It’s all in the family for Zindy the Swamp Boy, a kiddie matinee like no other. That’s because el familia en cuestion is Mexploitation royalty, with René Cardona Jr. writing and producing, and René Cardona III starring. Then around 9 or 10, RC3 plays the title role of the orphaned kid who lives in a jungle shack with his flute and his fugitive grandfather, played by his actual one, René Cardona Sr., who also directs!
Given the trio’s collective filmographies of inappropriate inanities, can you tell which of the 10 scenes below actually happen in Zindy the Swamp Boy? Select all that apply.
1. Zindy shares a bed with his chimpanzee companion, Toribio, who can row a canoe.
2. Zindy rubs Toribio’s head and says, “You know what I’m saying: You’re all mine. All mine.”
3. Zindy asks Grandpa what’s wrong with sleeping naked.
4. Zindy keeps a pet tarantula named Cooka and a pet snake named Rufina.
5. Zindy and Toribio collaborate to trap a turkey in a rudimentary cage.
6. Grandpa drowns in quicksand, but has the temerity to leave his hat floating behind.
7. Finding an unconscious girl in the jungle, Zindy exclaims, “A woman!” before ordering Toribio to help drag her body back to the shack.
8. Back at the shack, Zindy orders Toribio to undress the girl as he retrieves Grandpa’s scalpel: “We’ll have to open her belly.”
9. Put out by his shack guest’s request for sugar in her coffee, Zindy wrestles and stabs a crocodile to death.
10. Zindy is killed by a puma.
Answer key: If you left any of the above unchecked — even just one — you are a failure. —Rod Lott
I just watched the RiffTrax version of Treasure of the Amazon. It is certainly something. They have an episode on Zindy as well, I will check it out.
Cardona movies are typically insane, including Treasure of the Amazon, reviewed here: http://www.flickattack.com/2016/05/treasure-of-the-amazon-1985/
I love them, whether Cardona Sr., Cardona Jr. or Cardona III.