White Slave (1985)

A young woman seeks vengeance and finds love when her parents are killed in the Amazon and she is taken prisoner by an indigenous tribe of headhunters.

Director:

Mario Gariazzo (as Roy Garrett)

Writers:

Francesco Prosperi (story) (as Franco Prosperi), Francesco Prosperi (screenplay) (as Franco Prosperi)

Stars:

Elvire Audray, Will Gonzales, Dick Campbell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elvire Audray	...	Catherine Miles Armstrong
Will Gonzales	...	Umukai
Dick Campbell
Andrea Coppola	...	Catherine's Uncle (as Andrew Louis Coppola)
Dick Marshall
Alma Vernon
Grace Williams
Sara Fleszer
Mark Cannon
James Boyle
Peter Robyns
Jessica Bridges
Stephanie Walters
Neal Berger
Deborah Savage

Storyline

An 18 year old Catherine Miles graduates from her boarding school and takes a trip with her parents to the Amazon. While on a boat ride, her parents are brutally murdered by a local cannibal tribe and she is taken prisoner. In order to survive, she adopts the customs of the tribe with the help of a warrior who has fallen in love with her, all the while planning vengeance for her parents' death. He later helps her to escape, and now free, she goes to find who exactly was behind the death of her parents.

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Plot Keywords:

male nudity | male frontal nudity | female full rear nudity | defloration | object in vagina | 

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Taglines:

Only one thing kept her alive.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Though throughout the movie it is said to be a true story (and even talks of locating the "real" Catherine Miles), it is actually fictional.

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Quotes

Catherine Miles: Sometimes the dead come back.

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Alternate Versions

The most common version is the newly released Shriek Show (Media-Blasters) DVD, which is completely uncut and runs at exactly 90 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Deformed Monsters (1997)

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Soundtracks

The Nymph
(flute music)
Composed by Fiorenzo Gianani

User Reviews

Head-hunters, gore and gratuitous nudity.

Although not technically a cannibal movie (the main tribe are 'head-hunters'; cannibals feature very briefly but no cannibalism is shown), Amazonia shares enough similarities with the infamous gut-munching gore classics of the 70s and 80s to be considered part of the genre.

Catherine Miles (Elvire Audray) is a beautiful 18-year old taken captive by a group of savages after her parents are killed on a river trip. Sold to a member of the tribe for the sum of 'a goose, a water-dog and a turtle', Catherine endures terrible suffering until she is helped by Umukai, a warrior who treats her with a bit of respect. After many months spurning Umukai, believing that he was the one who killed her mum and dad, she discovers that others were in fact responsible. Falling in love with her friendly native hunk, she convinces him to help her take revenge on those really responsible.

Amazonia is pretty close in theme to The Man From Deep River, Umberto Lenzi's classic from 1972, but doesn't quite match that one in terms of quality. However, with a fair amount of cheesy gore (several be-headings, blow-darts in the face, some bloody bullet wounds) and loads of female nudity (courtesy of Audray and the native women, some of whom are pretty foxy), fans of this kind of thing should find just about enough to enjoy in this flick to make it worth a watch.

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

9 August 1985 (Italy)

Also Known As:

White Slave

Filming Locations:

Trafalgar Square, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinevega, G.P.I. Grandi Produzioni Italiane

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 89 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Sound System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1