Mountain of the Cannibal God
Mountain of the Cannibal God is a 1978 film from Italy, directed by Sergio Martino, running 101 minutes. reelscum files it under cannibal boom and video nasty.
- Year
- 1978 · 1970s films
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Director
- Sergio Martino
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- known (25/100)
- Also known as
- Primitive Desires · Mountain of the Cannibal God · Prisoner of the Cannibal God
- Banned in
- UK
Defined in the glossary: Cannibal boom, Video nasty
A DPP video nasty as Prisoner of the Cannibal God, cut for its real animal killings.
The cannibal cycle in a dinner jacket, ex-Bond girl and real animal deaths included.
This is the cannibal film with a budget and a cast list, the one where an actual Bond girl walks into the jungle. Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach lead an expedition through New Guinea after her missing husband, and Sergio Martino shoots the trek with real widescreen gloss before delivering every degradation the genre demands. It is better made than Cannibal Holocaust and much less interested in defending itself. It also kills several animals on camera for real, including the usual python-and-monkey footage, so know that going in. Andress reportedly took the part for the money and the location, and both are visibly on screen.
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The cycle in depth
- The Italian cannibal cycle, 1977 to 1985
Eight years, a dozen films, one arrest, and a court appearance to prove the cast were still alive.
- Banned, cut and confiscated
A Fulci print flown out of the country, an Australian rating that just means no, and a German court that filed The Evil Dead under criminal violence. Three states, three machines for making a film disappear.
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