Says a female television executive in Cannibal Holocaust: "Today people want sensationalism. The more you rape their senses the happier they are." Count me out of this demographic.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
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Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 4
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was for years reviled as one of the most repugnant and morally questionable of the 1970s spate of cannibal films--and possibly the most horrifying ever. But director Ruggero Deodato embarked upon the project with the... CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was for years reviled as one of the most repugnant and morally questionable of the 1970s spate of cannibal films--and possibly the most horrifying ever. But director Ruggero Deodato embarked upon the project with the intention of criticizing the very violence he was portraying. Set in the Amazonian jungles, the film is a pseudo-documentary that follows Professor Harold Moore (Robert Kerman) into the "Green Inferno" as he searches for a documentary crew that came to the jungle the previous year to make a film about the storied cannibals that lived there, and never made it back. Now, Moore meets some natives and discovers the footage from the crew's expedition, and upon returning to New York, he watches it to find out what really happened. The truth is too horrible for words, proving that savagery is not limited to indigenous peoples, and the morally outrageous film proceeds to indict the exploitative practices of certain documentary practices. However, the extremity of the violence portrayed was enough to put Deodato in hot water with the law, and with censors who claimed it was far too realistic. The career of the promising director, who had worked under a list of Italian luminaries that included Roberto Rossellini (ROME: OPEN CITY, PAISAN, VOYAGE IN ITALY), was essentially ended with this brutal, seminal film--for which he will nonetheless always be remembered. [More]
Starring: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Carl Yorke
Starring: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Carl Yorke
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Director: Ruggero Deodato
DVD Info
Release:
Aug 26, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 0
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
- 2-Disc Set
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 1.0 - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Ruggero Deodato, Director; Robert Kerman, Actor
- 2. Selected On-camera Commentary
- Behind The Scenes
- Documentary - THE MAKING OF CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
- Interviews - Exclusive On-camera Interviews with Deodato, Kerman, and co-star Gabriel Yorke
- Music Video - Necrophagia "CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST"- Jim Van Bebber, Director (THE MANSON FAMILY)
- Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailers
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Additional Text - 1. Original Shooting Script
- 2. Liner Notes - Chas. Balun, Journalist
- Galleries - Extensive Stills / Poster Art Gallery
Reviews for Cannibal Holocaust
... specious commentary on the manipulation of violence in news and documentary footage and the exploitation of sordid spectacle for entertainment.
Most of the enduring grindhouse movies lose the residue of sweaty misanthropy through the simple, inevitable obsolescence of their hard-candied centers of shock value.
The actual savages involved with Cannibal Holocaust are the ones behind the camera.
Viewers looking for a film that's powerful, visceral, and disturbing have a new title to add to their must-see list.
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