An obscure '70s Horror Film? I need more.
It was shot in The Philippines? So what? Like 100 Films were!
It is the only Film Directed by 'Sharkey' from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?
Now I'm interested in watching...
Another woman- the actual Lead- is kidnapped next and ends up in the Jungle with the previously seen victim (below left), another blonde and a local woman named Betty (below right).
This was all done by a Cult...for reasons.
I'll get to them, but, first, that cape.
The Cult's main proctor- who looks like the Brady Bunch version of Doctor Strange- says that our Lead is the 'chosen one.'
Why?
Well, he made a painting that looks like her, so...
Laura here is told that the Cult is full of people who drink the blood of young women to stay young. Ah, that old chestnut.
If she joins them, things will change...somehow...I guess.
She refuses, so we never actually find out what she is supposed to do for them.
They demonstrate by cutting the necks and drinking about 2 oz of blood.
If the 'donors' don't give good blood, they are left to rot and decay.
It sure is a shock when Laura tries to escape with the others, eh?
To find out what happens to them, stream the Film now.
It is...not very interesting. It sure sounds like it should and could be though.
4 Women kidnapped by a blood drinking Cult in the Jungle? That sounds exciting.
The problem- not much actually happens. As a result, everything is drawn out.
If they cut out the extended parts of them being led through the Sewer, the Jungle and later the opposite direction in the Jungle, you'd lose a good 10 minutes- easy. Just think about the prolonged bits in the beginning of The Horrors of Spider Island for comparison.
Terry Becker (aka Sharkey) has a Co-Writer Credit here too, so hopefully that wasn't his work. Kowalski would have written that, but not him.
This is a real cheapie Drive-In kind of Film. If you could just stop paying much attention after the first 10-20 minutes to make out with your Girlfriend/Boyfriend, you don't miss much.
Hell, the ladies escape TWO DIFFERENT TIMES during this one.
Hell, the ladies escape TWO DIFFERENT TIMES during this one.
For fans of sleaze, there's no Nudity (just implied), some minor bits of 'freaky looking' people and a little bit of blood. Otherwise, it is pretty by-the-numbers stuff. While it is only 90 minutes, it sure feels quite a bit longer...
Fans of these kinds of Films will probably still like this. It is familiar stuff, but, at the same time, it is familiar stuff, so...
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