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... anyone else seen this??
i've just finished watching it (well, all bar the last few minutes) and i have to say, i'm amazed.
it sounds like it's going to be in a similar style to Braindead, but then things go slightly awry....
it takes an AWFUL lot to turn me away from an image in genuine digust, but this managed it. a lot.
the first thing that got me was when one of the characters caught a jungle rat looking thing for some food... we all know how this goes: slow zoom onto the face of the animal and in the next scene, everyone is sitting round a fire eating what we assume is said animal, right?
not in ".. holocaust". no, in this we see a pointed blade pushed into the rat, then pulled upwards with some pretty grim effects.
.. or are they?
well that's the question that got the better of me and i did a spot of googling and it turns out that the gruesome human effects had to be defended in a court after people mistook it for snuff material and (ready??).. the scenes of animal torture/cruelty weren't fake at all.
i kid you all now, this film actually kills animals for the sake of 10 seconds worth of film (the demolition of a turtle is by far the worst :( ) and to be honest, that's beyond me.
i can watch pretty much any form of violence on film you can mention and not be too bothered by it because we all know that the people will be back in a couple of weeks time in a new movie, no real harm done at all. But i found Cannibal Holocaust shock for the sake of shock. it's a thinly plotted movie that relies on its infamy and gore factor (of which it's bafflingly proud, given the type of gore it is), scenes of forced abortion, rape, the aforementioned animal scenes and amputations push this so far into the realms of bad taste that even a black humoured b'stard like me can't accept it.
what i find the most disturbing is not the content however, it's that i'm amazed someone somewhere thought this was a good idea, signed a piece of paper and commissioned a crew to produce it. This film should NEVER have been banned... it quite simply shouldn't have been made. It's about 25 years old (1979 i believe) but i refuse to believe that this was acceptable then either, it should've been shelved at the storyboarding phase.
By no means am i saying "don't watch this film" because i chose to watch it, the same as anyone has the right to, but just be warned that it's not for the easily (or even the not-so-easily) offended and if there's an ounce of humanity in your soul it will almost certainly rasie some serious thoughts within you.
you have been advised....
i've just finished watching it (well, all bar the last few minutes) and i have to say, i'm amazed.
it sounds like it's going to be in a similar style to Braindead, but then things go slightly awry....
it takes an AWFUL lot to turn me away from an image in genuine digust, but this managed it. a lot.
the first thing that got me was when one of the characters caught a jungle rat looking thing for some food... we all know how this goes: slow zoom onto the face of the animal and in the next scene, everyone is sitting round a fire eating what we assume is said animal, right?
not in ".. holocaust". no, in this we see a pointed blade pushed into the rat, then pulled upwards with some pretty grim effects.
.. or are they?
well that's the question that got the better of me and i did a spot of googling and it turns out that the gruesome human effects had to be defended in a court after people mistook it for snuff material and (ready??).. the scenes of animal torture/cruelty weren't fake at all.
i kid you all now, this film actually kills animals for the sake of 10 seconds worth of film (the demolition of a turtle is by far the worst :( ) and to be honest, that's beyond me.
i can watch pretty much any form of violence on film you can mention and not be too bothered by it because we all know that the people will be back in a couple of weeks time in a new movie, no real harm done at all. But i found Cannibal Holocaust shock for the sake of shock. it's a thinly plotted movie that relies on its infamy and gore factor (of which it's bafflingly proud, given the type of gore it is), scenes of forced abortion, rape, the aforementioned animal scenes and amputations push this so far into the realms of bad taste that even a black humoured b'stard like me can't accept it.
what i find the most disturbing is not the content however, it's that i'm amazed someone somewhere thought this was a good idea, signed a piece of paper and commissioned a crew to produce it. This film should NEVER have been banned... it quite simply shouldn't have been made. It's about 25 years old (1979 i believe) but i refuse to believe that this was acceptable then either, it should've been shelved at the storyboarding phase.
By no means am i saying "don't watch this film" because i chose to watch it, the same as anyone has the right to, but just be warned that it's not for the easily (or even the not-so-easily) offended and if there's an ounce of humanity in your soul it will almost certainly rasie some serious thoughts within you.
you have been advised....
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... anyone else seen this??
i've just finished watching it (well, all bar the last few minutes) and i have to say, i'm amazed.
it sounds like it's going to be in a similar style to Braindead, but then things go slightly awry....
it takes an AWFUL lot to turn me away from an image in genuine digust, but this managed it. a lot.
the first thing that got me was when one of the characters caught a jungle rat looking thing for some food... we all know how this goes: slow zoom onto the face of the animal and in the next scene, everyone is sitting round a fire eating what we assume is said animal, right?
not in ".. holocaust". no, in this we see a pointed blade pushed into the rat, then pulled upwards with some pretty grim effects.
.. or are they?
well that's the question that got the better of me and i did a spot of googling and it turns out that the gruesome human effects had to be defended in a court after people mistook it for snuff material and (ready??).. the scenes of animal torture/cruelty weren't fake at all.
i kid you all now, this film actually kills animals for the sake of 10 seconds worth of film (the demolition of a turtle is by far the worst :( ) and to be honest, that's beyond me.
i can watch pretty much any form of violence on film you can mention and not be too bothered by it because we all know that the people will be back in a couple of weeks time in a new movie, no real harm done at all. But i found Cannibal Holocaust shock for the sake of shock. it's a thinly plotted movie that relies on its infamy and gore factor (of which it's bafflingly proud, given the type of gore it is), scenes of forced abortion, rape, the aforementioned animal scenes and amputations push this so far into the realms of bad taste that even a black humoured b'stard like me can't accept it.
what i find the most disturbing is not the content however, it's that i'm amazed someone somewhere thought this was a good idea, signed a piece of paper and commissioned a crew to produce it. This film should NEVER have been banned... it quite simply shouldn't have been made. It's about 25 years old (1979 i believe) but i refuse to believe that this was acceptable then either, it should've been shelved at the storyboarding phase.
By no means am i saying "don't watch this film" because i chose to watch it, the same as anyone has the right to, but just be warned that it's not for the easily (or even the not-so-easily) offended and if there's an ounce of humanity in your soul it will almost certainly rasie some serious thoughts within you.
you have been advised....
i've just finished watching it (well, all bar the last few minutes) and i have to say, i'm amazed.
it sounds like it's going to be in a similar style to Braindead, but then things go slightly awry....
it takes an AWFUL lot to turn me away from an image in genuine digust, but this managed it. a lot.
the first thing that got me was when one of the characters caught a jungle rat looking thing for some food... we all know how this goes: slow zoom onto the face of the animal and in the next scene, everyone is sitting round a fire eating what we assume is said animal, right?
not in ".. holocaust". no, in this we see a pointed blade pushed into the rat, then pulled upwards with some pretty grim effects.
.. or are they?
well that's the question that got the better of me and i did a spot of googling and it turns out that the gruesome human effects had to be defended in a court after people mistook it for snuff material and (ready??).. the scenes of animal torture/cruelty weren't fake at all.
i kid you all now, this film actually kills animals for the sake of 10 seconds worth of film (the demolition of a turtle is by far the worst :( ) and to be honest, that's beyond me.
i can watch pretty much any form of violence on film you can mention and not be too bothered by it because we all know that the people will be back in a couple of weeks time in a new movie, no real harm done at all. But i found Cannibal Holocaust shock for the sake of shock. it's a thinly plotted movie that relies on its infamy and gore factor (of which it's bafflingly proud, given the type of gore it is), scenes of forced abortion, rape, the aforementioned animal scenes and amputations push this so far into the realms of bad taste that even a black humoured b'stard like me can't accept it.
what i find the most disturbing is not the content however, it's that i'm amazed someone somewhere thought this was a good idea, signed a piece of paper and commissioned a crew to produce it. This film should NEVER have been banned... it quite simply shouldn't have been made. It's about 25 years old (1979 i believe) but i refuse to believe that this was acceptable then either, it should've been shelved at the storyboarding phase.
By no means am i saying "don't watch this film" because i chose to watch it, the same as anyone has the right to, but just be warned that it's not for the easily (or even the not-so-easily) offended and if there's an ounce of humanity in your soul it will almost certainly rasie some serious thoughts within you.
you have been advised....
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