Cannibal Holocaust
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Movie Reviews of Cannibal Holocaust
Movie Review: eating up CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
Summary: 5 Stars
After 25+ years, Ruggero Deodato's masterpiece of celluloid horror sees the light in a beautiful transfer courtesy of Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski at Grindhouse Releasing. For everyone who doesn't think that a horror film can have an intelligent angle to it, you NEED to see this movie. Along with MONDO CANE and the other films of Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST cast a long fore-shadowing over the television networks and their quest to gain ratings by showing more and more shocking items (tv news), what lengths people will go to for money (FEAR FACTOR), fame (AMERICAN IDOL) and just to prove themselves (SURVIVOR).
For those who think that the carnage and gore in this film is real, HOW could Perry Pirkanen (the blond dude) appear 2 years later in CANNIBAL FEROX and CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (aka THE GATES OF HELL) if he were dead? HOW could Gabriel Yorke be a professor at a college in New Hampshire if HE were dead? Deodato has proven himself a force to be reckoned with many times, but with the release of this dvd, people can now see the ultimate slinging of mud back at the organization that started many stories of this type, TV News and the garbage that runs it.
Movie Review: 70's Grindhouse Film at it's Best
Summary: 5 Stars
I was fortunate to find this in my local DVD section of the mall and just finished watching it. Needless to say that it does live up to all of the hype that it has generated over the years. It does have the point of not only going all the way....but it takes the bar,....raises it and passes it. There are those segments where you look at it and say "How did they do that?". I use that same question because of (a)How the film makers were able to get away with that much violence and make it seem real....and (b)how it was filmed because it is hard to see anything that looks faked. I'm sure there were the appropriate editing and visual effects that were there....and it was incredibly realistic.
The only downer to this is that you can tell where the overdubs and lip-synching didn't match up. I found it to be very similar to many of the spaghetti-westerns that were made. Beyond that....get this if you want the real gore and guts. Movies like this can never be remade......now we know why. On a Sick Scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest....this gets a 20!!!!
Movie Review: A Beautiful Nightmare
Summary: 5 Stars
You may find the explicit scenes of violence deplorable. You may cringe at the sight of men raping innocent tribal women. And you may be outraged at the scene of animal killings. This is indeed one of the most graphic films ever made.
But no one can deny its aesthetic value. The cinematography is sweet and graceful. The music is at times beautifully meloic, and hauntingly fierce at others. The acting is top notch and thoroughly brings us into the world of evil. The sound is sharp. The special effects are effective even after all these years. The script is concise and piercing, with very naturalistic dialogue. And the editing perfectly matches the pacing of the narrative.
This is the enigma of Cannical Holocaust; it is both deplorable and laudible. Unlike most exploitation films, it is masterfully crafted and delivers a moralistic message about America's (and the rest of the world's) invasion and destruction of indiginous cultures.
Love it or hate it, this film is masterpiece and one of the finest horror films ever made.
Movie Review: A wild ride!
Summary: 5 Stars
When i 1st found this movie, it was many years ago and it was out of print and difficult to find. me and a friend found a bootlegged copy on VHS and paid $40 for it. We watched it and were not disappointed. But we were astounded as to how well the movie was made. This is not a "horror" film. Sure, it is gory and repulsive and shocking, but that is where the traditional horror element ends. The social commentary still holds true today and packs a punch. The "civilized" journalists are far more cruel and sadistic than the cannibals, and as a result they deserve everything that came to them. The commentary on news media's credability as well as the savage nature of man are all explored here. Would i watch this movie over and over again? Not at this age, but when I was 16 I may have watched it over and over for the sheer shock value. This is an important movie which should be watched for more than it's gore content.... and then you can watch it again just for the gore if you're a sicko.Movie Review: Not just exploitation
Summary: 5 Stars
I went into Cannibal Holocaust expecting it to have very little dignity, and a whole lot of shocking gore and violence. However, what I saw was quite the opposite: The gore was just as bad as any other movie, except for in the very end, and this movie actually had a very powerful message, and alot of artistic integrity. It seems like it soars over alot of other reviewer's heads, although it's pretty obvious. With scenes like two of the adventurers having sex right after they massacre a peaceful tribe, and one of them cracking a smile at seeing a native impaled on a stake, it becomes clear that there really are no "civilized" characters in the movie.
I highly reccomend it, not to those who expect to see an over the top gorefest, but those looking for a very powerful although not scary horror movie.