Shot in Hawaii, She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) has a more exotic backdrop than most Roger Corman films. Although, the typical Corman simplicity of storyline and small budget are evident.
Two brothers, one good, one wanted for murder are stranded when their escape boat founders on a coral reef. Miraculously they are saved from drowning (and from a shark) by a lovely native girl.
They find themselves in an island paradise occupied solely by women. They are unwelcome guests, however, as the elder ladies of the tribe see them as nothing but trouble.
This group of Island women sustain their happy existence spiritually by dancing and praying to an underwater stone God is bizarre rituals.
They sustain their happy existence financially by gathering and hoarding giant pearls to trade with passing ships. One old crone amongst the older native women believes that the young beautiful girl that rescued the two men has angered their stone God and brought a curse upon them. She also seems pissed that the men find the young beauties sexually appealing.
The old wench devises to sacrifice the young lady to the God by feeding her to the resident shark in the reef.
The good brother, who has since fallen in love with the young beauty is determined to save her and bring her back to civilization with him.
He rescues her and they all flee, resting on the same coral reef where the story began.
In the process of escape the bad, criminal brother manages to sneak off and steal the Islander's cache of beloved pearls. This leads to a showdown between the two brothers, good against evil... Which will prevail?
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