Dance of the Dwarfs


Dance of the Dwarfs AKA Jungle Heat is a 1983 adventure film directed by Gus Trikonis, loosely based on the book by Geoffrey Household by the same name. It stars Peter Fonda, Deborah Raffin, and John Amos. Despite a relatively wellknown cast, the film has stayed in obscurity, it has little to no cult following, and has yet to receive a DVD release. The film features music by a band called Snuff, which shares the name of a popular English band, despite being unrelated. The English band was not formed untilyears after Dance of the Dwarfs release.

In the forest, Evelyn encounters Esteban Amos, a witch doctor who they saw earlier stopping by a camp. Esteban forces her to drink a strong alcohol out of a jug as they discuss the Duendes. Esteban tells Dr. Howard that the tribe she searches for are the children of the devil who hunt at night.Meanwhile, as Harry packs, he is ambushed by a duo of bandits Carlos Palomino and Telly Babasa. Seemingly unable to bargain with them, Harry tells them that they would not be so tough without their guns, instead challenging them to a game of Cuban Roulette a game similar to Russian Roulette, but with two bullets instead of one. Banditagrees, but tells Harry to go first, Harry instead points the bandits gun at his oppressor and shoots him. The second bandit runs into the jungle and, after being pursued by the duendes, falls into a boiling lake. ........

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