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For some reason today I decided to promote a movie that came out in 1980. Cannibal Holocaust. Not because someone is paying me to do so, but because I have noticed that it is creeping back into the movie watching world for some reason *cough*torrent*cough*.

So what is this awesomely named movie? IS it as awesome as the title? Crazy zombies walking the Earth after the apocalypse and eating brains? I wish.

This movie is something I see mentioned on horror message boards a lot as one of the sickest movies ever made. I’ll be honest with you, I have seen much worse. I’ll also say that I’m pretty immune to gore and disgusting things by now as well so I can see why people get upset when they watch it.

So…Cannibal Holocaust then. How to describe this movie…I guess it is considered somewhat of a “snuff” film by some although that really doesn’t describe it at all. In fact it isn’t a snuff film in any way IMO. It’s just disgusting.

When I first watched this I wasn’t sure what to expect. Poor acting? Certainly. Gore? Most definitely. Real animals being killed? No, I can’t say I expected that. Somewhat of a story/plot? Did not expect this either.

The premise of this movie is that some loose cannon (yup I said loose cannon) film makers go to the jungle to document some cannibals and never come home. They did not have business insurance so their stuff will not be covered for their sponsors. Pretty simple to follow right? Everyone who has ever gone to do this has been killed, but some moron decides he is going to go look for them anyways. Guess what? He makes it there and finds all their film from their trip. He does some sick shit too while he is there, but the real disgusting things done are on these reels this guy picks up. Then we get to watch these when he gets back home and oh the humanity.

REAL animals being killed, a bunch of rapes, ritual rape killings, and of course some pretty graphic murders that lead to cannibalism. All done very tastefully BTW. This film wasn’t made to shock. It was made to educate about the dangers out there .

So…if you are a sick person who enjoys this kind of thing I encourage you to watch this movie just for the ability to tell people you have seen it. Well…you probably shouldn’t tell people you like it, but if you like to be shocked this should do the trick for a day. Then go watch another piece of crap called The Pink Flamingos. That movie is just weird and wrong.

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