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Posted By: horrorgirl666 at 12:56pm, October 20, 2009
This movie may not shock people today as much as it did when it was released because we as a society are so use to hearing about rape and violence on the news from the time we wake to the time we fall asleep. When you watch this you must watch it in the context of the world in a more simple civilized manner. The responses to this movie only solidify the death of shock cinema. I was completely horrified the first time I saw this movie..the killing of animals and the rape and just the total disgard for a civilization that westerns just didnt understand. In the end you really have to ask yourself did the movie make you think, did it resinate in your mind, and most of all did it make you feel dirty and horrible for watching it and liking it? It did all those things for me..so for all the people who watch it and say it was overrated just remember someone thought it was depraved enough to arrest the director and crew of this film.
Great film for an oldie, I'm suprised I've never heard about this untill recently. The old music made me laugh, the animal slaughters were quite disturbing, the people were just messed up. I'm glad they got what they deserved in the end.
Disturbing. Horror movies are one thing, rape movies are something else. Not into this movie to much. Very realistic in it's gore and I guess it lives up to it's reputation.
This movie is disgusting. extremely gory and brutal. it had an impact on me which is why im giving it any kind of score. i like the idea of the story and that it shows how vile man really can be. i liked how in the end, they got what was coming to them. the soundtrack adds to the dread that is all through the movie. the animal killings were unnecessary and were uncomfortable to watch. the end of the movie is uncomfortable to watch. this whole movie just is something i couldnt stand to watch ever again. if you have to see it, check it out, but i dont recommend it, especially if you cant stomach some intense scenes of violence against animal and man along with some disturbing images(woman impaled). theres also a few rape scenes which i hated. just a disgusting movie.
Posted By: YoungHorror at 12:20am, September 3, 2009
Yes it is VERY overrated and not as gory or brutal as it is told to be, but it is still a very well-made and very good movie. Extremely realistic, and the animal killings were pretty bad. The score was phenomenal; almost better than the movie itself. It had its very fake parts, but the rest was very real, and very good, and very very very. This movie will stick with you for a long time.
this movie kinda sucked. It is waaaaaaaaay overhyped for being sooooo brutal, and honestly it wasn't really all that brutal. i knew it wasn't going to be a good movie so I was expecting so carnage, but it only met the expectation to minimal degree. It had some cool special effects but sometimes it looked incredibly fake and therefore ruined the illusion. I won't even bother with the characters. just boring typical. Definitely just a movie to see to say you have seen it.
Ok so, This movie has to be the most disturbing horror movie ever made, the killings were fake apart from the animal ones, and to be honest, id rather watch the people actually being killed rather than the poor animals that were actually killed for this film, and as people have said YES if you were stuck in a jungle you would have to kill animals but this WASNT real so they didnt have to ACTUALLY go out and kill the animals that they did kill, wich includes an Endangered species of turtle. People say 'At Least they got what they deserved' but they didnt because the people didnt even get killed, the human killings were fake. So no they didnt, This film is practically disturbed and shit, if anyone finds this amusing or entertaining in any kind of way must have a truly fucked up mind. YES i enjoyed the ending, because i thaught it was a snuff film, until i realised the ending was fake yet the animals had still been slaughtered for nothing?!
I will never watch this again.
ill give it half a star for the realistic ending.
I had the pleasure of going into this movie knowing virtually nothing about it, besides the animal killings being real, and as I sat through this I began to question the movie. This movie tested my breaking point, this is my first explotation/rape/cannibal film, and this is the first time I watched a movie and I truly felt uncomfortable and had trouble watching (adultress punishment).
After watching this I truly thought it was a real snuff film, but i was corrected otherwise, and there is nothing that will bring me back to that first time I watch this masterpiece.
NOw to the actual review, this movie mixes the PERFECT blend of music with disturbing imagery to make you feel uncomfortable, the music is haunting and will stick in your mind for days afterwards, or in my case whistling or humming them. The gore is very well done and truly realistic, which is why I thought it was real the first time.
Do not watch this movie is your squeamish because IT DOES have REAL ANIMAL KILLINGS IN IT! The killings didn't bother me so much because it was just to shock the audience, there was a piont to the animal killings, if you were in the jungle you would need to kill for you food as well.
The movie follows a group of filmmakers makking a documentary and you soon realize they are the true cannibals, by raping their women and burning the natives houses down and laughing about it the whole way. There is even a scene with a pole through someone;s body and you see how truly sadistic the film crew is when one of them is laughing and smiling at it then notcies they are filming and acts all shocked.
Watch this movie, watch this movie and understand it, don't see it as shock exploitation or jsut nasty ness on screen, get inside the movie and truly understand it and you should enjoy it as much as I did. A perfect 10/10!
When I think of horror, truly genuine horror, not the cheap stuff that teenage girls scream-giggle-giggle at, it’s almost always something hyper-realistic. Do not misunderstand me. I’m not contradicting H.P. Lovecraft when he stated that “horror and fantasy are only separated by a stream of black water”, but I am saying it’s a narrow-minded view. Fantasy worlds that we do not understand will always scare some of us, but there will also always be a group of people who find all unrealistic horror completely laughable. In the exact opposite sense, I’ve never once heard a person say that the premises behind truly realistic horror films were laughable. Ironically, realistic horror is scarce. Perhaps it’s because we live in a time where modern directors saw The Omen when they were 2-years-old, their underdeveloped minds mistook cheese for terror, and now they live and breathe to pump the horror genre full of crappy, unoriginal movies like The Unborn or A Tale of Two Sisters. Thus, whenever I see a truly realistic horror film, regardless of its quality, I can’t help but take it at least twice as seriously as I would yet another oh-there’s-a-cheesy-demon!-let’s-get-naked-then-do-some-ins anely-stupid-thing-and-get-killed film. In other words: Cannibal Holocaust is far from a great film in terms of quality, but the fact it’s actually realistic gives it weight, and makes it worth watching.
The first time I attempted to watch Cannibal Holocaust, I’ll admit I was bored to the point of tears. It just seemed like a toned-down, less entertaining version of The Temple of Doom. I turned it off 15 minutes in. The next day came, and I reluctantly decided to force myself to sit through the other 70 minutes of the film. This time, it caught my attention immediately. The boring faux-documentary set-up blended into an infinitely more interesting study of human nature.
While most films that “study” human nature really just end up repeating elementary facts that we knew before we were old enough to get into PG-rated movies, there is quite a bit more intelligence here. Instead of typically displaying the entire modern society (or just the American society) as evil, Cannibal Holocaust accurately depicts the mental breakdown of the young live-for-the-moment mind. In 2009, that’s something I’ve rarely seen. In 1980, I’m pretty sure it was an original concept to display on film. Also, what makes Cannibal Holocaust infinitely more realistic to Battle Royale or Lord of the Flies is that it NEVER uses extremes. While the former two works that I listed lump the entire human race together into a single idealistic gobbledygook character type, Cannibal Holocaust does the opposite and presents good, bad, AND everything in between through diverse, realistic character traits. This is why Cannibal Holocaust is so intelligent in presenting the whole cliché “human nature is to kill” concept.
As for the quality . . . Well, people have accurately said that the acting (from the older people) isn’t great. The four (young) central characters all act realistically, and are portrayed realistically. However, I didn’t find the acting bad enough to be distracting at any point in the film. Some of the gore effects are outdated, but, again, I didn’t feel it took away from the story unless you allow it to.
The gore is minimal at best. Some would go as far as to say it isn’t there at all. There are a few generic, non-graphic Hollywood rape scenes, a few infamous animal killings, and a few human lacerations, but that’s about it. It’s nothing you haven’t seen hundreds of times before. A lot like A Clockwork Orange and Natural Born Killers, I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how this film was labeled as insanely violent, much less violent/gory at all. The small amount of gore that was there was simply generic, and done in a non-graphic way. I’m someone who is very sensitive to graphic gore, and I found everything in this movie below the level of violence in the average R-rated movie. Compared to any given Saw film, Cannibal Holocaust just looks bloodless. I am not complaining about this, however. Just stating the fact. The movie did not need more gore for any reason, and I blame the lack of it only on the silly infamous hype.
Overall, I found Cannibal Holocaust a very entertaining and thought-provoking experience. I watched it with low expectations and had an absolute blast. One of the most fun movies I’ve ever watched alone. Regardless of my tastes, however, it is impossible to deny the territory and importance of this film on the horror genre. It forces you out of your face fantasy world and rubs your face in the filth of the real world . . . even if that filth isn’t really that disturbing.
Honestly I can see why this movie was banned. It pushed limits, but thats what makes it amazing. I am almost never disturbed and this movie took me there. For anyone that says it took it too far, think for a minute, you watch stuff like this to be disturbed, shocked, scared, and or disgusted. Who is to say what is and what isnt sacred. I cant say I agree with everything he did in making the movie but it all came together in to a raw very realistic masterpeice. In my opinion this movie deserves respect simply putting everything out on the table and not fearing the repercussions.
another movie where people get what they deserve,very italian,grainy,and even shocking at times this movie will either skeez you out or make you hate the friend who showed it to you.
Posted By: Necronatalusz at 10:14pm, February 22, 2009
you know, i almost bought this movie on e-bay for 90 bucks cause its so hard to find. When i finally got my hands on one i was so dissappointed. I really didnt understand why this movie was band in all kinds of countries. Basically the movie was just dull. Was expecting a lot more gore. This fucking movie blows my buts
While i do respect everyone's right to an individual opinion, I cant believe how many people went into viewing this film thinking they were going to see an edge of your seat thrillride of a horror move. This is Low-Budget 70's exploitation cinema at its very core. And nothing more. The special effects are top-notch for the time period, and Deodato sure knows how to film them in a shocking and brutal fashion.
I personally am fucked up in the head and think it's great to see impaled women and burying newborns on film. That being said, i think the animal footage was pointless and cruel. Dont get me wrong, i was not offended at the gore of it, but it just feels insulting to me as someone who has paid to see this move, that Deodato would be so lazy in his attempts to shock us, that he would just butcher animals on camera instead of taking the time to create more effects. Pointless. And the movie would have been 10 times more dignified (i know that sounds weird) and powerfull without them.
Bottom line: A memorable experience.
This is one of the worst Horror films I've seen. Its not enjoyable, I couldn't feel sorry for the people in the movie that got killed because they deserved it. This film is not a true Horror movie, the story sucks, everything sucks about, its just Gore and Nudity. Don't waste 2 hours of your life like I did.
This movie crossed the line for me . I love gore and this film certainly delivered on that but burying a new born child alive,raping women with stone dildos and real animal mutilation did nothing but leave a very , very bad taste in my mouth. Very disturbing and sick.
I heard how "Good" this was but the worst peace of sh*t ever!
Just makes no sense what so ever just pointless gore and porn!
Save yourself time and skip this sad excuse for a movie!
Posted By: bigmo_402 at 11:12pm, November 21, 2008
One of the most disturbing, shocking movies out there. Too bad it's 23 years old. Worth watching once if you're a real gore hound.
Posted By: StayPuft138 at 9:10pm, November 21, 2008
It's really difficult for me to summarize an opinion for this film, considering it's so vast and contradictory at times. (My opinion, not the film.) Anyway, I went in with unbelievably high expectations. I have high expectations for all films that I see which go far under-the-radar most of the time but with this movie they were noticeable. It wasn't quite what I expected. It did have what I was necessarily hoping or looking for in a "first-rate" cannibal movie but in other contexts what I got was better. The music, seemingly to many at this point in time may seem somewhat cheesy and quite obnoxious. Although, it's to be appreciated and honestly fucking fantastic. Undeniably. Now, when I obtained a copy of this what I got was the retained Grindhouse Deluxe Edition. What I found to be fantastic is that, with most of those dvd releases of older films you don't get much aside from the actual movie. With Cannibal Holocaust? Nuh-uh, you get everything. Now, when I say everything, I mean, eve3rything even remotely related to the movie. Documentary, trailers, even Necrophagia's music video for one of their best songs, "Cannibal Holocaust" which is un-fucking-believably fantastic. Seriously, if you're a fan of cannibal movies or horror movies of pseudo-nostalgia, GET THIS> Straight up, yo.
In retrospect, I have absolutely no idea why I didn't just say that I thought this film kicked ass. Maybe, I just didn't wanna seem like many of the other shallow-opinioned reviewers.. Oh well, THIS MOVIE KICKS ASS.
Posted By: Bloodymuffins at 5:09pm, November 12, 2008
This movie was better than I thought it would be, granted it was a truly sick movie. But that is why it was good. It is meant to be disgusting and it never cops out by cutting away from the carnage. It also was good because it captured the feel of a documentary so well that at times I thought I was watching real footage which made it even more disturbing. If they would have left out the America scenes it would have been harder to watch because there would have been no break from the intense footage. It defiantly earned its reputation and will undoubtedly stay with me for a long time to come.
Man I had been waiting awhile to see this, and when I finally get my hands on it, I was let down... it wasn't terrible. I love gore and what not and this was jam packed, but I was ready to be freaked out as well. In that aspect, this movie was not scary. This is all shock value horror, no suspense or "horror" involved. The story was cluttered and inconsistant and I do not understand what these white folks were doing, raping and piliging the indiginous tribes along the river... I never got it. For what? I thought they were trying to do research not destroy families and homes... overall if you want to cringe at blood and guts this is just fine, when it comes to entertainment or plot look away!
i love this movie. i was so suprised by it, not by the amount of gore and what not but how good the storyline was. i thought all i would see is some documentery film makers go to the jungle and get brutalized by cannibals but nope. the movie actual has something to say, unlike some people who just dubb it explotaion cause they can't handle it.
It doesnt deserve anything. All it takes is a sick fuck or two to go somewhere dangerous and create a snuff movie. This shouldnt even be sold in stores,there is a line I draw with Horror movies, this isnt a horror movie. Its disturbing and should only be used as educational of how fucked up one can get.
This one has it all. Top notch acting, a quality script…wait, I mean…Other than the significance of saying you say the film that is banned in the most countries there is no need to see it. I suggest you pass on this one. Animal slaughtering as a use of horror has no value other than shock. There is a lot of rape and the type of violence found more commonly on the Jerry Springer Show. But, you got to give it to the filmmakers for cramming the movie with more dumpy, full-frontal, male nudity than a gay porn…When Bears Attack…AAAAGGHHHH!!! Hell, that sounds like the title to a much better Man vs. Nature horror film.
I remembered when I first watched this film, i was pretty shocked by the graphic nature of the film.Like the baby scene which always sticks in my mind. I suppose there should always be a film like this to seperate similarites of horror films and categorise gore if you understand what i mean.
I did though question the film, "Was that necessary ?" but now I realise it was a head of it's time, like "Last House On The Left" and "I Spit On Your Grave".
I've only seen it once as i find it a bit difficult to watch the bucket full of shocks. Though i truely believe it deserves a place in the cult classic...or iconic section (as coldblood mentions). I'll look forward to all the remakes that I've mentioned here, as it'll be interesting if they have the balls to put the shocks on screen, if they don't then just don't insult the movie!
KEEP IT REAL I SAY! (except killing animals of course)
This is what you call a bench-mark movie. If you wonder how disturbing and realistic looking a horror can be where it actually may be too much - this is that film. Even today's goth kids would wince at this one. Love it or loathe it; nobody has ever denied it's effectiveness. This movie WILL get a reaction out of you. And for that, it does deserve to be recognized as an iconic horror movie.
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