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With the top of his head looking like Chico Marx if he had stuck his finger into an electric socket, Tom Conway ain't no saint in this. When you get past the feathered hat that is more twisted than macaroni, you realize that all this is going to be remembered for is its PRC look a decade after PRC was gone with the wind.
The best way to get through this early American International horror films is to find things to make fun of. It's about a bunch of gold hunters who encounter Conway who's involved in using native voodoo spells to turn a cursed woman into an unbeatable creature to do his bidding. Lance Fuller, Paul Dubov and a very over the top Marla English are among the gold hunters, and English obviously has cash registers ringing in her ears, yet it's obvious that she's going to end up in Conway's power upon encountering him.
This is filled with hysterically bad stereotypes, the script focusing on the "ooga booga" school of thought of how African natives communicate. Tribal leader Martin Wilkins is wearing every cliched piece of ceremonial wear that Hollywood has tossed together in every African adventure film, or in this case, cheesy horror. This is one of those films that you can watch with embarrassed amusement and be grateful for the fact that this could never be remade today.
score 2/10
mark.waltz 10 January 2021
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18-2-2021 18:05:05