Presents

Cannibal Holocaust

Since I've re-vamped the look here at Bad Movie Guy.com, I've been looking back at some of the movies I've reviewed in the past, just to be able to show you the trailer!  So, this time, it's one of my favorite cringe-inducing movies, Cannibal Holocaust.

  Considered shocking in it's day, I have to admit, I watched Cannibal Holocaust using the 'skip past animal violence' feature on.  You can call me a wimp or a wuss all you want, but I really don't take any joy or find any entertainment value in watching animals being tortured and killed.  The story is quite good for a movie made over two decades ago, the story here is about some canisters of film found in the jungles of South America.  When viewed the film shows the last days of a group of documentary filmmakers, who were attempting to find real cannibals.  Well, you might have guessed, they found them and, in the course of events, are turned into today's special at the cannibal cafe.

If you saw The Blair Witch Project, then all this might sound familiar...however, this movie is from 1980.  The commentary on the media and the environment are still relevant to today's audiences, I'm really surprised that Cannibal Holocaust hasn't received more attention.  But, for those of us who've been exposed to this movie, we'll never forget it!  Cannibal Holocaust is spectacular in it's plain-ness, there are no 'name' actors, the settings are pretty gritty and it all seems so real that you don't have a hard time believeing that this all might be real.  In it's time, Cannibal Holocaust was, in fact, the Blair Witch of it's time, when the movie was released, the director asked the actors to stay in seclusion, to give the movie a bit more of an air of reality, but was forced to admit that the movie was scripted when he was called into court and charged with the deaths of these people, yes, it was a different time and the movie is that realistic.  From start to finish Cannibal Holocaust is probably one of those movies that you'll hate to love, but you'll love bragging to your friends that you sat through it!  I'm giving Cannibal Holocaust four out of four cigars, because it's a movie that will shock and repulse you, while it draws you in, then, long after you've watched it, you'll find yourself thinking about it and there's not many movies that can make me think that I actually claim to enjoy, I enjoy the more mindless cinema...but you know that already.  So, until next time, when I'll share a recipe for sautéed leg of missionary, you have to cook it slowly or it gets stringy, but if you've got a big enough crock pot and can stand the smell of cooking Jesus Freak all day, then it's totally worth it, until then, remember that the best movies are bad movies.