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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - April 24, 2026, 02:48:11 PMLIANE, JUNGLE GODDESS (1956):
Some claim this nominally-titillating but realistically quite tame potboiler is based on a true story though I am dubious. (It's the same "true story" as Jess Franco's WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN, surely!) German scientists (?!) deep in the jungles of Africa (...) happen across a teenage girl in leopard (or giraffe?)-skin shorts with long blonde hair that conveniently clings to/obscures her nipples like she was painted by Boris Vallejo or something. It would be a stretch to say that Liane (pronounced "LEE-Uh-Ne" instead of "Lee-AH-nee" or "Lee-ANN") is treated like a "goddess" by the natives (really only one guy seems smitten with her and the rest of them just tolerate her illogical presence) but that's exploitation marketing for ya'. Because they're a bunch of white guys (and one lady), the Germans decide they must rescue Liane (who is perfectly happy in Africa) and return her to Europe, where a rich old politician thinks she might be his long-lost granddaughter but the politician's sinister aide (played by Reggie Nalder, hence we know he's Sinister) wants to kidnap Liane because Something. It mostly moves along at a reasonable pace and isn't unpleasant to endure!
In spite of mondo-style footage of animals (including identical shots that appear twice), there's fortunately no bloodshed in LJG. The film opens with found footage of full-frontal nudity from unidentified African women (and then there's a bit more later) which was totally okay with censors in the 50s I guess, but of course the wardrobe and crew go to great lengths to mostly protect Liane from ever being visibly topless. (Supposedly there was one shot of her exposed breasts that is missing from many/most/all prints, including mine: Liane trips and falls forward in one shot and her hair flies up and it looks like she will be on full display, but a jump cut omits several frames which I must presume ended up in the personal collection of some greasy old projectionist somewhere.) Honestly that's perfectly fine, because when one gets a good look at Marion Michael as Liane, one realizes she looks entirely too young to be appearing nude. (Michael was 15 or 16 when she shot the film, which wasn't too weird in Europe at the time, but she uhhh looks younger to me...) In fact I got alarmed when the German nurse cuts her hair into a sub-shoulder-length bob - what then would protect Liane's modesty? But fortunately she wears real clothes for most of the rest of the film.
Its approach to nudity isn't the only wonky or objectionable thing about LJG. A pushy German tries to sexually assault the nurse early in the film and later gets real-trigger happy towards the Africans, so one might expect him to be the Big Bad and ultimately get killed or defeated - but nope, everyone just overlooks his crimes! There's also a romance initially hinted at between Safari Hunk Hardy Kruger (who would later steal the show w/ his psychotic performance in FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX) and the Nurse, but as soon as blonde-haired Hardy lays his blue eyes on little Liane, they're inseparable for the rest of the film. (At least this doesn't go unnoticed by the Nurse - who is actually foxier than Liane and an adult to boot! - or the other Germans, who seem to recognize that Liane is way too young for Hardy...) The film ends with Hardy and Liane stripping down to their birthday suits and swimming starkers like some kind of Aryan fantasy.
The water mostly blurs any of Liane's naughty bits in this scene and her earlier, totally gratuitous nude bathing scene... though young viewers in a pre-internet age probably wore out the "Pause" buttons on any VHS dubs........
"Young" Reggie Nalder is almost kind of normal-looking, BTW... almost like Henry Silva.
2/5 TBH the highlights of the film are several moments where Liane is seen playing with lion cubs and, in two puzzling shots, a tiger cub. 
...A tiger cub being, of course, every bit as lost in an African jungle as a blonde teenager.
Some claim this nominally-titillating but realistically quite tame potboiler is based on a true story though I am dubious. (It's the same "true story" as Jess Franco's WHITE CANNIBAL QUEEN, surely!) German scientists (?!) deep in the jungles of Africa (...) happen across a teenage girl in leopard (or giraffe?)-skin shorts with long blonde hair that conveniently clings to/obscures her nipples like she was painted by Boris Vallejo or something. It would be a stretch to say that Liane (pronounced "LEE-Uh-Ne" instead of "Lee-AH-nee" or "Lee-ANN") is treated like a "goddess" by the natives (really only one guy seems smitten with her and the rest of them just tolerate her illogical presence) but that's exploitation marketing for ya'. Because they're a bunch of white guys (and one lady), the Germans decide they must rescue Liane (who is perfectly happy in Africa) and return her to Europe, where a rich old politician thinks she might be his long-lost granddaughter but the politician's sinister aide (played by Reggie Nalder, hence we know he's Sinister) wants to kidnap Liane because Something. It mostly moves along at a reasonable pace and isn't unpleasant to endure!
In spite of mondo-style footage of animals (including identical shots that appear twice), there's fortunately no bloodshed in LJG. The film opens with found footage of full-frontal nudity from unidentified African women (and then there's a bit more later) which was totally okay with censors in the 50s I guess, but of course the wardrobe and crew go to great lengths to mostly protect Liane from ever being visibly topless. (Supposedly there was one shot of her exposed breasts that is missing from many/most/all prints, including mine: Liane trips and falls forward in one shot and her hair flies up and it looks like she will be on full display, but a jump cut omits several frames which I must presume ended up in the personal collection of some greasy old projectionist somewhere.) Honestly that's perfectly fine, because when one gets a good look at Marion Michael as Liane, one realizes she looks entirely too young to be appearing nude. (Michael was 15 or 16 when she shot the film, which wasn't too weird in Europe at the time, but she uhhh looks younger to me...) In fact I got alarmed when the German nurse cuts her hair into a sub-shoulder-length bob - what then would protect Liane's modesty? But fortunately she wears real clothes for most of the rest of the film.
Its approach to nudity isn't the only wonky or objectionable thing about LJG. A pushy German tries to sexually assault the nurse early in the film and later gets real-trigger happy towards the Africans, so one might expect him to be the Big Bad and ultimately get killed or defeated - but nope, everyone just overlooks his crimes! There's also a romance initially hinted at between Safari Hunk Hardy Kruger (who would later steal the show w/ his psychotic performance in FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX) and the Nurse, but as soon as blonde-haired Hardy lays his blue eyes on little Liane, they're inseparable for the rest of the film. (At least this doesn't go unnoticed by the Nurse - who is actually foxier than Liane and an adult to boot! - or the other Germans, who seem to recognize that Liane is way too young for Hardy...) The film ends with Hardy and Liane stripping down to their birthday suits and swimming starkers like some kind of Aryan fantasy.
The water mostly blurs any of Liane's naughty bits in this scene and her earlier, totally gratuitous nude bathing scene... though young viewers in a pre-internet age probably wore out the "Pause" buttons on any VHS dubs........ "Young" Reggie Nalder is almost kind of normal-looking, BTW... almost like Henry Silva.
2/5 TBH the highlights of the film are several moments where Liane is seen playing with lion cubs and, in two puzzling shots, a tiger cub. ...A tiger cub being, of course, every bit as lost in an African jungle as a blonde teenager. #32
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...
Last post by zombie no.one - April 24, 2026, 02:32:17 PMjust watched a vid by a comedian called Jim Breuer. apparently he's big stuff? he's like someone's mentally slow uncle gatecrashing a barbequeue.
#33
Off Topic Discussion / Re: The Random Crap From Aroun...
Last post by LilCerberus - April 24, 2026, 01:36:10 PMStudy: Scientists gave cocaine to salmon to see what would happen
https://notthebee.com/article/scientists-have-been-giving-cocaine-to-salmon-and-it-turns-out-coke-makes-you-faster?utm_source=Not+The+Bee+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04242026
https://notthebee.com/article/scientists-have-been-giving-cocaine-to-salmon-and-it-turns-out-coke-makes-you-faster?utm_source=Not+The+Bee+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04242026
#34
Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...
Last post by zombie no.one - April 24, 2026, 01:29:43 PMOverdue Library Books Of The Damned
#35
Bad Movies / Re: Invent A Bad Movie Title P...
Last post by chainsaw midget - April 24, 2026, 11:20:23 AMMy Stepfather Saved Dracula's Brain!
Ant, Roach, and Spider Eater
Cellphone of Satan!
Cellphone of the Son of Satan!
Bride of the Cellphone of Satan's Daughter!
He Killed with a Toothbrush
Chainsaw Cowboys
Ant, Roach, and Spider Eater
Cellphone of Satan!
Cellphone of the Son of Satan!
Bride of the Cellphone of Satan's Daughter!
He Killed with a Toothbrush
Chainsaw Cowboys
#36
Press Releases and Film News / Re: James Wan attempting to ma...
Last post by chainsaw midget - April 24, 2026, 11:17:45 AMMore power to the guy!
#37
Bad Movies / Re: The Mandela Effect in movi...
Last post by chainsaw midget - April 24, 2026, 11:11:05 AMGhostbusters II.
Me and a TON of other people SWEAR that at the very end of the movie, it shows Slimer flying out of the Statue of Liberty and right at the screen.
Nobody is able to find the footage of this anywhere.
HOWEVER.... the scene is show ... in a coloring book adaption. So it had to have existed in some format. Right?
Me and a TON of other people SWEAR that at the very end of the movie, it shows Slimer flying out of the Statue of Liberty and right at the screen.
Nobody is able to find the footage of this anywhere.
HOWEVER.... the scene is show ... in a coloring book adaption. So it had to have existed in some format. Right?
#38
Press Releases and Film News / Re: Rise of Leslie Vernon 2 du...
Last post by Alex - April 24, 2026, 11:10:47 AMLooking forward to this long overdue follow up.
#39
Press Releases and Film News / Rise of Leslie Vernon 2 due ou...
Last post by chainsaw midget - April 24, 2026, 11:08:31 AMI absolutely loved the first one and they have just announced the second one is finally actually in development, for real this time.
They even had a kcikstarter to help make the movie even bigger and better, and it reached it's goal in 24 hours.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3947688/behind-the-mask-ii-the-return-of-leslie-vernon-immediately-smashed-through-its-fundraising-goal/
They even had a kcikstarter to help make the movie even bigger and better, and it reached it's goal in 24 hours.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3947688/behind-the-mask-ii-the-return-of-leslie-vernon-immediately-smashed-through-its-fundraising-goal/
#40
Games / Re: Movie Title Chains
Last post by bob - April 24, 2026, 11:01:33 AMEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind