Product Details

• Actors: Jean Hawkshaw
• Directors: James L. Wolcott
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002PYSNI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,944 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wild Women of Wongo" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

On the tropical island of wongo a tribe of beautiful women discover that the other side of the island is inhabited by a tribe of handsome men. They also discover that a tribe of evil ape men live on the island too and the ape men are planning a raid on the tribe in order to capture mates. Studio: Gotham (dba Alpha) Release Date: 10/19/2004 Run time: 78 minutes

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "He Carries The Wing Of The White Bird Of Peace.", May 14, 2006

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Women of Wongo (DVD)

Despite being a camp classic, this film often drags. The premise is simple: two tribes, Goona and Wongo, inhabit an island. The women of Wongo are beautiful, while the men are ugly (by which I mean average looking), while, predictably, the women of Goona are ugly (really ugly; one of them looks like Divine on a bad day) and the men are handsome. This paves the road for great conflict, but also paves the way for long boring stretches of canoe paddling and stupid subversive plotting.

The film opens with amusing credits done in a cave painting motif, and notes that one of the star Wongo women, Wana, is "Adrienne Bourbeau" (Barbeau) in a very early role. The other Wongo women get monikers like "Omoo" and "Ahtee." The central fixture of Wongo life is worshipping a "dragon god" which is actually a small alligator. (This was filmed at various tourist traps in Florida.) Women go talk to the alligator, and then interpret the alligator's instructions for the tribal leaders in between frolicking in their authentically native sundresses and bikinis.

This film has loads of filler, and manages to get boring at an alarming pace. Also frequently featured is a highly annoying parrot that mostly squawks, but also encourages the women to wrestle each other (with much hair pulling.)

Of course a man from Goona shows up and the Wongo women swoon while the men plan to kill him. The women foil their efforts in one of the least plausible screen moments in history. Trivia buffs please note that as the Goona man makes his escape (by canoe) the background music is the exact same music as used during the "resurrection of the dead" scene in Ed Wood's infamous "Plan Nine From Outer Space!" This is a welcome break from the rest of the soundtrack, which is highly bassoon intensive.

I would have given this film two stars, but there is one scene that earns it another: the "sacrifice dance" scene, which features the Wongo women writhing about led by a Queen in an alligator headdress. I have not laughed quite so hard in a while.

As the film winds down we see a woman wrestling a small alligator for what seems like an hour, followed by a call-and-response sacrifice ceremony reminiscent of the loyalty vows in "The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman." This leads ultimately to a unique fight scene featuring men with clubs against women with spears against an alligator. (The alligator wins.)

Of course everyone knows how this is going to work out: the ugly men and women pair up, and the attractive men and women pair up. This leads to much rejoicing, mostly from the audience, because their 72-minute nightmare is finally over.

This is fun viewing once for strictly camp value, but most people wont need to see it any more than that.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang!..., August 3, 2005

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Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Women of Wongo (DVD)

I love this movie! Yes, it's stooopid. However, by watching this tale unfold, we know the makers of this film were well aware of it's ineptitude! It's all for fun. Story?? Well, the men of Wongo are goons, while the women are beautiful. The men of nearby Goona are surfer-dude beach-types, and the women are "ugly" (which means they're fairly normal looking). Wongo refuses to help Goona to defeat an army of apemen (guys with white paint on their faces). Events occur which force the Wongans to seek out the Goonans, which gets the "ugly" guys 'n' gals together! The women of Wongo strike out on their own, capturing the Goonan men by surprise, and a good time is had by all! Watch for the annoying parrot, the 3' alligator attack, and the Wongo-babes' dance of doom! WWOW Belongs on every DVD shelf, if for no other reason than to make other schlock-addicts drool...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Campy Classic!!, January 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Wild Women of Wongo [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great campy classic about a tribe of beautiful women on the tropical island who then discover a tribe of handsome men on the other side of the island and face jealousy from a tribe of not so handsome men.It's a must see!!