Cannibal Holocaust

[Ron]

I may go and buy this today, but I'm a bit apprehensive after some of what I've heard. I don't mind gore, but authentic animal killings aren't really my cup of tea. Is this worth 15 bucks or what?

[karloff]

Depends on you. Are you into exploitation flicks?

I liked Cannibal Holocaust quite a bit. But it's not for everyone. If you are into exploitation I would say get it.

If not you probably won't care for Holocaust.

[Ron]

i'm pretty big into exploitation flicks, i was just a little sketched out by the animal killings.

[karloff]

In that case get Cannibal Holocaust. It's quite extreme at times though. The animal killings aren't plesent to watch and are quite disturbing, but that's what Holocaust is all about.

It's the holy grail of cannibal flicks and easily rates as one of the more twisted exploitation characters. Even the main characters are rather lousy people. You'll see what I mean.

It has a lot of social commetery actually. Hope you like it if you do indeed get it. Be sure to let me know your thoughts.

[Ron]

yeah i just picked it up. im gonna give it a try and see if i can sit through it.

[Jigsaw]

I hate animal violence but have been wanting to see this movie for years. I'll have to find the uncut DVD sometime.

[Ron]

the one that i got is pretty sweet. it's a 2 disc edition. i believe it's uncut too.

[karloff]

The 2-disc is indeed uncut.

You can actually watch the movie without the animal violence. But even though I'm not cool with the violence on animals that is part of the movies impact.

[Skott]

I think it's a movie most horror fans in general should see but I don't think it's a film someone is meant to ENJOY. I don't like the animal killings and while some may argue their importance I refuse to believe the add anything to the film.

[Brett H.]

I don't know why people get so up in arms about animal killing when there's real human killing in the film. Sure, it's stock footage, but wow. Either way, I closed my eyes during these scenes. I absolutely love the flick, it has an amazing score and it just one big gore-fest. Very disturbing, and I'm down with that. Not a fun movie, but a movie that freaks you out, something these movies are supposed to do in the first place. The social commentary beats the hell out of anything that Romero has ever done. At least Cannibal Holocaust has social commentary, not a few actions that are taken by ever fanboy on the planet as the greatest artistic endeavor in film history.

[Shoesalesman]

The turtle scene was the worst. But the movie itself was pretty good. Shows how civilized society is no better than the primates. Was that 70s bush I saw in there, too? DAMN!!! :shy:

[Skott]

I don't know why people get so up in arms about animal killing when there's real human killing in the film. Sure, it's stock footage, but wow. Either way, I closed my eyes during these scenes. I absolutely love the flick, it has an amazing score and it just one big gore-fest. Very disturbing, and I'm down with that. Not a fun movie, but a movie that freaks you out, something these movies are supposed to do in the first place. The social commentary beats the hell out of anything that Romero has ever done. At least Cannibal Holocaust has social commentary, not a few actions that are taken by ever fanboy on the planet as the greatest artistic endeavor in film history.

Eh, I thought the real human killings were fake? I don't remember the real human stuff, I'm honestly glad I don't. While I appreciate the film for what it is, I won't be watching it again anytime in the near future (if ever). Probably the only DVD I have that has been touched once.

[Shoesalesman]

I watched it at a friend's house. When it was done he asked me if I wanted a copy for myself.

I declined. Even today, years after having seen it the first time, I have no burning desire to "own" it. Maybe that'll change in the future, but for now... not interested.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I've always liked Cannibal Holocaust. Believe it or not, the first time I saw it, I didn't squirm at ANY of the killings. I think somebody mentioned in here that the killings were real....they are infact fake.

[Brett H.]

Where the FUCK have you been, Marzy?

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Where the FUCK have you been, Marzy?

Hey Boo. I haven't had access to any computer lately. My computer is at my brother's house in LA. I had so much shit to bring back that I couldn't bring everything, so I had to leave my computer. I'm using my brother's laptop now, but I very rarely get to use it.

[Ron]

watched this last night and I must say that it speaks volumes about mankind. it's definitley a movie out to shock the viewer, but it is also an eye opener of sorts. This film made me realize that we're all just Darwinistic pawns in this game of life.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

The Grindhouse Releasings DVD is really good. It has nice features. If anyone hasn't seen this, but is a bit turned off by the real animal killings, they actually include a version of it where they take out the animal deaths. I'm not fond of it either, but for me, that's part of the movies impact I think.

I also like the music video for Necrophagia's Cannibal Holocaust. I've always been a fan of theirs.

[Ron]

I heard awhile back that they were remaking this and there was even an online petition to try and stop the production. I don't know how true this ever was though.

[Brett H.]

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[nottidelterrore]

The Grindhouse Releasings DVD is really good. It has nice features. If anyone hasn't seen this, but is a bit turned off by the real animal killings, they actually include a version of it where they take out the animal deaths. I'm not fond of it either, but for me, that's part of the movies impact I think.

I also like the music video for Necrophagia's Cannibal Holocaust. I've always been a fan of theirs.

It's a very good DVD release. The first time I watched it, I watched it with the animal killings in it. That disturbed me quite a bit so from now on when I watch it, I'm going to watch animal-killing free version.

[The New Blood]

I've always been curious about this movie. Perhaps I'll pick it up sometime, but I hope its not too sick for me(is that even possible?:p) or a waste of money.

[Lance Lives]

Yeah, I mean it sucks that they are real animals being killed but honestly the only one that really disturbed me was the turtle. I felt really bad watching that, and am not surprised that one of the actors cried after filming it. Other than that it's a pretty good cannibal flick and I'm glad I've seen it but wouldn't miss it too much if I didn't see it again.

I believe Boo was refering to the scene where they watch the filmmaker's past documentries and they show stock footage, which I've heard actually contains actual executions.

[Brett H.]

Yeah, I mean it sucks that they are real animals being killed but honestly the only one that really disturbed me was the turtle. I felt really bad watching that, and am not surprised that one of the actors cried after filming it. Other than that it's a pretty good cannibal flick and I'm glad I've seen it but wouldn't miss it too much if I didn't see it again.

I believe Boo was refering to the scene where they watch the filmmaker's past documentries and they show stock footage, which I've heard actually contains actual executions.

Yep, that's what it is.

I can't say enough about the movie though. As grueling as it is, it's the only film I've ever seen that actually made me believe the shit going on in it. It wasn't a demon killing people, it wasn't a crazed psychopath. Every day people commit horrendous acts and on the flipside of that, a culture that is nearly impossible for someone like me to understand carries out disgusting acts on a regular basis. The best thing about the movie is how it juxtaposes everything. The tribes battling are like our countries being at war with another, the disgusting sacrifices they do, we do in the way of murder. Rape, we do. Our society is so like theirs that it's not funny. But, we're "civilized". This is why the movie hits home with me on the social commentary front like no other.

[Lance Lives]

I agree, I didn't really expect the film to be like that and I was surprised to see that the victims were the actual bad guys here. They sure were pricks, at least the main guy. When he was burning down that tribes village just for the footage I was hoping that they were gonna get theirs.

[Brett H.]

I agree, I didn't really expect the film to be like that and I was surprised to see that the victims were the actual bad guys here. They sure were pricks, at least the main guy. When he was burning down that tribes village just for the footage I was hoping that they were gonna get theirs.

Yep, to me that made me more mad than I've ever been watching a film. That was just... like, whoa...

[Ron]

I think that the controversy of this film was much more hyped up that it actually deserved.

[Lance Lives]

Alot of the hype comes from the fact that the filmmakers had to go to court in order to prove that they didn't actually kill the characters because they pulled the whole Blair Witch thing (having the actors disappear from the media for a year). I think that's pretty cool actually, what more do you want when making a horror movie than believability and having to go to court because they think your cast is actually dead is about as believable as you can get.

[mrniceguy]

Quite easily the most disturbing horror film I've ever laid eyes on . I agree the animal killings were not essential to the making of this film . I took two things from watching this film , an eye-opening look at the human race and this is what happens when you push people into the corner , especially a group of people who don't exactly follow the Geneva Conventions when they fight an enemy . By the end of the movie , I was rooting for the cannibals .

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Lance Lives - Yeah, I found the turtle being killed to be quite disturbing. That was the only one that really bothered me.

[Ron]

I Spit On Your Grave was a lot more difficult to watch than Cannibal Holocaust IMO.

[Lance Lives]

The rape scene in I Spit was pretty unfortunate but that's was fake, regardless of how brutal it was portrayed. There is actual living creatures dying in Cannibal Holocaust and that always stuck in my mind when watching the movie, thus making it a harder watch than I Spit IMO.

[Ron]

I don't wanna sound heartless, but rape scenes bother me miles more than authentic animal killings, however I do not enjoy seeing either.

[Apocalypto]

CH had many grotesque sequences besides the animal torture anyway, including a womans vaginal area being repeatedly bludgeoned with a sharp rock.

I find the film far more disturbing than ISOYG.

[The Dream Master]

CH had many grotesque sequences besides the animal torture anyway, including a womans vaginal area being repeatedly bludgeoned with a sharp rock.



After reading this, I can firmly state that I will never, ever see this film now. Thanks for the heads up.

[Brett H.]

After reading this, I can firmly state that I will never, ever see this film now. Thanks for the heads up.

You're missing out. :(

[Germaniac]

Cannibal Holocaust is (in my book) the best Cannibal movie (I also enjoy Cannibal Ferox, but not as much as CH). I love the athmo of this movie and the score is great.
This isn´t just a gorefest in order to show some FX .. it is the plot that´s sticking out here and makes the movie uncomfortable.

About the turtle-sequence: Yeah, that scene is hard to watch (when you know that it was a real one). But at least theyreally ate it and didn´t just play with the thing ( and that´s what happens in the bush: People kill animals for food!). Hey, they killed a real snake in F13th 1 ... and I doubt that the catering service used the remains!

About the rape-sences: Uhhh ... they are necessary for the plot and the tone of the movie (to see that the cannibals get pushed and that there is no black-white scenario here). This is a horror-movie ...and bad things happen in horror movies. And I believe that horror movies that show how the bad things of our lifes far more scarier than horror movies with supernatural reasons.

[Brett H.]

Cannibal Holocaust is (in my book) the best Cannibal movie (I also enjoy Cannibal Ferox, but not as much as CH). I love the athmo of this movie and the score is great.
This isn´t just a gorefest in order to show some FX .. it is the plot that´s sticking out here and makes the movie uncomfortable.

About the turtle-sequence: Yeah, that scene is hard to watch (when you know that it was a real one). But at least theyreally ate it and didn´t just play with the thing ( and that´s what happens in the bush: People kill animals for food!). Hey, they killed a real snake in F13th 1 ... and I doubt that the catering service used the remains!

About the rape-sences: Uhhh ... they are necessary for the plot and the tone of the movie (to see that the cannibals get pushed and that there is no black-white scenario here). This is a horror-movie ...and bad things happen in horror movies. And I believe that horror movies that show how the bad things of our lifes far more scarier than horror movies with supernatural reasons.

Germaniac has hit the nail on the head. I agree this isn't a movie for everyone, but the poor taste in the movie is justified in the context of the film. See, whereas I Spit on Your Grave was pure exploitation, this movie has a soul, it's a real movie. I just think that a genre fan/art fan you sort of owe it to yourself to at least try the movie.

The reason I sort of try to get people to watch the film is because I was once them. Until CH came out, I REFUSED to watch a cannibal horror film. I thought that they'd be pure exploitation trash that don't really deal with anything "horror" (the definition I used in my mind at the time), and I thought they'd really degrade the native people. When CH came out and literally the LE sold out within 3 days, I knew that there had to be something special about the movie that went beyond exploitation. I was still worried. I remember WesReviews and I had many a discussions about this before we came to the agreement that we had to see the film to call ourselves horror fans.

So I had to wait 3 months to get the re-release and the day I got it, I watched it. I popped the movie in and my mind went blank. For the first time in my horror viewing life, I really had no idea what to expect. I still at this point expected trash. Then the film opened with a wonderful sky shot overviewing the forest and river with some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. My eyes widened about as big as they could, at this point, I knew I wasn't dealing with some exploitive synth trash, this was going to be epic. I challenge anyone to hear the beautiful music and not want to see the film. And, when the shit goes down, it has one of the scariest scores out there as well.

The film brought the violence, the film brought the emotion, the film was purely perfection. There will never be a movie as visceral as Cannibal Holocaust and I don't think any movie will match the feeling I got when I watched it. The thing is, it never did it in poor taste. Whatever the filmmaker's intentions were, whatever they did to exploit in advertising was redeemed in how the movie actually turned out.

As stated, it's such a hard film to recommend, but I don't think it's a film you can just brush off as trash. It's something you have to see to believe. I just want people to recognize, when they're talking about rape and extreme brutality in this movie as though it's trash, it's not. It's amazing cinema. It works with the movie, the movie doesn't work with it. That's something that can't be said about many horror films.

[Ron]

CH had many grotesque sequences besides the animal torture anyway, including a womans vaginal area being repeatedly bludgeoned with a sharp rock.

I find the film far more disturbing than ISOYG.
This won't become one of those Saw debates.
That's the thing with exploitaion films...they are created to exploit our innermost disgusts so it is natural that we will all feel different.

[Lance Lives]

I understand Boo's point of view and agree that it's worth seeing but I don't see it as a perfect piece of cinema. It was something made to shock, no doubt, and I suppose it does that. There is more to it than just cannibal exploitation but that doesn't make it a good film in my eyes. The structure is odd, the characters unlikeable (I suppose that was the intention), and there is, as we all know, animals being killed for footage.
There is great subtext in this movie I agree, but it's still not that good of a flick I don't think. And Dream Master, that rock scene is pretty tame, so unless the pure idea of what is happening is too much to bear, it's not hard to watch.

[The Dream Master]

You're missing out. :(

You know, I'm not typically one to just dismiss a movie before giving it a chance, but the stuff I've heard about this one is cringe-worthy. However, your other post kind of has me back on the fence because I trust your judgment about these kind of things. I just don't know if I can get past seeing a woman get bludgeoned like that (for some reason that shit repulses me more than anything).

[Ron]

everyone has there own level of what they can tolerate seeing so i understand what your saying DM.

[Brett H.]

I understand Boo's point of view and agree that it's worth seeing but I don't see it as a perfect piece of cinema. It was something made to shock, no doubt, and I suppose it does that. There is more to it than just cannibal exploitation but that doesn't make it a good film in my eyes. The structure is odd, the characters unlikeable (I suppose that was the intention), and there is, as we all know, animals being killed for footage.
There is great subtext in this movie I agree, but it's still not that good of a flick I don't think. And Dream Master, that rock scene is pretty tame, so unless the pure idea of what is happening is too much to bear, it's not hard to watch.

The structure is what makes the film for me. It's way better than BWP as it's like you're actually watching the newsreel with the people who are watching it for the first time. For me, it's not the best film in the world, but at what it does, it's the most perfect example ever made. I've never felt like I have when I watched the movie. The unlikeable characters are, as you said, intentional, but the beauty in those characters is that it's 100% true. Examples of crazy shit in journalism would be the death of Princess Diana and every journalist crying when Paris Hilton runs over their feet. I have a solution to not getting ran over, get the fuck out of the way of a moving vehicle...

You know, I'm not typically one to just dismiss a movie before giving it a chance, but the stuff I've heard about this one is cringe-worthy. However, your other post kind of has me back on the fence because I trust your judgment about these kind of things. I just don't know if I can get past seeing a woman get bludgeoned like that (for some reason that shit repulses me more than anything).

I kind of feel bad to recommend it to you (just in case you do rent it and hate it), but the part of me that thought much like you thought and then ended up loving the movie (in a different way than I love any other film, mind you). It's not a movie I watch every day, there's not much pleasure to be taken from it (although I guess you could question the horror fan's sanity to begin with, watching F13 movies for pleasure would be seen as pretty twisted if you really got into it. I mean, people are dying and we are cheering it on). It's sort of what you're immune to, I guess.

For the record, the rock bludgeoning scene was pretty effective to me, but what most people fail to mention is that it was done by a native man to a native woman because she had committed adultery. Which, doesn't make it appropriate or anything, but it's the way they do it and it's not like one of the characters grabbed a girl and rammed her vagina for fun, type of deal. A very good amount of the film sort of deals with our customs vs. theirs (and how fucking SIMILAR they are), and inaccuracy in journalism and media fabrication. That's why I like the movie, it makes the destruction that is shown have a "purpose." Unlike other cannibal movies, there's at least a method to he madness and every disgusting thing makes you think about something or at the very least has dramatic effect and you feel sympathy rather than exploitation.

The animal killings, I really don't know why they are there other than to shock and to make it feel like a real documentary. They're the only parts of the movies that seem out of place. The human firing squad stuff... fuck, it could haven't cost much to film something like that, so I wish they'd have just went that way with it. It's not graphic, but it's the only thing in the film that offends me. The best thing is this, if the animal killing is really worrying you, you can watch the film without it and you will miss nothing. The animal killing mostly is just them needing to eat and adds nothing to the movie. You miss nothing at all by bypassing the animal stuff. If you don't want to see the firing squad stuff, when you see the words "Road to Hell" close your eyes.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I also found the part where one of the guys gets his dick cut off to be pretty messed up. :eek:

[Brett H.]

I also found the part where one of the guys gets his dick cut off to be pretty messed up. :eek:

Was he not the one who raped the native girl?

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Was he not the one who raped the native girl?

Yes, I believe it was. Actually, I think both of them raped the native girl. So the reason they used that as punishment makes sense.

[Lance Lives]

I actually thought all 3 raped that girl?
And yeah, it was a suiting punishment and very real looking when the guy got his manhood taken away.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I actually thought all 3 raped that girl?
And yeah, it was a suiting punishment and very real looking when the guy got his manhood taken away.

Yeah, you're right. All 3 did.

[Brett H.]

I wonder why I only remember the one guy in the grass, I pretty much could remember everything that happened in the movie to a T.

[Ron]

yeah this movie was pretty much burned into my mind

[Lance Lives]

I wonder why I only remember the one guy in the grass, I pretty much could remember everything that happened in the movie to a T.

I just remember because I thought it was so harsh. It wasn't enough for the two guys with no girlfriend to rape her, but instead the guy with a chick joins in too. Remember when the female character is telling him not to and they're fighting? They really were terrible fellas.

[The Dream Master]

I kind of feel bad to recommend it to you (just in case you do rent it and hate it), but the part of me that thought much like you thought and then ended up loving the movie (in a different way than I love any other film, mind you). It's not a movie I watch every day, there's not much pleasure to be taken from it (although I guess you could question the horror fan's sanity to begin with, watching F13 movies for pleasure would be seen as pretty twisted if you really got into it. I mean, people are dying and we are cheering it on). It's sort of what you're immune to, I guess.

For the record, the rock bludgeoning scene was pretty effective to me, but what most people fail to mention is that it was done by a native man to a native woman because she had committed adultery. Which, doesn't make it appropriate or anything, but it's the way they do it and it's not like one of the characters grabbed a girl and rammed her vagina for fun, type of deal. A very good amount of the film sort of deals with our customs vs. theirs (and how fucking SIMILAR they are), and inaccuracy in journalism and media fabrication. That's why I like the movie, it makes the destruction that is shown have a "purpose." Unlike other cannibal movies, there's at least a method to he madness and every disgusting thing makes you think about something or at the very least has dramatic effect and you feel sympathy rather than exploitation.

The animal killings, I really don't know why they are there other than to shock and to make it feel like a real documentary. They're the only parts of the movies that seem out of place. The human firing squad stuff... fuck, it could haven't cost much to film something like that, so I wish they'd have just went that way with it. It's not graphic, but it's the only thing in the film that offends me. The best thing is this, if the animal killing is really worrying you, you can watch the film without it and you will miss nothing. The animal killing mostly is just them needing to eat and adds nothing to the movie. You miss nothing at all by bypassing the animal stuff. If you don't want to see the firing squad stuff, when you see the words "Road to Hell" close your eyes.

Alright, so I finally watched this today, and you (and everyone else that expressed similar sentiments) were absolutely right. For so long, I lumped this in with exploitative trash like ISOYG, but, as you said in another post, that was pure exploitation. There's a point to what you see in CH. Also, whereas ISOYG seems to actually revel and take pleasure in the rape scenes, CH wants you to be disturbed and see the parallels between our culture and the cannibals'. At first, I didn't like how the movie came right out and beat us over the head by having the anthropologist guy spell it out for us; however, once it became a crucial part of the plot by having him convince the execs to destroy the footage, it made sense. Also, whereas I found ISOYG a very poor, boring film in general, I can't say the same for CH. The photography is top notch, and it's realism is absolutely brutally realized.

For what it's worth, I did watch it with the animal scenes included. Yes, it was disgusting, but it kind of does serve the purpose of enhancing the realism. The firing squad footage is disturbing too, even if it was stock footage. I didn't realize it was real until I started reading about the film after watching it.

Ultimately, I would have to say that all the hype really is a bit overblown. The bludgeoning scene that I expressed reservations about earlier in this thread did end up being the most uncomfortable scene for me, but it didn't really last that long. It also served as a good setup to the rape scene later in the film. Everything else was brutal as hell, too, but my stomach never really turned.

I'd have to agree with Boo (and everyone else) when he says that a horror fan kind of owes it to himself to check this one out at least once. I'm not sure I'll be watching it several times again anytime soon, but it is something I know I will watch again.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Brett - I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, and see CH the way we do. :)

[Ron]

I very much agree with you DM when you say that every horror fan owes it to themself to atleast attempt to watch this film. I personally think that after all of the fuss I heard it wasn't half as bad.

[Brett H.]

Glad you never found it a total waste of your time, DM. What did you think of the score? The music playing over the credits with that river, oh man, love that music. I used to have it on mp3, but I accidentally deleted it and never could find it again.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

Love the score as well. I'm pretty sure they released it on CD. I'd like to pick it up sometime.

[The Dream Master]

The score was surprising as hell considering the subject material, but to be honest, but it grew on me. In fact, I've found myself humming it at times this week.

And Boo, it definitely was not a waste of my time. In fact, it's really stuck with me since watching it. The more I think about it, the more I find myself wanting to watch it again.

[Shoesalesman]

I watched it once, but I'm not too keen on seeing it again anytime soon. It was a good movie, but CRIPES! some of the things you see are absolutely disgusting.

[The Dream Master]

I know what you're saying because I had the same reaction after I watched it. For some reason, I've found myself warming up to the idea of watching it again sooner than I thought I would though.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

That's cool, Brett. The first time I saw it, I wanted to watch it again too. :D

[nottidelterrore]

I haven't watched it in awhile but probably will do so something soon. I'll more than likely watch the version where the animals don't get killed. I watched that version the first time just to get the full experience. I loved it other than the animal parts.

I love the score to this as well.

[Ron]

You know, I watched this again last night and I absolutley LOVE the score. I wish I had a compilation cd of great scores such as this and Suspiria among others.

[TalbotLives]

I agree with what most of you have been saying about CH...probably the best, most pure example of an exploitation film there is.

I saw it back in 2005 when Grindhouse re-released it in theaters. Seeing it up on the big screen in all its glory was one hell of an experience. I went with my best friend, and another friend of ours (who likes horror, but isn't much into exploitation) decided to tag along. We tried to warn him what he was in for, but he just kind of brushed it off.

When the movie was over and the house lights came up, he was completely ashen. He looked like someone punched him in the stomach or something. After a few minutes, he finally said, "That was a great movie...I never want to see it again."

Probably the most apt description of CH's power I've ever heard.

[Ron]

It took me a long time to rewatch this.

[Lance Lives]

I've never re-watched it. I could, I just never have. I don't have the dvd either so that puts a stick in the gears of me seeing it again too, I'd have to borrow it again and everything I don't know if I think it's worth it.

[MaDMaNMaRz]

I bought the Grinhouse Releasings DVD at Suncoast awhile ago...so I ended up paying $25 for it. But it's worth it. I'm sure you could find a cheaper copy over at Amazon, Tim.

[Lance Lives]

I don't know, if I ever found that DVD in a used bin for like 5 dollars or something (unlikely) I'd pick it up, but there's other stuff I'd rather pick up that I'd actually watch over and over and enjoy.

This movie is worth seeing but not something I'm gonna set out to watch multiple times.

[God of Thunder]

I've always liked Cannibal Holocaust. Believe it or not, the first time I saw it, I didn't squirm at ANY of the killings. I think somebody mentioned in here that the killings were real....they are infact fake.

Y'know, I never really was that creeped out or disturbed by the film either. It could be the fact that when I watched it, it was 2 or 3 in the morning and I had to be up early. Either way, I was a bit let down. I mean, it wasn't bad, but it just wasn't near as shocking as it and its reviews make it out to be. Yeah, the gore is well done, but very few instances made me really squirm. If anything, I was more disturbed by them burning down the natives' house just to get footage. Although, the dude getting his dick cut off and basically cut up into pieces was pretty rough. The ending was definitely the best part, when those fuckers get what they deserve. Also, I love how people thought The Blair Witch Project was so original, it's clearly a direct rip-off of this movie, and a very inferior one as well. Either way, I like Cannibal Holocaust a lot, but honestly, it's not my favorite cannibal film. It's not even my favorite Ruggero Deodato film. But it's still an important movie, and belongs in every gorehound's collection. Well worth the 30 bucks I shelled out.

[Sketch Sanchez]

"That was a great movie...I never want to see it again."



Its taken me a long time to put how I feel about this film into words but that hit the nail right on the head.

I saw this for the first time over the weekend and while I've heard of the film I was never hyped for it in any capacity and knew absolutely nothing about it other than the fact that it was infamous--so, suffice to say, I was completely shocked by the film.

I had to fast forward more than once (mostly the animal killings, but the fetus thing was another) and you know what? I was pretty fine, personally, up until the "twist" happens and you're shown that the film makers were complete and utter assholes. From the moment the burned the huts my jaw was to the floor and, to be completely honest, I was glad that they were killed by the tribe. They fucking deserved it.

Its funny, everytime I say to myself something like "this is the most fucked up movie i've ever seen" someting new comes along and changes that.