I first saw this on a VHS I bought from K-Mart back in the day. I wasn't too impressed, but now all these years later I looked at this again on Tubi, and enjoyed the heck out of it.
This VERY odd film was the final movie for producer Herman Cohen. Jack Palance stars as Neal Mottram, an antique dealer who worships an African god named Chuku.
His bills are piling up as sales are way down and after praying to his God he and his shop employee find a stash of gold coins in an old wooden desk, and Mottram sees this as a reward from Chuku.
This sets in motion Mottram's plan to sacrifice young women to his God so he can have even more riches. A police detective named Wall (Michael Jayston) knows Mottram is a killer, but has no proof.
The killing continues and Neal gets richer and richer. His young employee, Ronnie (Martin Potter) is questioned by the police and almost spills the beans.
Palance is totally nuts as the man who is obsessed with his wooden God. He owns the film, but the supporting cast is wonderful as well. It includes Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Percy Herbert, Edith Evans, and Suzy Kendall.
Ege and Kendall are just so damned good looking I wish they had larger roles in the film. Check it out.
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