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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

137.0. "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" by 30461::MCALLEN () Mon Apr 12 1993 20:10

    Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death is
    a complete spoof. It makes fun of adventure films,
    women's liberation, and takes a poke at the MIAC
    as well. (That's the military-industrial-avocado-
    complex, for those of you not in the know.)
    
    But let's get one thing straight. These scantily-clad
    cannibal women are actually displaced Amazonians,
    with a touch of pirhana-girl thrown in for good
    measure.
    
    Plenty of campy humor, plus valuable preparedness
    indoctrination for that dread day when your airliner
    makes a crash landing in the torrid avocado jungle.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
137.1	The horror! The horror!	ESGWST::RDAVIS	Ray Shakey	`Mon Apr 12 1993 20:28`	13
	Very cool movie. The feminism jokes are remarkably knowing and affectionate for an exploitation flick -- I first heard about the movie from a friend who saw it in a packed house during a lesbian film festival in Oregon. OK, the acting and the jokes are variable, but the three female leads are all fine and the ending is surprisingly satisfying. Several steps above the typical Troma-god-we're-so-cute-with-our-cult- title boiled sock. In fact it's about as lively as _real_ AIP and New World pictures were. If this and the recent "Guncrazy" had been hits, I wouldn't be so close to giving up on the American film industry. Ray
137.2		DSSDEV::RUST		`Tue Apr 13 1993 10:10`	7
	It _is_ a fun flick (with plenty of groaners, too) - but I'd have given it big points for the "Avocado Jungle of Death" concept, no matter what the rest of the film had been like. ;-) Guacamole and margueritas, while optional, make a dandy accompaniment. -b
137.3		ACESMK::CHELSEA	Mostly harmless.	`Tue Apr 13 1993 19:03`	2
	I caught this on USA Up All Night one time; the title was irresistible. Surprisingly tolerable shlock; they took just the right attitude.
137.4	on vhs ?	SKYE::MAURER	Corporate Business Practices	`Wed Jul 14 1993 11:53`	7
	Is this movie available on video-cassette ? I haven't ever been able to find it in any catalogs of film. I have looked under both "Cannibal..." and "Piranha Women...." - it just doesn't seem to be listed. Cheers, Jon