White Cannibal Queen (1980) Mondo cannibale [w/Commentary] [Dual Audio]

Directors: Jesús Franco, Francesco Prosperi
Starring: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Anouchka, Antonio Mayans

During the course of a tropical expedition, Jeremy Taylor and his family become the unsuspecting prey of a primitive and cannibalistic tribe. While his wife is savagely killed and devoured, and Jeremy's arm is also dismembered and devoured, his young daughter is instead taken prisoner by the tribe. Years later, Jeremy has not given up hope of rescuing his daughter and, with the aid of some friends, organizes a new expedition to bring her home. However, to his shock and dismay, he discovers that her white skin and blonde hair have caused her to become worshipped as a god by the cannibals and that she has gained a tolerance for consuming human flesh.

An expectedly outrageous lo-fi cannibal film from Euro-sleaze master Jess Franco, this delectable marvel of bad taste stars Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Olivier Mathot, Franco regular Antonio Mayans and, of course, his wife and muse Lina Romay. Bursting with the bizarre and transgressive creative flair for which Franco is known, on top of plentiful gut munching and other perversity, WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN (aka La Dea Cannibale) remains a fascinating outlier from Franco's transition between more commercial and erotically-minded fare and his plunge into almost outsider art weirdness throughout the 80s. Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to present this oft-overlooked effort on Blu-ray for the first time, newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm camera negative.

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