Susan Stevenson (played by Ursula Andress) goes with her brother by plane to South America to look for her lost husband. Once there they hook up with Dr. Edward Foster who are familiar with the area and the three of them heads off into the jungle. Dr. Edward Foster figures that Susans husband went into an area called Ra Ra Mea that is apparently cursed, so they head there and run into more than they had wished for.
Mountain of the Cannibal God is one of the many famous old Italian cannibal/horror movies and it's quite a good one. Not as good as Cannibal Holocaust which is in a class by itself but other than that it's a pretty good and fast paced cannibal adventure movie that you should check out if you're into this genre and haven't seen it yet.
Like other similar movies in this genre, this one also contains a lot of animal cruelty, I don't know what's up with that, not that I fight for animal rights or anything but it's not cool or funny to watch or anything, just dumb and pointless. I know it's part of the genre and all that but I still think it's totally stupid.
Except for that I felt that this movie had a good flow, it's interesting and keeps itself interesting the whole movie throughout and is fast paced and offers a nice suitable enviroment.
The actors do an excellent job and are very convincing, especially Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach who are both brilliant. The effects are pretty good especially considering for the time the movie's from.
I can't say that there's any real horror in the movie, it has more suspense to it I guess and the cannibals are pretty cool to watch. It's as much a adventure as it is a horror flick and if you're into that then give it a go, it's well worth watching.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Slave of the Cannibal God
MOVIE YEAR: 1978
DIRECTOR: Sergio Martino
WRITING CREDITS: Cesare Frugoni
GENRE: Horror, Adventure
CAST: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli
COUNTRY: Italy
RUNTIME: 103 min
RATING: 8/10
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