Mountain of the Cannibal God
aka Slave of the Cannibal God
Dir Sergio Martino / 1978 / Italy
In April 1979, House of Dare had a 2698.2mtr (98m 37s) print Refused Classification. It submitted again in May 1980 this time running 2677.25mtr (97m 51s). It lost another 82.5mtr (3m 01s) before being granted an R18+ rating. At least some of the 103.45mtr (3m 47s) of cuts were to remove scenes of animal cruelty.In September 1980 the censors noted that House of Dare had changed the title from MOUNTAIN SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD to SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD.
Released on tape in the early 80's (As Slave of the Cannibal God) by Video Classics. This version is presumably the same as censored theatrical print.
Here is how our version compares with the uncut
Greek tape released from Videosonic. The times refer to the point in the
Video Classics release where the footage has been removed.
Video Classics (Australia) - 91m 07s
Videosonic (Greece) - 95m 02s
KILLING
OF THE IGUANA
Before - Native holding a knife above the iguana's stomach. He plunges
the knife towards it.
CENSORED AT 15m 37s (60s missing) - The iguana is cut open and skinned. The natives then pick up pieces of the flesh and eat it.
After - Shot of Edward, Arthur, and the natives eating the iguana.
SNAKE VS MONKEY
Before - The snake captures the monkey. A second monkey is shown jumping in fear.
CENSORED AT 22m 29s (76s missing) - The monkey is slowly asphyxiated by the snake.
After - Sunlight through the jungle canopy followed by the group walking through the jungle.
CROC ATTACK
Before - Victim in the water with arm missing. Shot of natives face.
CENSORED AT 28m 57s (4s missing) - Another shot of the victim in the water before he goes under.
After - The group on the boat frantically trying to escape.
ANIMAL TRAP
Before - The guide is caught in the animal trap. A shot of Susan's face.
CENSORED AT 31m 17s (3s missing) - Extended shot of the guide screaming and caught in the trap. Brief close-up of the bloody trap.
After - The dead guide hanging in the trap.
DECAPITATED BODY
Before - Edward and Arthur running in the jungle and looking down.
CENSORED AT 33m 12s (2s missing) - Shot of the bloody neck of the decapitated corpse.
After - Edward and Arthur continue to run.
ARTHUR AND THE NATIVE GIRL
Before - Arthur and the native girl together in the hut. A cannibal bursts in and throws a spear at the girl. A shot of the spear in her back. Arthur calls out "Help, Help"
CENSORED AT 47m 20s (2s missing) - Shot of the spear in the girls back with blood oozing out. A brief shot of her face.
After - The cannibal turns and runs.
IGUANA AND SNAKE
Before - The crocodile with the iguana's head in its mouth. A shot of Edward's face.
CENSORED AT 51m 55s (5s missing) - The iguana begins to regurgitate a snake.
After - Continuation of the regurgitation.
ARTHUR IS EATEN
Before - Cannibals pulling the entrails from Arthur's body.
CENSORED AT 75m 23s (9s missing) - Extended shot of the entrails being removed from Arthur.
After - Manolo closing his eyes. Susan tied to the post.
CANNIBAL CASTRATION
Before - Cannibal priest swings the knife.
CENSORED AT 80m 53s (8s missing) - Graphic shot of cannibal being castrated before being stabbed.
After - Manolo looking on.
BARREL FEAST
Before - The cannibal priest removes a fish from the barrel and begins to eat it alive.
CENSORED AT 81m 34s (3s missing) - Extended eating scene.
After/Before - Shot of Manolo. Other Cannibals begin to remove creatures from the barrel and start to eat.
CENSORED AT 81m 42s (2s missing) - Close-up of the cannibals eating.
After/Before - Shot of Manolo and the cannibals. The cannibals remove even more creatures from the barrel and continue to eat.
CENSORED AT 81m 50s (3s missing) - Eating of the creatures. Followed by a snake having its skin torn off.
After/Before - The snake sliding along the ground. A cannibal picks it up and holds it to his mouth.
CENSORED AT 82m 02s (5s missing) - Cannibal holding the snake in his mouth and pulling the skin off.
After/Before - The dwarf cannibal walking over to Manolo and force feeding him the fish.
CENSORED AT 82m 12s (4s missing) - Close-up of him being force fed the fish.
After - Side view of the dwarf as the priest raises his arms in the air.
SNAKE VS BIRD
Before - The cannibals sleeping. A shot of Manolo.
CENSORED AT 82m 40s (40s missing) - Snake attacking the bird and the two then fighting.
After - Rope being lowered down wall.
DWARF ATTACK AND DEATH
Before - Dwarf stabbing Manolo with a spear through the bars of the cage.
CENSORED AT 83m 20s (1s missing) - Close-up of the spear stabbing Manolo.
After/Before - Manolo kicks the dwarf against the wall. Shot of him looking down on the dwarfs shattered skull.
CENSORED AT 83m 26s (3s missing) - A further close-up shot of the dwarfs open skull.
After - Close-up of the dwarfs face.
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There was a second video release of this in late 1989/early 1990 by RCA/Columbia. It is presumably also cut, though I have no further details of times.
In 2004 Showtime DVD/RBC Entertainment gave the film its Australian DVD premiere. It features a nice letterbox print that at 94m 14s is almost uncut. It contains all of the above mentioned scenes that were missing from the old Video Classics tape, apart from the Cannibal Castration scene. This is missing from the DVD at 82m 58s. The end credits also seem to be slightly shortened. The source of this print seems to be the cheap U.S. release on the Diamond Entertainment label.
Note there is extra footage in the 2002 US Anchor Bay DVD that had never previously been included in any release prints. This is inserted at the end of the film during the feast and features some graphic shots of a female cannibal masturbating, and a male cannibal and a pig.
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