Eaten Alive (1980): Another
in the series of Jungle/cannibal Italian horror thrillers that sees
a beautiful blonde (Janet Agren) rush headlong into the dangerous
jungle to rescue her sister (Paola Senatore). Sis has gone and gotten
caught up in a typical(ly badly written) hippie/death/sex cult and
Janet eventually falls victim as well. Jonas runs the compound with
a loving smile, open arms, and plenty of death by cobra venom. He
includes women being topless during their dead husband’s cremation
as part of the regimen, as well as their having compulsory forceful
sex with his three brothers on the ashes after the burning is complete.
Swell chap, actually. Jonas also likes Bach, which is typical B-movie
slang for “evil-overlord madman”. Jonas likes Bach during
cremations, post-crematory gang-bangs, and during obligatory death
rituals when the cops are coming. He’s not all-stupid, though;
he drugs his girls with local ju-ju juice, has his henchgirls strip
and paint them (mostly off-camera, hence this rant), and then assaults
them with cobra-blood-lubed dildos. Guy’s got a thing about
cobras – could be Freudian… Anyway, they all escape
into the jungle (our ‘heroes’, not the cobras) and the
henchmen give chase. When the sis and another girl get cornered,
the henchmen get their moment. In Italian flicks, though, this can
go either way. Henchman has a choice here; A) take girls back to
compound for the boss, or B) have his way with them there in the
cannibal-infested jungle before proceeding with ‘A’.
He stupidly chooses C) Rip off her clothes and rape her but forget
to post sentries. All the henchmen die and the girls get eaten alive
(hence the title). Our heroine manages to escape, despite her newfound
appreciation of drugs and cobras, and Jonas goes all David Koresh
on his compound. The end.
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