{"id":38296,"date":"2017-01-19T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38296"},"modified":"2020-11-22T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:04:07","slug":"slave-of-the-cannibal-god-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38296","title":{"rendered":"Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t forget the taste of human flesh!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA woman (Ursula Andress) searching for her missing husband travels deep into the New Guinean jungles, accompanied by her brother (Antonio Marsina) and an anthropologist (Stacy Keach). Once there, she encounters a sexy explorer (Claudio Cassinelli), many predatory animals, and a tribe of cannibalistic natives.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cannibalism<\/li>\n<li>Jungles<\/li>\n<li>Native Peoples<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Stacy Keach Films<\/li>\n<li>Ursula Andress Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWithin the sub-genre of &#8220;cannibal horror flicks&#8221; &#8212; which <a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/slaveofthecannibalgod-prisonerofthecannibalgod.htm\">&#8220;has a well-deserved reputation as the genre that was prepared to go to the most graphically nasty extremes of any exploitation genre&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; this Italian adventure flick holds some limited fame, given that it had a generous budget, starred a couple of big-name actors (Andress and Keach), and wasn&#8217;t banned by any country. Does that make it worth viewing? Most decidedly not &#8212; unless your idea of fun is watching one-dimensional protagonists slogging their way through dense jungles, camera shots zooming in on menacing wildlife, native tribesmen (and women) enacting bestial rituals, and Andress heaving her glistening bosom while making heated proclamations:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Why can&#8217;t you realize &#8212; I want to find my husband, that&#8217;s all!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;My husband is missing &#8212; and I&#8217;m prepared to do ANYTHING to find him!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-1536x769.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2-539x270.png 539w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Andress2.png 1803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be forewarned that there&#8217;s a particularly nasty, infamous scene in which an enormous python devours a monkey in real-time. In an interview on the DVD, the director (Sergio Martino) claims it was all accidental and they just happened to film the moment, given that they &#8220;couldn&#8217;t do anything at that point to help&#8221; &#8212; but <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-Cannibal-God-Monkey-Snake.png\">a freeze-frame analysis shows that the monkey was shoved into the snake&#8217;s mouth<\/a>. Classy. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective use of authentic jungle settings<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-1536x747.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle-555x270.png 555w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Jungle.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-1024x505.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-53826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-1024x505.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-1536x757.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain-548x270.png 548w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Slave-of-the-Cannibal-God-Mountain.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo &#8212; unless you&#8217;re a film fanatic determined to familiarize yourself with every sub-genre out there. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077945\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/slaveofthecannibalgod-prisonerofthecannibalgod.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifilm.org\/musing3429.html\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t forget the taste of human flesh!&#8221; Synopsis: A woman (Ursula Andress) searching for her missing husband travels deep into the New Guinean jungles, accompanied by her brother (Antonio Marsina) and an anthropologist (Stacy Keach). Once there, she encounters a sexy explorer (Claudio Cassinelli), many predatory animals, and a tribe of cannibalistic natives. Genres: Cannibalism Jungles Native Peoples Search Stacy Keach Films Ursula Andress Films Review: Within the sub-genre of &#8220;cannibal horror flicks&#8221; &#8212; which &#8220;has a well-deserved reputation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38296\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38296"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53831,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38296\/revisions\/53831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}