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Curucu, Beast of the Amazon

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A doctor (Beverly Garland) and an adventurer (John Bromfield) head for the Amazon, where a guy (Tom Payne) in a bird suit is scaring natives.

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Audience Member Another stinker from an era wherein it was all about the drive-in business, and Curucu, Beast of the Amazon certainly fits the bill. This is certainly a movie that you'd rather be necking with someone than actually watching because it's just a terrible movie. Spoilers be damned, but there is no monster in this movie. It's just a guy pretending to be one, and that could work in a movie with a lot of atmosphere and some decent characters, but this movie has none of that. It's very cheaply and poorly made with no substance to it at all. It's easily a skippable bad B movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A moderately amusing jungle adventure which places Bromfield in dangerous Amazon territory alongside the courageous Garland. Bromfield plays a plantation owner who wants to find out why his workers are leaving the fields and returning to the jungles. Garland is trudging through the marshes on a mission to find a cure for cancer in a native's head-shrinking formula. They face the usual creepy jungle obstacles--spiders and snakes and piranhas--but none of them stop Bromfield from getting some answers. Payne, poorly suited up as a giant bird, is trying to frighten the peasants away from the exploitative plant owners. Garland's quest for a cancer cure goes ignored as the two travelers fall under the spell of Eros. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A doctor (Beverly Garland) and an adventurer (John Bromfield) head for the Amazon, where a guy (Tom Payne) in a bird suit is scaring natives.
Director
Curt Siodmak
Producer
Richard Kay, Harry Rybnick
Screenwriter
Curt Siodmak
Production Co
Jewel Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 16m