White Cannibal Queen

Original title: Mondo cannibale

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A man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who beca... Read allA man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.A man who lost an arm and his family to a tribe of cannibals returns ten years later to bring back his teenager daughter, only to find that she grew up into a beautiful blonde woman who became the cannibals' queen.

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Al Cliver

Jeremy Taylor

Sabrina Siani

Lana

Jérôme Foulon

Safari member
(as Yerome Foulon)

Lina Romay

Ana
(as Candy Coster)

Shirley Knight

Barbara Shelton
(as Shirley Night)

Anouchka

Lana as a child
(as Anouska)

Antonio Mayans

Yakaké
(as Antony Mayans)

Olivier Mathot

Charles Fenton
(as Oliver Mathot)

Jesús Franco

Mr. Martin
(uncredited)

Raymond Hardy

John
(uncredited)

Anne Marie Rosier

Safari Member
(uncredited)

Pamela Stanford

Elisabeth Taylor
(uncredited)

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Trivia
In a DVD interview for 'Sexo Canibal', Jess Franco says that he hated the cannibal genre, and after his two cannibal films, he would never shoot another, as it was just a popular phase of cinema with the directors Umberto Lenzi and Ruggero Deodato.

Goofs
The tribal chief, upon discovering the girl in the river, extends his arm which shows a gold wedding ring.

Quotes
Jeremy Taylor: Are you Mr Martin?
Mr. Martin: That's me.
Jeremy Taylor: May we sit with you?
Mr. Martin: It's a public place.
Jeremy Taylor: I'm told that you know the Malavi region very well; better than you know the palm of your own hand.
Mr. Martin: No. Leave the palms of my hands out of it. It'd be impossible to know that region in depth.
Ana: Who would know it, then?
Mr. Martin: Only the Gaevis know it well.
Ana: That's just who we're looking for.
Mr. Martin: The Gaevis? Well, in that case, you people better look for somebody else around here.
Jeremy Taylor: But I was told that you trade with them...
Mr. Martin: So what about it? Even the Americans deal with the Russians without people making a big thing out of it. And, anyway, I always use intermediaries.
Jeremy Taylor: I must go into that region. And I need a guide, supplies and a couple of hundred men to help me out.
Mr. Martin: If you're really loaded... if you're loaded with a lot of cash, you'll find two or three desperate men ready to go with you and run any risks.
Jeremy Taylor: Unfortunately, I don't have the money.
Ana: His daughter was kidnapped by the Gaevis.
Mr. Martin: When was that?
Ana: Many years ago.
Mr. Martin: You'd better forget about it. Anyway
[looking at Taylor's amputated arm]
Mr. Martin: you should know all about them.
Mr. Martin: How dare you talk to me like that. You're just a filthy opportunist, a parasite earning a living trading with people who devour women and children. You disgust me. Let's get out of here.

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Edited into Cannibal Terror (1980)

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4/10

Jess Franco chomps on the cannibal genre

Prof. Taylor (Al Cliver) and his family are attacked on their boat by a group of cannibals. Taylor is taken back to the village and barely survives, losing his young daughter and left arm (!) in the process. He spends the next decade or so manic and recovering in New York City with the help of his nurse Ana (Lina Romay). When he finally comes to his senses, Taylor - with aid from his rich benefactors - mounts another journey into the jungle to rescue his daughter. Problem is that she is now married to the head of the tribe and, most likely, hates her one- armed daddy.

Always down for a little exploitation, director Jess Franco got his cannibal groove on in the late 70s/early 80s and shot this one in the south of Spain. The cannibals are laughable (one is spotted wearing a wedding band) and look like they were grabbed in a Lowes parking lot (not far off actually as Franco says they hired gypsies). Plus, they wear goofy make up that makes them look like they are members of the baseball gang in THE WARRIORS. Sabrina Siani, memorably nude in Fulci's CONQUEST, shows where she got her start as the grown up daughter-turned- cannibal-queen. Franco calls her the "most stupid" person he has ever worked with in the Blue Underground disc's documentary. He then stops himself short and says that he has worked with many dumb leading ladies and that she is up there in the top. He also has kind words for Cliver, saying he was professional and sober which "for a Latin person is a miracle." While the film isn't even close to the genre's best offerings, it moves along fast enough, features some skin and delivers some gory goods (yeah, I'm easy to please tonight). One thing is for sure though, you will be singing the "Oh, oh, oooooooh" cannibal theme over and over by the time the film is done.