Caligula (VHS, 1984, Edited Version)

LET'S FACE IT FOLKS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO PURCHASE A FILM LIKE 'CALIGULA', YOU ARE ALREADY ADMITTING THAT YOU KNOW FROM THE ONSET, THAT YOU ARE IN FOR AN EVENING OF DEBAUCHERY, MURDER, ORGIES, DEPRAVITY AND YES, I ADMIT IT, GOOD OLD FASHIONED, CAMPY SMUT. IT AMAZES ME THAT SOME HOLIER-THAN-THOU PEOPLE, UPON VIEWING THIS RAUNCHFEST, ACT SO SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED AT ITS GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MADMEN AND HIS DEPRAVED ANTICS AND ATROCITIES. WHAT'S TO BE SHOCKED ABOUT??? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER-THE-TOP MADNESS; SO ENJOY ALREADY !!! CALIGULA'S STAR, MALCOM MCDOWELL, MOST FAMOUS FOR 'A CLOCKWORK ORANGE' GIVES A TRULY CAMPY PERFORMANCE AND ONE OF HIS BEST, I MIGHT ADD. MCDOWELL IS SO FRIGHTENINGLY GOOD, THAT HE TRULY SEEMS TO ENJOY ALL THE DEPRAVITY AND I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE ELSE IN THIS ROLE. THIS FILM DOES NOT PRETEND TO BE SHAKESPEARE OR ANY OTHER FORM OF HIGH ART FOR THAT MATTER, JUST BIG-BUDGET SEX, DEPRAVITY AND ULTIMATELY, WEIRDNESS. IT ACHIEVES ALL OBJECTIVES IF ONE VIEWS WITH AN OPEN MIND AND AN EMPTY STOMACH. I PURCHASED THIS ONE MYSELF ON EBAY AND THE CAST, BEGINNING WITH MCDOWELL BUT ALSO PETER O'TOOLE, HELEN MIRREN, AND JOHN GIELGUD, PEAKED MY CURIOSITY. BUY THE UNEDITED VERSION ON EBAY AND KICK THE KIDS OUT FOR THE NIGHT AND ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY.