CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST presents the ‘found footage’ of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. Synopsis: A rescue team is sent in to the Amazon to find a missing documentary film crew that went there a few months earlier to film the indigenous cannibal tribes. The rescue team find the film reels from the missing crew and take them back home to watch. ![]() The events unfold onscreen and we see the real horror of what happened in the jungle, but who were the real savages? Killer Line: “The more you rape their senses, the happier they are.” How far will the media go to get a sensational story? Is the degree of horror that we feel sometimes when watching the news any different to what we feel when watching certain horror films? Ruggero Deodato believes the media go too far, and that the events portarayed on the news at times are just as deserving of age certification as fiction films. Cannibal Holocaust holds a deep message and it isn’t merely the cannibal exploitation film I was expecting it to be. The world was shocked when Cannibal Holocaust was released and as a result it was banned in around 50 countries including Italy where Deodato is from. In the majority of cases it was the animal cruelty that caused the film’s infamous reputation but at first it was believed to be a snuff film and that the actors themselves had been killed off by the director. He was arrested shortly after the release of his film and put on trial for 20 days. The film’s actors had signed a clause stating they would disappear for a year after its release so as to give the impression that they had been killed but they were forced to come out of hiding early so that Deodato could prove his innocence. After the rumours of it being a snuff film were quelled, it was the real-life instances of animal cruelty that become the new focus, as well as the plentiful murder, rape and gore scenes that it features. Cannibal Holocaust was released in 2011 in the UK with 15 seconds of an animal cruelty scene being cut, so the version out now is largely uncut. The most recent Blu-ray release gives you the option to watch the film with or without the animal scenes which may encourage some Cannibal Holocaust virgins to give it a try. The scene involving a turtle was very difficult for me to watch and I’m not too eager to see it again so I’d be happy with the version free of animal cruelty. At least the animals were eaten up by the crew afterwards, so it wasn’t a completely pointless act. Despite the reputation that Cannibal Holocaust has garnered since its release in 1980 and its famous inclusion on the video nasty list, there’s no doubt that it is a well made film. It has a good structure which first shows the rescue team making their way through the Amazon and meeting the native tribes, and then back to New York to view the found footage from the missing documentary film crew. Activex for firefox free download.
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