Written by Franco Prosperi(But a different Franco Prosperi than the guy who made MONDO CANE and all it's sequel mondo-films in the 60's. I guess it was a popular name in Italy) this movie was released under a few different names including WHITE SLAVE, FOREST SLAVE and AMAZONIA: THE CATHERINE MILES STORY but the worst one is probably CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 since compared to the granddaddy of man-eating-man epics this is one is pretty tame. There are cannibals but the main group dealt with in the story here is a tribe of head-hunters who take the titular lady hostage so instead of the expected gut-ripping and entrails-munching you instead get heads sawed-off and that sort of gory violence. You also get a lot of jungle nakedness for fans of nudity to ogle and a giant fake-looking alligator shows up for a cameo. On the animal-violence side you do get a leopard murdering a little monkey and a small snake getting beheaded so I guess that's something.
While I wouldn't really call this a classic cannibal flick there is something about the film that I dig and I've watched it a few times now. Maybe because it has a cool revenge theme going on that plays out well in a bloody climax or maybe just because of the title switcheroos that suck me in and by the time I start watching I'm hooked or maybe I just like naked blondes.
The opening of this movie informs us that this is a true story which based on real facts which, as anyone who has ever seen an exploitation movie already knows, is a big load of horseshit.
There's a whole slew of movies that have been labeled as CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST 2 including:
EATEN ALIVE (1980) Umberto Lenzi
THE GREEN INFERNO (1988)
CANNIBAL WORLD (2004) Bruno Mattei
This never actually happens in this movie but it makes for a sweet VHS box cover!:
Naked boobs on your movie posters proves that your country is awesome!:
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