The lovely Laura, on a modelling job in South Africa, is kidnapped by a gang who carry her off into the jungle from where they demand a huge ransom. Two men set off in a helicopter to rescue her, little knowing what horrors Laura is enduring in the meantime in the savage clutches of a primitive and bloodthristy world. Laura's rescuers not only have to face the cruel violence of her captors - but also the horrifying lust for blood of a primitive and cruel god.
Practical Effects
Gore effects that'll make you respect Tom Savini forever.
Direction
Franco's signature: zooms on things that don't need zooming.
Director
Jesús Franco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in the UK as a 'video nasty' in 1984, though prosecutors later admitted they couldn't finish watching it. Cowards.
Franco shot this back-to-back with 'Cannibals' (1980) using the same jungle location and recycled gore effects—efficiency!
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