- Actors: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile, Gabriel Yorke
- Directors: Ruggero Deodato
- Format: PAL, Subtitled
- Language Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Region: All Regions
- Number of discs: 2
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000OUY1SS
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 84,252 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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In the beginning of this film we meet a documentary team of three young men and a young woman. They are heading for the south-American jungle to search for real cannibals. After a while the crew is reported missing and a rescue team is send from the US. This team gets in touch with an amazon tribe called the Tree-people. The tree-people gives them the only remains of the first crew - the filmrolls containing the material this crew shot during their search for real cannibals. Back in the US we get to see these films. We now get to see exactly what happened to the first crew. - To optimize the digital picture quality, the highest possible bit rate has been used (EC labeled Ultrabit) to author the film for DVD which requires a large amount of disc space. Extra features are on Disc 2. Longest edition of the film ever released on DVD or Laserdisc. (The extras are basically the same as older EC-Entertainment editions, but the still gallery has been extended, there is an additional 3rd trailer and Ruggero Deodato at Eurofeast is 6 minutes longer than before
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
...from the BBFC version.I promise,if you disregarded this as a dud,as I did after watching the pointless 18 cert BBFC offering then wait,put together this is easily the most disturbing film I have seen,it's horrific but not really a horror,no strange goings on in the dark,nothing like Fulci or Argento,Umberto Lenzi released Cannibal Ferox on the back of the success of Holocaust which upps the ante with some of the visual gruesome effects and some similar animal deaths but is opportunistic and clumsy by comparison.Dedatos film does something different,I shifted uncomfortably ready to look away after about 20 mins until the end.The documentary style in the way the film is presented is key.That Deadato faced murder charges shortly after it's released as the Italian authorities,however ludicrous that may now seem,seized copies of the film in the belief that the deaths on show actually happened,is testament to the realism of Holocaust.He had to prove in court that the film was fiction.The marrying actual animal killings with staged human deaths probably played a part,as well as the not inconsiderable feat of directing a real Amazonian tribe seamlessly along with the paid acting cast,this combination of factors tricks your brain into thinking everything is real,creating a quite unique sense of mounting dread and grim anticipation.I simply can't think of another film that comes close in this respect,a much maligned masterpiece,usually critisized by people who haven't watched the movie so don't realise or consider that despite the title and reputation it is a rather sophisticated and intelligent film that is beautifully shot and addresses serious issues,this is no mindless gore flick,it isn't a gore flick period.For me the only downside,if you can call it that,is that all your other horror films begin to look a little tame.Genius!
NOTE:since I published this review the BBFC have since released the film missing only one scene&directors edit from Shameless
Entertainment,still best uncut as the scene cut is key to the films grim realism,and as far as I know this review had no bearing in reclassifying of the film,pity,would have made me feel very important....sorry,thinking aloud...! :D
NOTE:since I published this review the BBFC have since released the film missing only one scene&directors edit from Shameless
Entertainment,still best uncut as the scene cut is key to the films grim realism,and as far as I know this review had no bearing in reclassifying of the film,pity,would have made me feel very important....sorry,thinking aloud...! :D
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Cannibal Holocaust" is a film that is known by most and dismissed by many, especially by those who have never seen it. I was expecting to sit down to a graphic exploitation of human and animal suffering, with no purpose other than to provide cheap entertainment. This perception had put me off seeing the film for many years, but I was eventually persuaded to by someone who had seen it.
There are many different versions of "Cannibal Holocaust", most of which are cut to a lesser or greater extent. The Ultrabit version which I saw claims to be fully uncut, and from what I can gather online, this is the case. I believe that the BBFC have classified the film recently as an 18, with a brief cut to remove the scene of one of the animal killings. Frankly that seems a bit daft, the scene in question is no worse than others within the film.
There can be no doubt that many of the scenes are extremely graphic, with genuine scenes of animals being killed, and staged human mutilation, gang rape and miscellaneous sexual violence. These scenes will turn off many viewers (and undoubtedly turn on others), but none of them feel out of place within the film - an uncomprimising "documentary" looking at life among cannibal tribes in the Amazon region of South America.
The point of the film being a "documentary" is a key part of enabling the director - and the viewer - to explore the exploitation of the characters, and themselves. The film exploits exploitation, and satirizes the genre prevelant at the time. On a base level, animals are exploited for the viewer's entertainment, as are the tribal characters being presented as "unchanged in 4000 years". The exploration of the theme goes much further than this, however - everyone and everything is subjected to exploitation, and the director wants to make the viewer aware of this.
The "documentary" makers want to exploit the "cannibals" and indeed each other, in order to make their names famous, with no regard for the lives of their subjects or themselves. The tribes exploit the film-makers, feeding off their carcasses. American TV producers wish to exploit everyone, in order to get a high-rating show. Animals are exploited - for our entertainment, for the characters' needs. The viewer is left questioning why they are watching the film - is the viewer exploiting the actors and directors, or are they exploiting him or her?
"Cannibal Holocaust" is an important film, an enjoyable film, and well worth watching whether you have an interest in the genre itself, or in cinema history. Sadly, many viewers will not watch the film because of its reputation, even if the censor in their country allows them to.
There are many different versions of "Cannibal Holocaust", most of which are cut to a lesser or greater extent. The Ultrabit version which I saw claims to be fully uncut, and from what I can gather online, this is the case. I believe that the BBFC have classified the film recently as an 18, with a brief cut to remove the scene of one of the animal killings. Frankly that seems a bit daft, the scene in question is no worse than others within the film.
There can be no doubt that many of the scenes are extremely graphic, with genuine scenes of animals being killed, and staged human mutilation, gang rape and miscellaneous sexual violence. These scenes will turn off many viewers (and undoubtedly turn on others), but none of them feel out of place within the film - an uncomprimising "documentary" looking at life among cannibal tribes in the Amazon region of South America.
The point of the film being a "documentary" is a key part of enabling the director - and the viewer - to explore the exploitation of the characters, and themselves. The film exploits exploitation, and satirizes the genre prevelant at the time. On a base level, animals are exploited for the viewer's entertainment, as are the tribal characters being presented as "unchanged in 4000 years". The exploration of the theme goes much further than this, however - everyone and everything is subjected to exploitation, and the director wants to make the viewer aware of this.
The "documentary" makers want to exploit the "cannibals" and indeed each other, in order to make their names famous, with no regard for the lives of their subjects or themselves. The tribes exploit the film-makers, feeding off their carcasses. American TV producers wish to exploit everyone, in order to get a high-rating show. Animals are exploited - for our entertainment, for the characters' needs. The viewer is left questioning why they are watching the film - is the viewer exploiting the actors and directors, or are they exploiting him or her?
"Cannibal Holocaust" is an important film, an enjoyable film, and well worth watching whether you have an interest in the genre itself, or in cinema history. Sadly, many viewers will not watch the film because of its reputation, even if the censor in their country allows them to.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Have been waiting for a good copy of this film to come out for ages.
This is it. very good picture qaulity and sound,and fully uncut(what more could you ask for ?? ).
If you dont know film, all i will say is that it is a very good cannibal film, (probably the best).
It is shocking and bloody,with a fair bit of animal crulty.
If this floats your boat then this is the film for you.
This is it. very good picture qaulity and sound,and fully uncut(what more could you ask for ?? ).
If you dont know film, all i will say is that it is a very good cannibal film, (probably the best).
It is shocking and bloody,with a fair bit of animal crulty.
If this floats your boat then this is the film for you.
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