Having spent a couple of hours talking about this film I can honestly say my thoughts have changed because of Mark Clark's musings. Don't anyone tell him!
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Latest Patreon Post - Reviews of Four Recent Watches
My completely random watches result in four brief reviews of very different films.
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The Bloody Pit #199 - JUNGLE WOMAN (1944)
Troy Guinn and I return to Universal Land for the sequel to CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN – JUNGLE WOMAN (1944)! Is this the worst film the studio produced in the 1940’s? We’ll let you decided as we give our opinions and posit ways the film could have been better. Much better!
Attempting to imitate the successful Val Lewton productions at RKO, the producers of this non-jungle epic seemed to feel that simply aping the structure of CAT PEOPLE and copying the memorable set-pieces from that classic would be a winning formula. Sadly, that is far from the case as JUNGLE WOMAN comes up short in every category. Troy and I try to puzzle out the reasons for certain choices and debate the qualities of the acting in the titular role. Of course, any film with J. Carrol Naish has points of interest just because of his talent, but he seems to have been given a number of obstacles to creating a memorable ‘mad’ scientist. A rushed production and a sub-par script are rarely a combination for a classic. On that point, we discuss the film’s dialog with a certain line becoming a reoccurring audio drop in the show. Sorry about that!
If you have any comments about this film or any of the movies we’ve covered thebloodypit@gmail.com is the place to send them. Thank you very much for listening. We’ll be back soon.
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