re: Cannibal Holocaust

[sugar shane]

good morning everyone. I was wondering- is anyone familiar with the 1980 film "Cannibal Holocaust"?

[orangestar]

yeah most of us are. What about it?



welcome to the forum by the way

[sugar shane]

have you seen the show, and if so what did you think?

[sugar shane]

..and thanks for the welcome:p

[bwind22]

Originally posted by sugar shane
have you seen the show, and if so what did you think?

Yes. I've seen it. I used to own the unrated, uncut version. It's brutally graphic. What do you want to know about it?

[sugar shane]

I've got to get my hands on a copy, either version. I heard the director(forget the name) was forced to appear in court to prove that the murders depicted were not actually real like the animals' deaths were. Such a controversial flick. I can't wait to see it for myself.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by sugar shane
I've got to get my hands on a copy, either version. I heard the director(forget the name) was forced to appear in court to prove that the murders depicted were not actually real like the animals' deaths were. Such a controversial flick. I can't wait to see it for myself.

ruggero deodato

[kunty]

odd flick. gorey. documentary type feel. boring a bit. wasn't worth the effort to watch. cept for the mud-packing

[deadandgone]

i thought of it as more of a violent porn than a horror but its pretty good its worth a watch

[zwoti]

Originally posted by deadandgone
i thought of it as more of a violent porn than a horror but its pretty good its worth a watch

sure you're not thinking of porno holocaust or erotic nights of the living dead? :p

[ShankS]

Originally posted by zwoti
sure you're not thinking of porno holocaust or erotic nights of the living dead? :p

rofl


duno how he thought CH was violent porn rofl.... there was some nookie on the muddy beach, but thats about as erotic as it gets

[deadandgone]

Originally posted by zwoti
sure you're not thinking of porno holocaust or erotic nights of the living dead? :p

i was probley thinking of porno holocaust

[zwoti]

Originally posted by deadandgone
i was probley thinking of porno holocaust

then porn it is, not very violent though

[alixzander]

i have not decided if i am going to see it. i mean i love movies that push the limits and go over the egde but i don't like the though of real animals being harmed.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by alixzander
i have not decided if i am going to see it. i mean i love movies that push the limits and go over the egde but i don't like the though of real animals being harmed.

fair enough, it's certainly a film you don't forget

[Dr.Kelvinstein]

Italian exploitation is my favorite sub-genre and I've watched all this crap for its historical importance in spaghetti horror, but the cannibal movies are an all-time low. You can make a movie as violent or sexually graphic as you want (I even urge you to do so, dammit!) but killing for "art" (if cutting up a turtle can even loosely be considered as art) is crossing a line that should NEVER be crossed. I would say the same about the films of Sam Peckinpah, and he is my favorite director of all time.

That said, Cannibal Holocaust is easily the best of the genre. Why isn't it on DVD? The most sickening is Slave of the Cannibal God in which we see the fear-stricken eyes of a monkey in loving close-up as it is slowly crushed to death by a boa constrictor. Who the hell thought this was entertainment? Sergio Martino, the director? Probably not. He probably had such contempt for horror fans that he thought we were all a bunch of raving lunatics who wanted to see a real snuff film. Even Ursula Andress nekkid cannot save this movie (especially sinche she's probably ten years past the point when anyone wanted to see her naked to begin with). And what the hell was Stacy Keach doing there in the first place?

And how about Emanuelle in America? Did Joe D'Amato think we would really be so turned on by animal mutilation that we would be amped for the sex scenes? I just don't get this genre.

I must admit that at moments the cannibal film does unsettle, and I don't mean through the gimmicky use of real-life animal mutilation. At times the films do pack an eerie sense of doom and dread--even if they are generally directed by the biggest hacks in Italain exploitation.

[LilMissScareAll]

Originally posted by alixzander
i have not decided if i am going to see it. i mean i love movies that push the limits and go over the egde but i don't like the though of real animals being harmed.

That's why I don't think I want to see this movie... it disgusts me that poor innocent animals were killed. :mad: But in a way I would like to see it, since everyone says it's so gory and realistic...I'd kinda like to see for myself. But knowing that the animals really were murdered, it would really bother me to see them.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by zwoti
fair enough, it's certainly a film you don't forget

Understatement of the year. ^^^

[KRUGERKID13]

i still can not find this movie uncensored in region 1 format