Tanya's Island (1980)

Directed by

Alfred Sole

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

R

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman finds herself on a tropical island with her abusive boyfriend. She becomes torn between him and a wild ape-man who lives there. The island turns out to be a fantasy.

surrealbizarredreamlikeunsettlingromantictensecheesy

What happens

Tanya's Island is a 1980 Canadian-American fantasy film directed by Alfred Sole. It stars Denise "Vanity" Matthews (credited as “D.D. Winters”) as a young woman caught up in a love triangle with her aggressive boyfriend and a wild ape-man on an imaginary tropical island. The ape suit was created by Rick Baker and Rob Bottin, with special effects contributions from Steve Johnson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Beyond the Reef (1980)
• The Ivory Ape (1980)
• The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
• Pleasure Island (1980)
• Out of the Blue (1980)
• Pompa (1980)
• The Sand Boat (1980)
• The Blue Lagoon (1980)