tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post3243713772584395373..comments2024-03-22T09:33:19.635-04:00Comments on 2,500 Movies Challenge: #866. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)DVD Infatuationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02986606131886453883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post-61163073103363672222017-07-27T19:20:17.639-04:002017-07-27T19:20:17.639-04:00I've never seen it, and the descriptions of it...I've never seen it, and the descriptions of it over the years do not appeal to me in any way.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post-10391515710453798702017-06-25T21:37:36.013-04:002017-06-25T21:37:36.013-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14297096825461947952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post-9585271499453970362013-05-28T01:55:24.450-04:002013-05-28T01:55:24.450-04:00I've seen this flick a few times. It's no...I've seen this flick a few times. It's not an easy watch, but it is a great bit of exploitation cannibal horror (probably the best of the sub-genre). The real animal killings are indeed disturbing, although I recall reading that all of the animals that were killed during the shoot were subsequently cooked and eaten (so I guess that makes it slightly better than them being hacked up for the movie and then tossed in the river).<br /><br />I got to meet the Ruggero Deodato, Carl Yorke, and Francesca Ciardi at a convention last October. All of them were very cool. To hear Carl tell it, in fact none of the animal deaths were real. They were just faked really, really well, so they could get away with actually killing the natives later on. Movie magic.Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923944512343211529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post-80226356120404296372013-01-09T04:58:51.716-05:002013-01-09T04:58:51.716-05:00Honestly, I think it's the turtle. They show t...Honestly, I think it's the turtle. They show the entire turtle slaughter, and I think that's what really sticks with people. Honestly, it was the most disturbing scene for me in the movie. The second was the muskrat - anyone who's had to kill their own food (and I have) knows the most effective ways to kill something. They let that poor little animal suffer terribly before they killed it properly. They shove a knife in it three times before they kill it. The movie does succeed in making its point with regards to sensationalism and unethical journalistic practices. I didn't give a damn about any of them by the end. I thought that it seemed somewhat realistic, but I was surprised to hear that people at one point thought the actors were actually murdered. I thought it seemed pretty obvious that they weren't.<br />Amandasweirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579285409386851591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003345269984484749.post-44049093846694839882012-12-29T23:26:04.705-05:002012-12-29T23:26:04.705-05:00I've managed to watch this film twice, which i...I've managed to watch this film twice, which is probably one time (if not two times) more than most people. It's totally repulsive, obviously, but it's just well enough made that you can't just dismiss it as trash. What strikes me is that this film is the one that's infamous for the real animal slaughter, and yet that was a tendency within the Italian cannibal film. Never understood why this one gets singled out for it, unless it's just because it's the one most people have heard of even if they haven't actually seen it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com