Shameless Films offers a tropical treat with Joe D’Amato’s Caribbean-set exploitation classic, PAPAYA, LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS.
A quintessential example of D’Amato’s maverick filmmaking, PAPAYA, LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS combines his signature elements of nudity, eroticism, and in this case, brutal cannibalistic horror. Starring the captivating Sirpa Lane—muse of Walerian Borowczyk and lead of his erotic art-house sensation The Beast— our film follows Lane as a journalist investigating a remote Caribbean island where Western business interests are destroying sacred land to build a nuclear reactor. Her investigation leads her to Papaya, a deadly temptress played with wild intensity by Melissa Chimenti, who leads the resistance against the destructive interlopers.
Papaya avenges her people by seducing and killing the plant engineers while gratifying her own perverse ecstasy. The mutual sapphic attraction between Sirpa Lane’s journalist and the Goddess of the Cannibals ignites a vortex of lust and blood.
D’Amato’s audacious vision delivers a Caribbean sex-and-gore fest, enriched with ecological and social commentary. Known for his hands-on approach, D’Amato also serves as cinematographer, capturing the lush island landscape and its, literally, to-die-for goddesses. His shameless vision is accompanied by funky tunes from Award-winning maestro Stelvio Cipriani and it is finally presented for the first time as intended: in its longest uncut version, now in Full-HD sourced from new 2K-restored original source materials, revealing every detail of sun-kissed glistening sensuality.
PAPAYA, LOVE GODDESS OF THE CANNIBALS can be ordered exclusively from shameless–films.com. Direct purchasers will receive a special low serial numbered-edition, plus enjoy free shipping within the UK.
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