Stranded as a child, Jelita faces cannibals, black magic, and treasure-hungry outsiders in the wilds of Indonesia.
JUNGLE VIRGIN FORCE
A group of explorers travel to Southeast Asia in search of lost treasure. Once there, however, they instead find a local tribe of cannibals who practice black magic and their expedition quickly turns into a bloody fight for survival.
Anthropologists, cannibals, and a jungle girl walk into a bloodbath—welcome to Indonesian pulp.
Leave your compass at home—this Indonesian cult oddity piles on cannibal tribes, black magic, and treasure-mad explorers with a side of family reunion melodrama. Lydia Kandou’s turn as the titular 'Jungle Girl' swings between pulp fantasy and grindhouse survival, while the expeditions into the jungle rarely go as planned.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Jungle Virgin Force is a 1983 Indonesian action-horror film directed by Danu Umbara about Jelita, a girl raised by an isolated tribe who becomes entangled with anthropologists, treasure hunters, and cannibals after being stranded on a remote island as a child.
Synopsis
Why Cult
The explorers' search for treasure is derailed by a tribe of cannibals wielding black magic, spiking the action with horror and gore.
Jelita’s journey from plane crash orphan to jungle survivor brings unexpected family drama when she reunites with her father.
A wild slice of Indonesia’s 1980s exploitation cinema, mixing pulp action, supernatural horror, and adventure tropes.
Academic curiosity collides with greed as scholars and fortune-seekers face off in the jungle, each with their own perilous agenda.
Themes & Keywords
Questions from the Vault
What is Jungle Virgin Force about? +
Jungle Virgin Force follows Jelita, a girl raised by an isolated tribe after a childhood plane crash, as she gets caught up with anthropologists, treasure hunters, and cannibals when outsiders arrive on her remote island.
Who directed Jungle Virgin Force? +
Jungle Virgin Force was directed by Danu Umbara.
How long is Jungle Virgin Force? +
Jungle Virgin Force has a runtime of 93 minutes.
What genre is Jungle Virgin Force? +
Jungle Virgin Force is an action-horror film.
Where can I watch Jungle Virgin Force? +
Jungle Virgin Force is available to stream on SassyFlix.
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