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Movies I Will Never See: Cannibal Holocaust

by Todd Gilchrist Aug 12th 2009 // 4:15PM

Filed under: Horror »

I have sort of a love-hate relationship with horror movies. Truth be told, I love them mostly in theory, when I don't have to endure the scary stuff or the gory stuff or the haunting stuff that keeps me up nights afterward. But as a fan of zombie films, and Italian horror in particular, I really kind of embrace all of that stuff, be it in Dario Argento's creepy thrillers or Lucio Fulci's gross-out odysseys. But there is one film in particular that no matter how intrigued I am about its contents, no matter how much I'm interested in catching up with the rest of the horror-loving community, that I simply cannot, and will not watch: Cannibal Holocaust.

I've only seen one Ruggero Deodato film, House on the Edge of the Park, and despite the fact that its director was in attendance at the screening I attended, I was not particularly entertained. It crossed the line between provocation and exploitation, and aside from the lithe presence of softcore star Annie Belle, it was a generally crass and misogynist chronicle of two guys holding a group of socialites hostage. But I'd sworn off Cannibal Holocaust long before I saw House on the Edge of the Park, because, quite frankly, I actually saw some of it, albeit in still-photograph form, and it messed me the hell up.

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Yeah, Cannibal Holocaust: There's One That Needs to Be Remade

by Scott Weinberg Feb 4th 2007 // 3:34PM

Filed under: Horror », Remakes and Sequels »

It's one of the chintziest, grungiest and most reviled horror movies ever made ... so of course it's remake time for Cannibal Holocaust! Yes that's right, my fellow gorehounds, Cannibal Holocaust, the movie that stooped to monumentally unpleasant levels in order to scare you gross you the hell out! The one with the "pole scene," the "nipple sequence" and more actual animal slaughter than you'd ever want to see ... is being remade? Really? Are they going to slice the head off another tortoise -- or will it just be a CGI tortoise this time out?

Reputedly banned in over 50 countries, Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust does have one legitimate asset: It used the "Blair Witch" gimmick way back in 1980! The movie's about a professor who heads deep into the South American jungles to ascertain the whereabouts of a four-person documentary crew, but all he ends up with is a bunch of movie footage -- and what horrifically nasty footage it is! (The moral of the movie seems to be "Don't abuse jungle natives, no matter how docile and servile they might seem, because they just might turn around and eat you.") Certainly not a good film by any stretch of the imagination, CH is still a must-see (at least once) for any self-respecting horror freak.

Which probably explains why the folks at Relevant Entertainment and Scorched Earth Entertainment are so hot to remake the tacky old thing. I can't imagine the remake being as downright unpleasant as the infamous original, but if the producers decide to just use the basic premise and then go off in their own direction ... it could be pretty cool. Maybe.

[The history of this movie is considerably more entertaining than the movie itself.]

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