This incredibly violent but beautiful adventure horror film doesn't seem to have a proper way out for Ursula Andress as a wife searching for her missing husband in the wild outback of New Guinea dealing with all sorts of horrific creatures and even cannibalistic tribes, treading through mucky landscapes and impossible mountainous regions with the help of guide Stacy Keach, other assorted Europeans and fearful natives. They know that danger is everywhere around the corner, and if they aren't being decapitated or pierced with spears, they are flung over waterfalls or end up a snack for the hideously frightening puka tribe. Nearly nude natives aren't the issue, but the painted white pukas have no shame in their bloody rituals. This is not a film to watch late at night because it's not just the gore but the beastiality of the pukas that may give you nightmares.
You really see very few cute mammals and birds in this, but snakes of varying sizes and poisons, lizards of all kinds and even the most vile kinds of humans. A seemingly loyal guide turns out to be a member of the puka tribe, seeking vengeance on the visitors, and in the conclusion, they seek to turn them into Cannibals as well. Watchable but frequently hard to take when it goes too far, it gives a glimpse into a part of the world rarely explored, a place where Indiana Jones would dare not go. Andress is gorgeous and displays her body in a variety of nude shots. When she is nearly raped by a puka, the chief of the tribe reacts in a way far too realistic looking to be faked, although it must have been. The conclusion in a giant cave brought out feelings of claustrophobia in me that was more frightening than anything else. Unforgettable in every way but that isn't necessarily a good thing.
You really see very few cute mammals and birds in this, but snakes of varying sizes and poisons, lizards of all kinds and even the most vile kinds of humans. A seemingly loyal guide turns out to be a member of the puka tribe, seeking vengeance on the visitors, and in the conclusion, they seek to turn them into Cannibals as well. Watchable but frequently hard to take when it goes too far, it gives a glimpse into a part of the world rarely explored, a place where Indiana Jones would dare not go. Andress is gorgeous and displays her body in a variety of nude shots. When she is nearly raped by a puka, the chief of the tribe reacts in a way far too realistic looking to be faked, although it must have been. The conclusion in a giant cave brought out feelings of claustrophobia in me that was more frightening than anything else. Unforgettable in every way but that isn't necessarily a good thing.