'Papaya, Love Goddess of The Cannibals' (1978) – Joe D'Amato.

Preceding the apocalyptic 'Zombie' outbreak in Matul, and a decade before the fiendish mini-mammalian mayhem of 'Ratman', Joe D'Amato's eye-popping expose of Voodoo-bugaboo Eco terrorism is, sadly, all too infrequently praised. A perverse, generously pulchritudinous, picture perfect peepshow, D'Amato's enticing admixture of exotic travelogue vistas, sizzling carnality, and tasteful, then-voguish usage of juicy Cannibal tropes prove irresistible! The buxom, blithely bi-curious blonde Journalist's (Shirpa Lane) lustful investigations of the deadly dusky demonologist Melissa (Melissa Chimenti) reveals the increasingly malign mystique of this vengeful Voodoo priestess. The deliciously overripe Papaya, Love Goddess of The Cannibals potently flesh-some cocktail of sun, sea and sultry sedition remains an intoxicatingly intimate exploitation classic, wherein only the largest portions of forbidden fruit will satisfy!