibal scene that later showed up in Lenzi’s “Eaten Alive by the Cannibals.” The cinematography was well done and I may catch some heat for this but I actually liked the music. Obviously it ripped off “A Man Called Horse” but the change in location gave it a bit more to work with. The love scene in the river came very close to XXX. A well placed bush (no pun intended) kept it soft-core. I heard rumors that Rassimov and Lay were romantically linked at one point but I don’t know how true it is. Not much gore, so jungle flick fans should like it. I know I did.
