Plot:
In a jungle as the credits roll, we see various snakes, birds, etc… This is just the first scene of showing us the cruelty of nature and certainly not the last.
A plane lands disembarking with Susan Stevenson. Reporters swarm over her before she gets to the British consulate. The search for her husband, Henry, has
been cancelled. He was exploring in an off-limits area. Susan’s brother, Arthur, is desperate also to find him. Susan will search for him regardless that the local
government thinks he’s dead. The British ambassador tells them of Dr. Ed Foster, an expert on the area but a very strange man.
Susan and Arthur meet Foster who knew Henry. Apparently, Henry kept the expedition very secret. Foster thinks he went to a nearby island. Foster is something
of an expert on it being shipwrecked there years ago. The island of Roka is believed to be cursed. Susan wants Foster to plan an expedition to Roka.
A helicopter brings Foster, Arthur, Susan, native kid, and several bearers land near the jungle. They will have to get to the coast on foot.
Machete jungle-vine slashing ensues. The bearers are blazing the trail. Susan freaks out at a tarantula. Foster cuts it in half with his machete. The natives stare
at the slaughtered spider. They quickly capture and sacrifice an iguana to appease the gods. Native kid joins in the eating of entrails. Our intrepid crackers watch
from a distance until Arthur is so disgusted by the ritual he starts beating the natives.
Foster and Arthur get into a fight. The natives are trying to run off. Arthur is determined to get to the island. They head to the coast and cross the sea to reach
the cursed isle of Roka.
Ashore, they find a dead body. And, they search for others. Native kid finds a necklace he claims. It seems there is some tension between Foster and
him. Someone finds Henry’s knife. But, they have found no trace of Henry and hide the boat.
Stock footage of the jungle assaults us. We see a school of monkeys playing in the trees, until one falls to the ground and is devoured in lovingly graphic detail by
a boa. This is showing us the cruelty of nature once more.
In the jungle, creepy stalking music is playing as our “intrepid heroes” keep searching. They’re being watched by a masked native.
This gives me fuller eyelashes...
Foster senses something is out there, has his gun in hand.
Camp is made that night. Everyone is asleep. Native kid awakens to find the masked native. The next morning, Foster finds the necklace left behind. He’s not
sure what happened. Arthur wants to keep going, goading Foster on. Foster has some dark secret to reveal. Arthur and Foster are about to go at it again when
Susan stops them.
The party builds a raft to cross the river. Another masked native is following them.
River-rafting ensues. The raft is snagged on a rock. While trying to get loose, the world’s most fake alligator bites the arm off of a bearer before finishing the
meal. They keep going.
That night, Foster is rummaging through the packs. Arthur has a strange machine, he thought Foster was after. But, our man Foster just wanted some
crackers.
The next day, the group stops, something is nearby. They run being chased by masked natives. One bearer is snagged and killed. The party is really running at
this point. A bearer runs off followed by Arthur and Foster. In possibly the most ridiculous decapitation ever filmed, the bearer loses his head.
Susan is all by herself being chased. Crying for help, Foster and Arthur rush to her rescue. Susan is saved by the native by some other guy, Manalo. Yes, there’s
another guy wandering around the jungle to rescue former Bond Girls.
Kids run around. The party is brought to the nearby mission. Foster is welcomed warmly by Father Moses. Susan tells Moses about what’s on the mountain.
At a meeting, Foster thinks the native was a Puku. He finally reveals how he was captured by the Puku to be killed. But, when he saved the chief’s son, he was
adopted into the tribe. During a fight with another tribe, Foster escaped. Moses doubts Foster’s story. Susan wants to know more about the Puku when we finally learn they are cannibals.
A native girl with no taste in men is eyeing Arthur. I have to be able to tell a few cannibal jokes.
Manalo notices Foster is having a nightmare. Susan is giving us what we want female flesh on display. A masked native is watching her. Well, who wouldn’t leer
at a topless Ursula Andress? Manalo chases the native away. Foster awakens and talks with Manalo. Foster was forced to eat Caucasian, the other white
meat. Manalo wants to help. Foster has kept him being a cannibal a secret until now. He wants to destroy all the cannibals to end his nightmare.
Natives are fishing the next day. Susan asks Manalo to join the search.
That night, we get the ritual dancing, fire juggling, etc… Manalo and Susan are sharing the tribal booze. She asks him to join again. They head off for some
lovin’. Susan is a great wife to boff a guy she wants to help her find her missing husband. Native girl heads off to find Arthur who doesn’t need to be asked
twice.
As Manalo and Susan are swapping spit, a masked native tries killing Arthur but kills the girl instead. Foster rushes off after the native. He is gouged in the leg
by the native who promptly receives a transfusion of lead into his chest. Foster unmasks the native to se it’s the Native kid.
The tribe is performing the funeral for the girl. Foster reveals to them he took the chief’s son with him when he left. That was the Native kid. Arthur thinks
there are no more cannibals left. Foster will go with them to the mountain though injured. Manalo is going, too.
Father Moses blames them for the death. He even claims they brought sin to his poor flock. Moses bans them from ever returning. So much for forgive and
forget?
On the river, they are canoeing it. More animal death stock footage ensues. Manalo is trying to stop Foster’s infection. Arthur is getting smarmier by the
minute. Foster knew that Henry was after the minerals on the mountain. Henry was greedy to go by himself. Foster isn’t going for money. Arthur claims Henry
is worthless. Susan overhears this. We get slapping siblings to ensue.
In the rapids, the boat capsizes. Arthur wants to go faster. Everyone else wants to let Foster keep up with them. Arthur and Manalo haul the boat past the
rapids. Arthur falls in the rapids and saved by Foster. The canoe is to far downstream. They will have to go on foot. Trod on through water, climbing slippery rocks
to reach a waterfall they have to pass.
Climbing the wet rocks on the side of the waterfall, Foster is helped to climb. Susan is having trouble. Manalo goes to her aid. Meanwhile, Foster is about to lose
his grip he asks for Arthur’s help. Smarmy boy is just a little too slow to help Foster while Susan and Manalo are looking away. Foster falls and is crushed on the
rocks below. Manalo is angry for Arthur killing Foster.
Manalo wants to go back now. Susan pleads for him to keep going. They keep trudging on.
The jungle travel montage scene begins. We see them making camp climbing beside more waterfalls. Manalo saves Susan from a boa. Snake wrestling
ensues.
Later, our “intrepid heroes” find part of a skeleton and some wet blood. Arthur takes a rest as Susan and Manalo check a little farther. Discovering numerous
skulls, they found the Puku’s snack bar. They rush back for Arthur who is heading on. Susan goes after him which means Manalo is after both of them.
Arthur reaches a cave. Susan and Manalo finally catch up with them. Susan and Arthur are using a Geiger counter. They just discovered Uranium. Apparently,
Susan is evil. She needed Foster to find Henry. Manalo refuse to help destroy the island to exploit the resources. Arthur will force Manalo to help them and take
them back to safety. But, Arthur won’t be able to do that after he’s speared which he just was.
The cannibals capture Susan and Manalo. Arthur’s body is taken, too. The procession reaches the village. Chief has a picture of Susan from Henry. They take
her away from Manalo. Susan is taken to a corpse with a Geiger counter shoved in its chest. That was Henry. The cannibals think the ticking of the counter means
the corpse is alive. So, Henry is a god. And the picture they found means Susan is the god’s woman.
Later, Arthur is the guest for dinner. He is thoroughly gutted not unlike a fish.
Susan is staked to a post. Did I mention she’s naked? Cannibal girls tie her up and grease her down. Or is oiled up?
The cannibals are having a feast. She is brought out as a goddess. But, she seems to be dressed vaguely like the Sorceress from He-Man. Manalo
yells at her not to join in the feast. But, she eats her brother. These have been some pretty bad cannibal jokes and puns.
A cannibal sneaks up to the scaffold Susan are tied. He unties her. Let the cannibal lovin’ ensue. Susan struggles against him…Village pull him away from
her. Susan is tied up again.
The would-be-rapist-cannibal just lost Mr. Happy.
Manalo watches this.
The cannibals begin devouring snakes soaked in anti-freeze. What else in the jungle is a fluorescent green liquid?
A midget cannibal is taunting Manalo with food. Yes, this movie has a midget cannibal.
Later, after the village is asleep, we see a bird fighting a snake. This is just in case we forgot the cruelty of nature.
The cannibal midget wants to taunt Manalo some more. He is stabbing him with a knife. Manalo is able to knock the midget against a rock, braining him.
Death of a pygmy cannibal...
Manalo gets hold of the knife and cuts himself free.
He kills the guard watching Susan. They make their escape. Both of them fight guards as they run from the village.
In the river, a cannibal almost gets the drop on them. He fights with Manalo who eventually kills him. They grab a log and float on it down the river, home.
