Jungle Holocaust

Starring:Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, Sheik Razak Shikur, Judy Rosly, Suleiman, Shamsi
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Studio: Shriek Show
Product Type: DVD

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Pretty graphic but somewhat ineffectual
THE REAL DEAL
Don't believe the hype
Not bad film, but some stupid decisions by the filmakers...
Far more real than you think

Cannibal Holocaust
Starring: Luca Barbareschi , Robert Kerman , Salvatore Basile , and Paolo Paoloni
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Manufacturer: Grindhouse Releasing
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ASIN: B000C4BBXY
Release Date: 2005-12-20

Description

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST

Banned and heavily censored throughout the world, here is a film that surpasses its reputation as a shotgun blast to the senses. Cannibal Holocaust presents the 'found footage' of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. The footage is so intense so graphic and so unflinching in its realism that the director and producer of Cannibal Holocaust were arrested on its original release and the film was seized.

Widely acknowledged as the uncredited inspiration for 'THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT', Cannibal Holocaust is essential to every video store's retail and rental selection. This definitive version of Deodato's masterwork ranks with the most highly anticipated and sourght after DVD releases in the history of the medium. Not for the weak of stomach, the film's horrifying power cannot be denied.

Be forwarned: This is the one that goes ALL THE WAY!

Customer Reviews:

Pretty graphic but somewhat ineffectual.......2007-06-30

I think maybe I heard or read too much hype for this "most controversial movie ever." I was set for a letdown. Not that this movie was bad, it's just that I expected something a little higher up on the brutality scale.
Here's the setup--A few reporters get a not-so-brilliant idea of organizing a jaunt into the heart of darkness. An isolated, sort of mystically savage region of evil, where a tribe of cannibals hideout in the jungle.
Of course the danger is gonna be imminent. Do you think these indigenous people-eaters are just gonna smile and give you an interview? No,no,no--when you knock on hell's door, don't be suprised when the devil answers.
Much of this movie is their lost video footage that was recovered (Blair Witch, you copycats). There is some pretty graphic rape and torture scenes. But, I've seen worse in movies, like Irreversible, Chaos, or Man Bites Dog. There really are no over-the-top moments that made me shudder.
So if your looking for some extreme vulgarity to make you scream or vomit, or something to cause irreperable brain damage, you might be let down.
It was a nice try though.

THE REAL DEAL.......2007-06-21

Believe the hype, this movie is awesome. Not only are the animal killings real, the human mutilations are just as realistic. A perfect combination of violence and docu-drama. I wish someone after 1990 could make a sicko horror movie that looks and feels as real as this masterpiece.

Don't believe the hype.......2007-06-20

After watching this film you can hear the producer's mind ticking "mmmh how can we make a naughty taboo film which will keep the suckers coming because of its reputation for being outrageous."Outside of that it is BORING BORING BORING .NO plot.No suspense.You get de-sensitized after a few killings/rapes.So my aren't we clever to drag animals onstage and kill them inhumanely=CHEAP.Phony muzac throughout.Phony acting and dialogue.Out of boredom i was hoping the gore and sadism would get worse.It didn't.This film will manipulate empty people titillated by sensationalism.I had to click up 1 star to obey format and rate Cannibal Hollowcrap minus 5 stars.

Not bad film, but some stupid decisions by the filmakers..........2007-06-11

One can see cleary through this movie, that was made to shock the audience
of that time (late 70-80's). A movie portraying stupid people is not new, but killing /butchering animals for the love of moviemaking usually points out what kind of crap was behind this film. If you research this movie on the internet you will find out that some of the movie crews were against the animal killings...hey but the head huncho bypassed all concerns and the killings went on.
The story and movie itself was interesting and the jungle and outside location shots gave the film a boost. At least these days,if they ever remake this film, cgi and special effects will save the animals
...i hope. A film not for the squeemish,, you have cannibalism, rape,torture,
and other stuff that horror/gore audience will like.

Far more real than you think.......2007-06-07

Visceral is the best description I can give this movie. I am a lover of gore and horror, but in this flick I actually cringe. The inhumanity and savagery of it, the revelations of primitive human instinct, the very real, documentary style serving as an eye into the subconscious of man: this movie will touch you and you will feel dirty because of it.

Average customer rating:

I Iove this movie!
oddly impressive
= A Man Called Horse + The Naked Prey * Mondo Cane
beautiful, cannibal masterpeice
Jungle Holocaust AKA Cannibal Holocaust: The Beginning

Jungle Holocaust
Starring: Massimo Foschi , Me Me Lai , Ivan Rassimov , Sheik Razak Shikur , and Judy Rosly
Director: Ruggero Deodato
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ASIN: B00005O5D0
Release Date: 2002-02-19

Customer Reviews:

I Iove this movie!.......2007-05-17

This was the first cannibal movie I had ever seen and I was completely blown away by it.I found it used at a local cd store and it really got me into Italian movies.Now that I watch it again after seeing a lot of these movies it still remains one of my favorites.Ruggero Deodato has a style like no other directer,his use of music,editing and camera work are amazing and his movies always seem to have that documentary feel to them,its like a mixture of "Jacopetti"&"Prosperi"and "Lucio Fulci" movies.As for the animal violence,I am against cruelty to animals but feel it was needed to make this movie what it is,absolutely horrifying.

oddly impressive.......2007-04-23

chances are, if you're looking at getting jungle holocaust you've probably already been introduced to cannibal holocaust, or make them die slowly, etc etc. jungle holocaust is actually a rather well-paced enjoyable entry in the cannibal sub-genre. imagine parts of indiana jones with cannibals. of course there is the requisite italian exploitation animal cruelty, women getting slapped left and right, and lots of gloppy blood and guts. also, for the easily offended, seeing a woman get raped and then turn around to basically become a jungle gatherer/housewife may not be your cup of tea. all in all, if you like these sort of movies, you will like jungle holocaust. if you don't, then i would save the money and buy something else.

= A Man Called Horse + The Naked Prey * Mondo Cane.......2007-03-30

Cheesy late-70s horror/action Italian import about a plane crash, two white men lost in the jungle, separation, capture, and escape. Despite the hoopla, the grand packaging (interviews, director commentary, stills gallery, etc.) and premium pricing this gory little exploitation film isn't going to win a lot of new fans to the genre. After the plane crashes and the civilized men are separated, the tall one is captured by a tribe of... cannibals! He escapes and they chase him (Why do those chase scenes remind me so much of the Tasmanian Devil chasing Bugs Bunny?) Will our hero escape and get back to the airplane before he's captured and the natives feast on his still-beating heart?

I've quit expecting Italian made movies to contain much in the way of plots. Oh, JUNGLE HOLOCAUST does take you from point A to point C - plane crash to capture to escape - but nothing terribly exciting happens along the way. What the heck, you don't watch a grinder like this for its elaborate plot or intricate characterizations, anyway. You watch it to see:
- the hero retch a gulletful of pea soup
- people impaled on sharp, pointy sticks
- the cannibals at dinner (atrocious table manner, suspicious looking main course)
- an awful lot of nudity. The hero spends half the movie in his flag-flapping birthday suit, the native girl he kidnaps (played by the provocatively named Me Me Lai) wears only a thong, most of the time
- various human internal organs, ripped and et raw
- real animals really killed on camera

In the commentary and interviews, the director and star both disclaim responsibility for the scenes in which animals are killed on camera. We're told, a number of times, the movie's producers shot and edited in these scenes for the Far East market. Be that as it may, the killing scenes are in keeping with the sensationalistic spirit of the rest of this movie. The whole point is to entertain by assaulting the senses. It's one thing for an actor to pretend to gnaw on a sheep's kidney and make believe it's a human heart. It's fakery and the audience knows it's fakery. Filming a crocodile being stunned and then skinned alive is another matter all together. You don't have to be a prude to object to the graphically violent naturalism in a movie like JUNGLE HOLOCAUST. Finding skulls teeming with maggots, or filming an actor disgorging a mouthful of prop vomit, is lowest common denominator stuff. You don't have to be an animal right's activist to strongly object to animals being killed so a schlock Italian b-horror flick can sell more tickets in Kuala Lampur. Anyone can resent a movie that panders to an audiences' prurient interests. There WAS an interesting movie in here somewhere. The movie was shot on location, the lead actor was good, the photography - considering the difficult location - was very good. But there was an awful lot I disliked here, and there's no way I'd recommend this movie to anyone.

beautiful, cannibal masterpeice.......2006-11-18

although ruggero deodatos cannibal hollocaust is probably the gratest cannibal film ever made, i must say that his earlier film, jungle hollocaust is much more enjoyable. the plot isnt anything new to the cannibal genre. plane crash, people get eaten, someone escapes. the film was actually original when it first came out. what makes jungle hollocaust more enjoyable than other cannibal films is that the main charector isnt 1 dimensional. massimo foschis performance is in my opinion one of the greatest horror film performances ever. he is truly a great actor and a strong willed man. he let a bunch of dirty natives pull on his manhood. he is tortured, beaten and humiliated. the traumutizing acts he experiences transform him into a determined, powerful man, fighting to survive. all this emotional stuff aside, the film does have some juicy exploitation to go with it. the beautiful me me lai runs around naked, allowing for plenty of boob jiggling. massimos character rapes lai when she tries to run away from him. towards the end of the film she is eaten by her own cannibal tribe. massimo ends up escaping in a plane after he kills the cannibal cheif and eats his heart. a great ending to an amazing movie. im not saying you should expect citizen kane, but this movie is a masterpeice. if you dont own it allready then buy it now!!!

Jungle Holocaust AKA Cannibal Holocaust: The Beginning.......2006-08-19

A film by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust). A plane crashes in the jungle. One of the survivors named Robert Harper (Massimo Foschi) gets lost and while trying to find a way out of the jungle he gets captured by cannibals. He is humiliated, stripped naked, and thrown in a hole with a bird for a while. Eventually, he escapes with the help of a beautiful cannibal girl named Pulan (Me me Lai) and tries to find his plane so he can go home. This is one of my favorite cannibal movies along with Cannibal Holocaust that in my mind is the KING of all cannibal movies that lives up to its name in being the most Controversial movie ever made. Jungle Holocaust is presented for the first time in America Uncut and Unrated released by Shriek Show on DVD. The movie comes with 10 lobby cards that are Extremely detailed. I recommend this movie to any one who likes Cannibal movies, Exploitation movies, and Horror movies. This is a most have for any fan of Euro-Exploitation movie fan. DVD features for this movie are Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Commentary by From Director Ruggero Deodato, Rare Production Stills, Posters and Promotional Materials From Around the World, and Director Commentary. Also the DVD comes with trailers for Umberto Lenzi's Eaten Alive (1980) the original uncut version released by EC Entertainment (1985), a trailer for Zombie Holocaust (AKA Dr. Butcher M.D.) (1982), Burial Ground - Night of Terror (1986), and a trailer for Beyond the Darkness: Buio Omega (1984) as well as a trailer for Jungle Holocaust (1978) trailer. This movie is also called and is known as Cannibal Holocaust: The Beginning. I think one of the best things about this movie except for the blood and gore is the amazing Music and graphics of the jungle and the wild life.

Average customer rating:

Pretty graphic but somewhat ineffectual
THE REAL DEAL
Don't believe the hype
Not bad film, but some stupid decisions by the filmakers...
Far more real than you think

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Starring: Luca Barbareschi , Salvatore Basile , Francesca Ciardi , Lucia Costantini , and Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Manufacturer: Grindhouse Releasing
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000B5Y0CS
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Description

The most controversial movie ever made has finally arrived on DVD! Banned and heavily censored throughout the world, here is a film that surpasses its reputation as a shotgun blast to the senses. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST presents the "found footage" of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. This footage is so intense, so graphic and so unflinching in its realism that the director and producer of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST were arrested upon its original release and the film seized.

Widely acknowledged as the uncredited inspiration for THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST has been both praised and vilified for its portrait of savagery. Ruggero Deodato's nihilistic masterwork critiques the implications of Mondo-style filmmaking, even as it explores the most disturbing extremes of cruelty and exploitation. Not for the weak of stomach, the film's horrifying power cannot be denied.

Grindhouse Releasing's 25th Anniverary collector's edition DVD stands as the definitive release of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. The deluxe 2-disc set boasts a brand-new, hi-definition digital restoration of the uncensored director's cut, an exhaustive menu of bonus features and sensational packaging.

Be forewarned: This is the one that goes ALL THE WAY!

SPECIAL FEATURES -Spectacular new digital stereo re-mix and original mono mix -Provocative audio commentary by director Ruggero Deodato and star Robert Kerman -Selected on-camera commentary -THE MAKING OF CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST - one hour Italian documentary featuring rare behind the scenes footage -Exclusive on-camera interviews with Deodato, Kerman, and co-star Gabriel Yorke -Theatrical trailers and still galleries -The original shooting script -Necrophagia "CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST" music video - directed by Jim Van Bebber (THE MANSON FAMILY) -Liner notes by legendary horror journalist Chas. Balun -Other surprises!!!

Customer Reviews:

Pretty graphic but somewhat ineffectual.......2007-06-30

THE REAL DEAL.......2007-06-21

Don't believe the hype.......2007-06-20

Not bad film, but some stupid decisions by the filmakers..........2007-06-11

Far more real than you think.......2007-06-07

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