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Mondo Cannibale
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Wikipedia article
'Mondo Cannibale' (English: 'Cannibal World' ; also known as 'The Cannibals', 'Die Blonde Gttin', 'White Cannibal Queen', 'A Woman for the Cannibals' and 'Barbarian Goddess') is a 1980 Spanish-Italian cannibal exploitation film directed by Jess Franco and stars Al Cliver and a then-17 year old Sabrina Siani. It is one of two cannibal films directed by Franco starring Cliver, the other being 'Devil Hunter'.
Franco's original shooting title was 'Rio Salvaje', but it was changed to 'Mondo Cannibale' before its release. While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
Plot
A father (Al Cliver) attempts to rescue his teenage daughter (Sabrina Siani) from a tribe of man-eating primitives who (unknown to him) have made her their queen.
Cast
* Sabrina Siani as Lana
** Anouska as Young Lana
* Al Cliver as Jeremy Taylor
* Oliver Mathot as Charles Fenton
* Antonio Mayans as Yakak
* Lina Romay as Ana
* Jess Franco as Mr. Martin (uncredited cameo)
Production
Franco said in the interview that he only did the two cannibal films for the money, and said that he had no idea why anyone would want to watch such films. He said that Sabrina Siani was the worst actress that he ever worked with in his life (second only to Romina Power) and that Siani's only good quality was her "delectable derrire".Blue Underground (November 13, 2007). 'Franco Holocaust': Interview with writer/director Jess Franco. 'Cannibals DVD Extras' (Interview). Retrieved 12 March 2018
Reception
Ian Jane from DVD Talk awarded the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, criticizing the film for its poor acting, ineffective special effects, screenplay, music score, and editing. However, Jane went on to state "there's a strange manic energy to the picture that makes it a lot of fun to watch."
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