Saturday, 27 October 2012

Cannibal Holocaust


A cautionary tale advising against going on a spontaneous rape frenzy when investigating primitive tribes.
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2 comments:

  1. Joe04/11/2012, 19:08

    Worth the hype, even in a cut version. Nasty and disturbing, and a lot smarter than I was expecting.

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  2. Ed04/11/2012, 23:47

    I got round to (re-)watching this after you guys had gone. Not bad - definitely one for the history books, being the first found footage movie and all that. It's better done and more serious in intent than most 70s trash horror I've seen.

    I didn't find it disturbing though - the idea that a documentary crew would go on a rampage like that is just too far-fetched. Surely a bunch of meat heads like that wouldn't be documentary makers. I think Deodato also overdid the juxtaposition of that gentle theme tune (same tune is repeated at least half a dozen times) with brutal imagery, and "Who are the real cannibals?" was a proper head-slap moment. It's like subtitles for the hard of thinking.

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