Relics

Shadow of the jungle: Secrets of Mbwuna

An expedition in the Amazon jungle searches for the mysterious Kothog tribe. He finds a hut with the cult objects of the tribe, among which is an elaborate statue of a strange creature. This statue is stolen from the cabin by expedition leader Whittlesey, packed up and sent to the Museum of Natural History in New York. But the whole expedition ends tragically, with some members lost in the jungle and others killed in a plane crash. From the whole expedition only a few crates of finds remain, which will go to the museum and end up in the depository.
Five years later, a spectacular exhibition on nature religion is being prepared at the Museum. It is intended to attract as many visitors as possible, which is why most of the exhibits are placed in the exhibition only at the last minute. But just before the exhibition opens, a series of mysterious murders occur in the museum. Their victims are mutilated, missing the hypothalamus. A group of scientists led by Dr. Frock and his assistants Margo Green and Greg Kawakita, as well as police officers led by Lieutenant D'Agosta and FBI Agent Pendergast, are trying to get to the bottom of the mystery. Gradually, it becomes clear that the murders are the work of Mbwun, the very being whose statue Whittlesey captured for the museum years ago on his expedition. When the creature found no natural food source in its homeland, represented by the leaves of a tropical plant, it went in search of its only known source - crates of finds wrapped in the leaves of that very plant. The human hypothalamus was the only adequate substitute for the substance Mbwun drew from plants.