Rugged Vietnam veteran and soldier of fortune Peter Weston (an okay performance by Al Cliver) gets hired to venture into the jungle in order to retrieve top model Laura Crawford (yummy blonde honey and erstwhile Playboy Playmate Ursula Buchfellner) from a group of scuzzy kidnappers. Things go awry after Laura finds herself the captive of a savage tribe of primitive cannibals.

This seedy affair delivers basically what one would expect from notorious Spanish sleazemeister Jess Franco: The abundant nudity, lousy dubbing, cruddy acting (Antonio Mayans in particular has an uproariously embarrassing crack-up scene as Weston's severely traumatized fellow Nam vet buddy Jack),tacky gore, and ineptly staged action set pieces all ensure that this shlockfest offers a reasonable amount of enjoyably low-grade thrills. This movie further benefits from several pleasingly no-count villains: Gisela Hahn as the wicked Jane, Antonio de Cabo as slimy rapist Thomas, Werner Pochath as the short-tempered Chris, and Melo Costa as sniveling wimp Pablito. Bertrand Altmann cuts a hilariously ridiculous figure as a decidedly less than convincing or frightening devil god with googly'n'goofy Ping-Pong ball eyes (and he also shows plenty of pickle for the ladies!). The throbbing score does the pounding trick. However, the sluggish pace and often meandering narrative make this one a bit of a chore to sit through. Decent grindhouse fare.

Of the three titles from Jess Franco to find their way onto the Official DPP Video Nasty list (Devil Hunter, Bloody Moon and Women Behind Bars) this is perhaps the least deserving of notoriety, being a dreadfully dull jungle clunker enlivened only very slightly by a little inept gore, a gratuitous rape scene, and loads of nudity.

Gorgeous blonde Ursula Buchfellner plays movie star Laura Crawford who is abducted by a gang of ruthless kidnappers and taken to a remote tropical island inhabited by a savage tribe who worship the 'devil god' that lurks in the jungle (a big, naked, bulging-eyed native who likes to eat the hearts of nubile female sacrifices).

Employed by Laura's agent to deliver a $6million ransom, brave mercenary Peter Weston (Al Cliver) and his Vietnam vet pilot pal travel to the island, but encounter trouble when the bad guys attempt a double-cross. During the confusion, Laura escapes into the jungle, but runs straight into the arms of the island's natives, who offer her up to their god.

Franco directs in his usual torpid style and loads this laughable effort with his usual dreadful trademarks: crap gore, murky cinematography, rapid zooms, numerous crotch shots, out of focus imagery, awful sound effects, and ham-fisted editing. The result is a dire mess that is a real struggle to sit through from start to finish (It took me a couple of sittings to finish the thing),and even the sight of the luscious Buchfellner in all of her natural glory ain't enough to make me revisit this film in a hurry.

Lesser known but full-blooded Jess Franco exploitation that cashes in on the popular early 80's trend of European cannibal movies. A successful actress is kidnapped by a gang of thugs whilst shooting a movie in the South-African jungle. She's kept prisoner and gets sexually abused frequently, but this is only the beginning of her misery as the jungle homes a native tribe with strange and primitive beliefs. Their God is a spooky, flesh-eating madman with his eyeballs hanging out of his sockets. Yikes!! "Devil Hunter" features some beautiful filming locations, good atmospheric music and a whole lot of authentic euro-sleaze. Still, there are many tedious moments and redundant sub plots. The amount of gore is limited but several sequences are truly nauseating, notably the one where the lead-cannibal bites off a poor girl's labia and devour it! Oh my God!! According to the VHS-cover it was her heart, but I doubt her heart was located between the legs. Proceed at your own risk!