Gow the Headhunter (1928)

Original title

Gow the Head Hunter

Directed by

Edward A. Salisbury

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1931 exploration film that combines footage from the 1920s of people in remote regions. It shows customs and daily life including headhunting practices. The film was originally four separate movies and was later rereleased under a different title.

rawunpolishedethnographicuneasydateddryfactualquietly disturbing

What happens

Gow the Headhunter (or Gow, the Headhunter, with a comma) is a 1931 exploration film. The footage, from the 1920s, was originally released as 4 different films before being released as a 63-minute feature film in 1931. The film was released in the 1950s under the title Cannibal Island. The film is also known as Gow the Head Hunter, or simply Gow, and Gow the Terror and Gow the Killer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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