A woman's baby fever summons a horny forest demon. 1970s Argentine exploitation cinema goes WILD.
Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen with love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.
Acting
Isabel Sarli commits fully to unhinged maternal desperation.
Cinematography
Sweaty, lurid jungle atmosphere that feels genuinely unwell.
Practical Effects
Pombero creature design: deeply unsexy forest goblin realness.
Director
Armando Bó
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pombero is a real Guaraní folklore figure, a mischievous forest spirit—here twisted into a possessive incel demon.
Isabel Sarli was director Armando Bó's muse and partner; this was their seventeenth collaboration, and she reportedly hated the creature makeup scenes.
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