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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)

Starring: Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher Director: J.F. Lawton Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: DVD

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Actors: Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen Mistal, Adrienne Barbeau, Brett Stimely
Directors: J.F. Lawton
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: CULT VIDEO
DVD Release Date: January 12, 1999
Run Time: 90 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

ASIN: 6305078599
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,507 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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Mix two parts Apocalypse Now with equal parts Raiders of the Lost Ark and any feminist studies text and you'll come up with Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Shannon Tweed (of Playboy Playmate of the Year fame) and Bill Maher (Politically Incorrect) travel deep into the Uncharted Avocado Jungle of southern California on a mission for the U.S. government to find the ancient Piranha Women. See, the government wants to avert an avocado shortage precipitated by the Piranha Women's occupation of the jungle; that and the Piranha Women have this little peccadillo of eating their men, thus posing a threat to our phallocentric way of life. Tweed is supposed to convince them to move to Malibu condos, where they can continue eating men if they like, so long as we can get in there and get those avocados. Accompanying the duo on their mission, for contrast, is a Home Ec major named Bunny whose secret fantasy is to be tied up with red licorice whip, and who wants to join the Piranha Women so she can get one of those cute outfits. The previous envoy for the Military, one Dr. Kurtz (Adrienne Barbeau), an anthropologist and feminist, never came back, instead becoming the leader of the threatening Piranha Women. Yet she's really interested in writing an exposé about her time in the jungle ("a kiss-sacrifice-and-tell book") so she can get back on the talk show circuit. "You don't know what it's like trying to face David Letterman with a book on male insensitivity.... The horror, the horror!" Thoroughly smart and entertaining, with hilarious dialogue that never flags. --Jim Gay

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These women are serious about their taste in men. Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 01/18/2000 Starring: Shannon Tweed Adrienne Barbeau Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious spoof - a classic B movie!, June 30, 2001

By	marared (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It's a hilarious spoof on Heart of Darkness, and a B-movie all the way, down to the classically stereotyped characters and the low budget settings. It pokes fun at feminism, academia, and stereotypical gender roles.

The basic plot line is that the whole eastern part of Southern California is a vast avocado jungle, inhabited by cannibalistic feminist "natives" who eat men with guacamole dip. The US government claims to want to protect the "free world's last avocado source" by retaking the avocado jungle. They recruit a feminist scholar from Spitzer College (actually set at UC Riverside) to make contact with the cannibal women. On her mission she takes along a stereotyped "girly" girl, Bunny (who wears all pink, takes a curling iron, and has fantasies about being tied up with red licorice) and a bigoted but bumbling male chauvinist. The result is a hilarious romp. Academic types will love all the academic jokes: "Your methodology is shabby!"

I agree with the other reviewers that the picture and sound quality is not great. I've personally never been able to find a high quality version of this movie. I think it just doesn't exist. This is not the Matrix or some other high budget DVD. In some ways, though, the sound and picture quality is kind of classic. It very much goes along with the whole "feel" of the movie. A B-movie through and through.

Warning: there's a short scene with nudity at the beginning, for those who would be disturbed by this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars World's greatest actress in world's greatest movie, February 3, 2000

By	J. Fredricks "hiphoptwo" (Ocala, Florida USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In my humble opinion this is the greatest movie ever made. Karen Mistal's portarayal of Bunny, the Bimbo was so perfect that her career was ended by the belief that she WAS a bimbo. Such a cruel fate for an actress whose talents single handedly carried "Return of the Killer Tomatoes." Another 'feature of this movie is that it is the only movie I have seen where Shannon Tweed keeps her clothes on. There is the usually sterling performance by Adrienne Barbeau, and Bill Maher demonstrates that long before he was "Politically Incorrect," he was just generally incorrect. I could go on and on about this movie, but it is too tedious typing in my straightjacket in the dark.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Fun Movie; Poor Transfer, May 30, 2001

By	Ken Corley (Safety Harbor, FL USA) - See all my reviews

Ok; I remember this movie fondly. I still love it...and have the poster on my wall at home. But the DVD...I'm so disappointed. The quality is incredibly poor. The picture is grainy, and tends to have the 'cross-hatching' artifacts of over compression. The print itself had scratches that have been preserved for all time....how very sad. Frankly the quality is comparable to a 2nd generation VHS copy...even the one at your local rental store is likely to be better. Oh; and I recall someone else mentioning that the DVD is Mono! He explains that far better than I can. Well, all in all: Do Not Buy The DVD! If the studio doesn't care enough to put some resources into releasing the DVD of this flick, why should they reap any further profit from it?

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5.0 out of 5 stars I was in it
Jeez,after all these years I had no idea people still watched this film for ANY REASON. Personally, I'm glad ot entertains people. That's why it was made. Have a ball!

Published 26 days ago by Alan D. Gelman

4.0 out of 5 stars High Camp!
More fun to watch now than it was when it first came out. The movie is very well done. The premise of the movie is that a feminist studies professor is sent into the Avocado... Read more

Published on May 3, 2007 by Richard Staats

5.0 out of 5 stars What's up, Doc?
Cannibal Women in the avocado jungle of death is very, very funny. The basic idea is that the USA is running short of avocados and they need to make a deal with the Piranha Women... Read more

Published on July 30, 2006 by Michael Valdivielso

1.0 out of 5 stars A gruesome guacamole...
And not because it's about feminist cannibals.

This movie is one of the WORST parodies.In its attempts to be funny,it's not even funny. Read more

Published on July 25, 2006 by Amaranth

4.0 out of 5 stars A great peice of trash
I knew this one would be fun when I recognized Karen Mistal from Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Half the fun was watching Bill Maher play a bumbling guide. Read more

Published on July 2, 2006 by Paul

4.0 out of 5 stars Avocados almost as good as tomatoes
After the "Killer Tomatoes" series, this film uses avocados as a reference for a B-movie satire. The film is not quite as silly and funny as the "tomatoes" series, but allows for... Read more

Published on March 4, 2006 by F. L. P. Souza

5.0 out of 5 stars Good comedy never gets old
I was just watching this movie again for the umpteenth time and enjoying again for the umpteenth time. Read more

Published on September 29, 2005 by InYourDreams

5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Film That Borrows Heavily From Eve Ensler's Works
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Published on June 3, 2005 by Vic G. Sarjoo

4.0 out of 5 stars What can really be said here?
If you like 80's B movies, this is right up your alley. Shannon Tweed does keep her clothes on to the disappointment of many, but the laughs are worth a watch. Read more

Published on January 19, 2005 by Johny Bottom

5.0 out of 5 stars Cannibal Women is a B-movie that scores all A's with me.
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle ...It's a long cheesy title on a movie with an equally cheesy premise. That's what makes this movie so much fun to watch. Read more

Published on January 7, 2005 by SHAWN JAMES

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