Cannibal Holocaust (DVD, 2008, 2-Disc Set Unrated Deluxe Edition)

I bought it because my wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law like to watch scarry movies. I read the review on this one and figured it would be worthwhile for them. After receiving it in the mail, my wife and daughter-in-law watched it, but my daughter wasn't there at the time. After watching it, my wife said it was horrifying, and she would tell my daughter NOT to watch it. Meanwhile, my duaghter-in-law started acting differently around the house, too. They both said it was a real movie about events that really happened, just the the review said.

When I finally had time to watch it a couple of weeks later, I opened the DVD package but found only the second DVD in it. I said, "Oh, well," and watched it. The second DVD explains the first DVD and clearly states how it was filmed in two different types of film to give credibility for the first half being filmed separately from the second. The second DVD also states there was harm committed to the animals, i.e., some were killed in the filming (turtle, pig), but it was all a fake! I couldn't wait to tell my wife it was an act because she had started acting strangely around me.

When I finally watched it, I thought part of the film was exagerrated and derogatory about (testerone levels in) men, and I told her so. I rate it as Excellent, though I would not watch it around my daughter-in-law due to the explicit nudity and sexual activities.

Very good movie for its realism. Nothing too shocking (except real animal violence). Again, the best part of the movie is that it looks real. In movies today, everything is computer animated. Some is good and some is not so good. In the time that this movie was made there was no computer animation, yet somehow the director makes everything look very very real. You cannot spot anything to make it look fake. Perhaps this is why he was dragged to court for murder?

Unless you're a movie collector of sorts looking to add this to your repetoire, you're probably like my friends and I who got this to see if it lived up to all the hype about its graphic, violent content. Regarding its brutal violence and animal cruelty, it did not disappoint, however it was not as shocking as it might have been simply because the technology was not available back then to make it so. Although no fault of its own, it does not exceed some of the horror films made today. In the early 1980s, upon its release, it would have blown audiences' minds and easily be one of the most controversial films of all time. So although Cannibal Holocaust will not haunt you for months on end, it is worth seeing simply to pay homage to one of the first films that dared to push the boundaries. It makes a pretty good guys' movie night too :)