White Cannibal Queen

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 (Venus in Furs), this delectable marvel of bad taste stars Al Cliver (The Beyond), Sabrina Siani (2020 Texas Gladiators), Olivier Mathot (Draguse), Franco regular Antonio Mayans (Night of Open Sex) and, of course, his wife and muse Lina Romay (Female Vampire). 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.

directed by: Jess Franco
starring: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Olivier Mathot
1980 / 91 min / 1.66:1 / Italian, English DTS-HD Master Audio Mono

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
  
• Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
  
• Presented in both its original Italian language soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles and the English language dub track
• Commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Jungle Holocaust" (31 min) - an interview with actor Antonio Mayans
• "Sardonic Cannibals" (33 min) - an interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jess Franco
• "European Cannibals" (33 min) - an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
• "Meat Market" (28 min) - an interview with film historian Alessio Di Rocco
• Alternate English language titles
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English translated & SDH subtitles