Cannibal Holocaust
In this special episode, The Cinema Snob spotlights one of the most controversial horror films of all time.
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One curio, Brad: did you knew that Luca Barbareschi, the actor playing the cruel cameraman "Mark Tomaso" in the movie, is currently an Italian MP for a Centre-Right party? WTF!
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Frena!! Me lo sono perso Luca Barbareschi. Sei sicuro, sicuro che era lui ?
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Holy shit! You are right!
Luca Barbareschi is in this movie!
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Cannibal Holocaust is my favorite horror film of all time, along with A Serbian Film, Inside, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I'm so stoked to watch this!!!
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One of your favorite horror films is A Serbian Film?! Well I guess once you like BABY RAPE, cannibalism seems almost reasonable.
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Well it's an exploitation horror picture. Exploitation horror films tend to have depraved stuff in them. I thought A Serbian Film was really scary stuff.
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To be fair, there are plenty of versions of "A Serbian Film" that cut out the baby rape sequence. In fact, I think a lot of people have seen this version, because I've heard and read a lot of reviews that say the scene only "hints" at that.
The version I saw didn't "hint" at anything. It flat out showed it. I think without that scene, even I would have liked the movie a lot better than I did.
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The only cut legally available in Britain has almost the entire scene removed, so most English-language reviewers probably didn't see it.
Personally I didn't much care for Srpski film. I didn't even find it especially frightening or disgusting (it didn't contain anything I hadn't already seen at least conceptually in other media), though admittedly the effects were quite good.
Of this type of film, NEKRomantik 2 is definitely my favourite.
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You know they really burned that natives and the teens killed on the movie were actually hippies doubles, they used to hire this hippies back there to film this footages pretending to be the actual movie. The whole movie was a showcase for selling the snuff footage on the blackmarket.
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That's the stupidest thing I've read about CH in years ... see Killing for Culture published by Headpress
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@Kosl: You, sir, are WRONG! The natives were all paid and all that jazz, the only legit killings are the animals. Please, do research before talking stupid.
Sincerely,
TheCinemaSnob Forum.
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It's called NEWBORN PORN!!!
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Who in God's name would even FILM a sequence where a BABY - a defenceless child - is raped, let alone EDIT or CUT it!?
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Yes, that was an idiotic idea. And the whole thing was shocking beyond words. Right up until the point, where the protagonist rushed out of the room, and the directior started shouting after him:
"This is the future: NEW BORN PORN!"
This last term however, combined with insane enthusiasm, and the fact, that he was talking to a door in that shat, just cracked me up.
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Finally,I have been waiting for you to Snob this movie.Loved Jerrids and Jillians cameos,good review/short film Brad.
FIRST!!!
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Umm you where like 3rd.
Also Iwould say Jillian and Jerrid had more then a cameo. Cameo's are like one scene and then thats it. It was more like Jerrid and Jillian where the stars of this episode
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Wheeee, interlace artifacts.
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Excellent job figuring out how to convert this into a review and make it funny. Loved the cameos, especially Mrs. Snob!
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BRILLIANT the best snob video ever!
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That was a fucking brilliant review, Brad. If there was such a thing as Internet Emmys or whatever, this should be nominated for....something, I dunno, lol.
First movie I've watched you review that I've actually seen from start to finish and WHAT a doozy. Watching you review it really reminded me of the power this movie has, and I don't think it will soon be forgotten. Even with its scenes of animal cruelty, it's still a remarkable film that is ONLY hindered by the preachy last line of dialogue.
Again, great work, guys.
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I've seen the entire movie, too. What hindered it was not the last bit of dialogue, but everything that came -before- the last bit of dialogue. Horror movie? No. Horrendous movie? Oh yes. There was not one likable person among the so-called "documentary crew" shown for most of the movie and, to be perfectly honest, if this had actually happened, I would say they got what they deserved. The girl was the most innocent of the bunch, though she still didn't really -do- much to stop the sick, twisted, perverse actions of the others.
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That was how it was supposed to be. The last line was implying that Professor Monroe (the good guy) saw the film crew as morally no better than any cannibal.
I think the film deserves credit for going to the length of using tribes people in the film and for being an early (self-)parody of media sensationalism. There were a lot of stupid scenes in it though, like the burning down of the hut. What rational people think that they'll get famous by recording a hut burning down?
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I agree but they could have come up with a better line than "Who are the real cannibals" becuase as the snob said the real cannibals are the people who eat people. A better line could have been "Who are the real savages" becuase despite being horrendous despicable people they wherent the real cannibals those where the people they slaughtered.
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it isn't rational and that's why it will capture your attention
The scenes were used to bring out an emotion in you and make you interested in the movie in one way or another. I'm don't agree with his style but I can get why he used it. However, how they could show live animal killings is beyond me.
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It's a fake documentary in a movie in a review within a Taco Bell that's inside a KFC that's within a mall AND THAT'S IN YOUR DREAM!
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I'm sorry to say this Josh, but we have to go deeper.
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Great episode.
I've got to say the animal cruelty bothers me in Cannibal Holocaust. It's a good film, but....
Apocalypse Now and Pat Garret and Billy The Kid are also good. Both feature the slaughter animals for even dubious artistic reasons.
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Atleast the animals they killed in this movie were actually used to feed the natives. Also, apparently (according to IMD
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This review was wonderfully made. One of the most "creative" things I've seen in awhile. While it didn't make me laugh per-say, it made me smile and was still incredibly enjoyable. Keep up the amazing work Brad. You release so much, in such great quality, in so little time.
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This was a masterpiece.
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Personally, I didn't find this review that funny. It felt overlong and none of the Jerrid and Jillian scenes made me laugh. But, I don't blame you. I understand you wanting to try something new after having reviewed over a hundred movies. Still a decent review though.
Any chance we're getting a review of a Todd Sheets movie soon?
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One word: NICE! Okay, maybe few more. That was pretty cool that you referenced the film like that through the video. This video left me hungry (pun not intended) for Cannibal Holocaust II, Brad Tries and 80's Dan. In Finnish: Siistiä!
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Awww, poor Sarah.
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Awesome job Brad. A lot of your vids are always so delightfully self-aware, but this one just went to a whole new level. Bravo, sir. And much like Jillian was feeling, I very much want to give Cannibal Holocaust a watch now. And is it wrong that I'm feeling kind of hungry too >_>
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That was amazing!!!!
Why did Jerrid sniff the chair?
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That was weird, totally bad, and absolutely AWESOME!
Good work!
What's with you commentors? You can show brutally slaughtering and eating humans without problem, but touch an animal and you go over the line!?
I keep that in mind should I ever make a movie with an evil guy. Wanna show him being evil, don't show him killing men, show him hurting animals!
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It's a common problem for people. I think it stems from how animals are supposed to be innocent and don't understand what's happening to them, thus cruelty towards them is just a level of evil that's considered over the line and disturbing for them.
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I think it's more that the animals were actually killed and tortured. Not just roadkill or dummies, but actual living beings that were murdered for the movie.
And considering how popular zombie movies/games are, I think it's pretty obvious people just plain don't like people. Kick a puppy though, and you might as well be beating a crippled person on the ground. It's about how defenseless you are.
Why do you think every horror movie tends to star young (sort of) attractive people in a good physical condition?
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Um...because they actually killed all those animals, where as the humans are fine and they just used special effects.
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For me it comes down to the fact that animals were actually butchered whilst still alive for these movies.
As far as I know the actors in gore films are acting. It's that subtle difference between reality and fantasy. Admittedly, if you eat meat, as I do, it's a bit hypocritical.
When it's FX I have no problem at all with the depiction of animal deaths. In fact the cow shooting seen in Me, Myself and Irene is the funniest thing in the movie. I also don't object to jaws being blown up, dogs being flushed down toilets or any other fake death in any film. But blowing real chickens heads off or slaughtering cows and various other critters in the name of art/entertainment sort of repulses me. I'm not saying it should be banned. I just don't like it. IM it steps over a line. The repeated use of the Zapruder film in Oliver Stone's JFK and the use of real execution clips in the Monkees Head also bothers me.
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You speak the truth. I'm bothered by the filming of real death of any kind, animal or human.
But about the meat thing, the meat I try to eat comes from animals that weren't brutally tortured to death before hand. Yeah, call me a hippy, but I do think that better food comes from animals that were taken care of before they died.
And I guess I wouldn't mind the filming of the death of animals if it was a real documentary on hunting or carnivorous creatures. A movie about lions that includes a couple gazelle getting killed? No problem here. But when you're just doing it for cheap shock value, not cool.
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Well the animals were killed for real and the humans were not.
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The humans killed in "The Last Road to Hell" scene were real. Was it immoral to show that?
In Britain, there is only one case in which the cuts remove any reference to an animal-killing, and that's the spider-monkey scene. This scene disgusted me, but then that is a real practice in many parts of the world (parts of Africa as well as South America). Was that any worse than filming factory farming?
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People like animals more than people.
Perosnally, I agree with you, I don't give a fuck about animals, but that puts me in the distinct minoirty.
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As everyone keeps pointing out the animals in the film were actually killed and the humans were not. And fuck you Johnny; you asshole. If you "don't give a fuck about animals" you have some serious problems. I'm sure you don't care too much about the people around you either; you dumb fucking cunt.
BTW Really awesome review Brad!
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I don't find the animal killings to be disturbing, just unnecessary, like most of the film.
I've watched the whole movie through once and bits a pieces occasionally, I just don't see what people find disturbing about it, or how anyone could honestly believe that any of it was real. Even the animal killings look faked.
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They may look fake to you but the animal stuff is famously real as it was in a few other cannibal genre movies of the day. One of the reasons for this is because it boosted the gore content without stretching the FX budget!
Fair enough if it doesn't bother you. That's your prerogative. I ain't going to apologise or feel like a wimp because it does bother me. I don't think people are sick for watching this film. I own an uncut copy myself. I just don't like seeing things killed for what in then is a movie. For me it just steps over a line.
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How could anyone believe any of this was for real? If we held that question over most films they would fall apart ... in the old film poster way - it's only a movie ... and to add a very powerful one for wrong and right reasons
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GREATEST SNOB VIDEO ERER!!! So great!
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Lovely review, Brad ! I almost felt nostalgic about the Snob's episode about Salo with the opening credits.
The parody is well done, especially by Jerrid ! Can't wait for the next one !
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You're gonna go down to one of the ethnic colleges and pay them 20 bucks to be the cannibals. As a person of ethnicity I was laughing my ass off. This is review rocked!
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Wow, I am very impressed, veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery good review-vid, love it
About the animal thing, as long as its simulated its no worse or better then any other form of simulated violence.
When animals or persons are really tortured, hurt, killed to make a movie I dont think I need to explain why this is wrong
(And i know this is somewhat hypocritical condiering how we torture and butcher thousands of animals each day and nobody cares)
The theme of this movie is also great, completly out of place but still great ^^
Keep it up Snob & Crew!
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So this was like raw footage of people watching raw footage of people watching raw footage of people watching raw footage of people watching raw footage of cannibal documentary?
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speaking of I spit on your grave I found a copy in best buy and had to get it to add to the bad movie collection by the way its the directors cut so im not sure if thats a good or bad thing
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I Spit On Your Grave actually isn't bad, just low budget.
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Love this review, i actually have this movie on both dvd and vhs but havent seen i yet. Guess i'm a bit of pussy there.
However, why dont you do more film from the Video Nasties list? Some of them for ex Francos Devil Hunter would be perfect for the cinema snob.
Keep up the great work Brad!
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There is a version where they cut out the parts of killing the turtle and muskrat.Didnt watch the Snob's review yet but having the actors in hiding was a fucking awesome idea.And the impalement was ahead of its time
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Geez, way to make Sarah cry again, you monster.
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I have been heard about this film few years, and would be necessary to watch it. Never thought this shit to be that hard stuff.
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I've seen this movie after a documentary about snuff films a few years back.
http://www.documentary-log.com/d24-does-snuff-exist/
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i laughed my ass off when Jerrid said FIRST
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This review is weirdly meta. I feel like the entire continuity of the site has been thrown inside-out. And yes, I do believe that an internet film reviewer specializing in exploitation films has a continuity, thank you very much!
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Great Review. ^^
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I wonder who the real critics are.
Hehe. Very funny review of a very un-funny but damn good film. Just hearing the theme music makes emotions well up.
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But Sarah, you were in this video XD
I was wondering if you were ever going to get to this movie and how you would make it. This was pretty creative and had its funny moments.
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Great video - but I want this footage BURNED.
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The BEST Snob episode along with Caligula!!
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This movie was just....mean. Seriously, the sheer malice and ill-will that goes into making a movie like this,featuring the objectification of REAL human and animal misery and death boggles the mind.
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This movie is something special. I really hate and love it, you feel so weird after watching it. And the music! the music! arrgh Powerful stuff man. And an awsome review man, you made it work.
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In all the time I've been watching your videos, I've never felt compelled to comment as much as I do right now. Really great review. You completely nailed the tone needed to tackle a film like this. Also, extra points for creativity.
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One of your best reviews yet.
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Good review of a good movie.
Cannibal Holocaust is one of those movies that despite its obvious shortcomings is quite powerful.
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That was great!
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Wow, that was a really good episode! Very original, loved it
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Great Review! Very well written and great acting by Jillian.
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I hate this movie. Partially for the animal cruelty issues, but because nothing *powerful* was stated through it anyway. Not that purpose would have made the deaths any less pointless, but the pointless deaths could have had a *little8 more point to them?
Also... woah. Meta.
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Brad, you spoil us! When are you finding time to do all these reviews? Have you slept at all this week?
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April's Fool day, huh...a little bit WAY TOO LATE, doncha think so? Oh well, not a bad review anyway.
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? It's not an April Fool's joke. Just a special tribute episode. Much like my "Caligula" and "Salo" episodes weren't April Fool's Jokes either.
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The Cannibal Holocaust Love Theme always reminds me of Seeds of Memory by Terry Reid. I can't be the only one who hears it.
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Forgot to mention in my earlier comment, kudos to Sarah for the Oscar the Grouch style cameo.
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Funny thing is, the acting in this review seems to be either better &more professional than in the actual, reviewed movies.
Also..Whoa! What a epic last line.
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I think "Cannibal Holocaust" is a disturbing film, but not nearly as disturbing as people make it out to be. Aside from the animal slaughter and the final gang-rape scene, I find nothing terribly horrific about the film (aside from it's nihilism). I will say that I found the animal killing to be completely unnecessary, particularly considering they use dummies for the human killing, but I'm not going to complain about seeing animals get killed and eaten in a movie made over 30 years ago. At least they don't play with their guts, like in "Nekromantik."
I honestly thought Deodato's previous film "Jungle Holocaust" was much more disturbing and gross, particularly the nudity (which, to be perfectly frank, is about as homoerotic as it can get in a non-porn film - see the film and you'll understand). The animal killing in that film was also much more graphic and nasty than in "Cannibal Holocaust." Yes, in "Cannibal," they kill and eviscerate a turtle, but in "Jungle" they skin a live crocodile, and rip out it's still-beating heart (real), then pull a partially-digested bird out of it's stomach (real). It also has animals killing other animals (like a snake eating a mouse), which wasn't in "Cannibal." I think animal killing is Deodato's trademark - it's in "Wave of Lust" too. However, I think both films (and "Wave") are very well-made, well-shot and effective (Deodato is a much better director than, say, Lenzi or Sergio Martino), aside from the animal-slaughter, but as far as I could tell, they don't actually torture the animals, they just kill them and eat them right quick.
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One of your best jobs, Brad.
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Yeah, that was one disturbing movie.
But I liked your review.
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I really enjoy this! Few people can actually make gimmicks work in a review Brad, and I would say you're the only one who can really pull it off. It was enjoyable, so thank you much.
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I've never seen this movie but I've known about it for years! This review though had told me more about it than I ever knew! I'll actually checkout how much a copy on ebay will caust now just for the sake of owning a copy!
I will also Go burn down a native village to see if I can't fim it for some apeshit crazy artsy film reason!
Dad!?
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"I wonder who the real critics are" lmao awesome vid as usual
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This is the best episode of Cinema Snob to date. I was apprehensive when I saw you were doing Cannibal Holocaust, I knew it would have to be something different and more epic than usual for a movie like that, and it was!
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This is one of the best Snob reviews yet. It really is a hard movie to do a comedic review of and you really made it work. I've had Cannibal Holocaust for years, I remember when I found out my last girlfriend loves horror movies so I let her borrow it. She liked it, even thought it was so disturbing, that's how I knew she was a keeper. I never did show her my August Underground DVDs or other Toe Tag movies, I don't want to push my luck there lol. But anyway this was a hell of a review and for such a twisted movie, only The Snob could make it funny.
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wow i think this if the first time you are reviewing a movie i actually saw before the review.
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Oh Jesus, Cannibal Holocaust. This is a fucking chore of a movie to watch. I didn't mind the (human) gore, or the unlikeable characters, but goddamn, all that animal slaughter just horrified me. I have rarely been truly sickened by a movie, and this is definitely one that rubs me the wrong way.
This movie is pretty much the zenith of everything wrong with exploitation filmmaking. It is truly a vile, vile flick.
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Squirrel, squirrel, squirrel squirrel. There is a SQUIRREL in your review. Squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel squirrel.
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Hello, me again!
Now that I've read a majority of the other reviews and I nodice that most people are sharing their oppions on animal creulty and if ya'll wanta see the highest of the high on human creulty to animals google a video called "Shake That Bear" and you'll hate our species even more!
Ok, I'm done fore now...
So, Brad/Snob are you going to try "Not See Cola" next on Brad Tries...!?
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I have the soundtrack to this film as well. Riz Ortolani is a very good composer. Such beautiful music for such a despicable film.
I actually had the chance to meet Ruggero Deodato at a horror convention awhile back. He seemed very kind and gentle and not at all the type of person who would make a film of this sort.
Great review as always!!
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Wow Brad. You made a video that was both funny and petty damn artistically driven. And Jerrid, Your acting has noticeably improved. You seem a lot more relaxed in front of the camera. Your character here seemed a lot more natural.
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Did you say you'd go to the local college to look for ethnics? hahhaha!
I really like this different approach to a review.
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HOORAY! You finally did what I suggested and tackled a bigger name exploitation film! After Salo, I was waiting for something like this.
Next you need to tackle a David Lynch film like Eraserhead or Blue Velvet. Keep in mind that I actually like David Lynch, but I think it would make an interesting review. It would definitely be difficult.
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wait...so this is a documentary within a movie within a documentary within a review? [insert obligatory Inception reference]
good job, this was very entertaining (love the self-referential humor).
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Hot damn Brad, you really knocked this one out of the park. Switching back and forth between "Brad" and "Snob" modes was almost eerie, and I loved the referential humor, both to the film and to your own reviews and fans.
Brad, you're a hell of a creative mind. Keep up the great work!
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There have been a few movies that you reviewed that I knew about. Friday the 13th Part 5 (duh), Caligula, and now Cannibal Holocaust. I still cannot believe you reviewed this. Keep up the good work.
p.s. Creepy artwork.
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Goddammit Brad, quit teasing a nigga and snob PIECES!!! PIIIIEECES!!!!!!!!!!!! PIIIIIIIIIEEEEEECCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! jesus man. just DO IT!
pretty please?
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Really enjoyed this Snob episode Brad, you really out did yourself once again. The format of the episode was really well done I thought to myself this episode is pretty long must mean the Snob had a terrible movie that he really went all outfor in the video and glad to see my guess was right on mark. Loved the found fottage idea worked well with the movie you reviewed and was an excellent watch. You always amaze me in different ways with your sheer talent in all your different and diverse shows/videos.
Big fan. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment.
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This has got to be the Apex of snob videos, I was laughing at every frame, I usually don't like story lines in a review but with your experience you really gave it a polished touch (while intensionally seemingly unpolished). It mirrors the film and captures what is really ridiculous about cannibal holocaust exploiting it for the most laughs. Fantastic, just fantastic.
P.S. some of us thought salo was one of your best.
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I agree, the "Salo" episode is a personal favorite of mine =)
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Best episode yet.
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Good review but a little too long.
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What does it say about me that at the end, when Jerrid walks out to deliver the closing line, I immediately say, "SQUIRREL!"?
Amazing review, the writing in this is so dense and full of layers. I can only aspire to be that good.
As for the movie, I have been sort of passively curious but I'm satisfied to live vicariously through your review. I guess my prurience doesn't extend to that kind of torture porn. See also: Men Behind the Sun...which I was shocked to see an official DVD copy of at a used bookstore. I nearly picked it up just because I believe it's pretty rare.
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Wow Brad wow, that was an amazing review. I really loved it. It gave us a look into your show behind the scenes and was really funny and depressing at the same time, I really liked it.
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Ooo... Maybe the next vid should be a follow up called "Brad Tries 80's Dan"
Awesome Video!
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I just can't get over how the opening theme was the most beautiful piece of music I've heard since the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack and the Big Battle track's last thirty seconds on the Dune soundtrack.
And yet it's the precursor to a movie I struggle with wanting to watch not just because of the animal cruelty, but because even though I can handle horror movies, I can't handle "meanness" in exploitation films sometimes.
But damn, if this opening soundtrack wasn't the best part of my lonely-arse day. The theme music was so beautiful, at first I mistook it for the theme from something else, or a wonderful piece of music I'd never heard before...
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Hey, Brad - thanks for taking up another of my suggestions
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I have to laugh at several commentators here saying "hey brad thanks for taking my suggestion" like they're the reason he reviewed this movie. The guy calling eraserhead and blue velvet exploitation flicks and saying "do those next" is the funniest.
Anyway, I'll say it again, awesome review! The best so far.
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its always fun when the "snob formula" gets twisted like this. But in good relation to the theme of the movie.
But i do miss the non-horror movie reviews. Those are the best i think.
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Great review, but this is a classic and they are hard to do with comedy.
P.S. Are you gonna review scream 4 ?
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Wow.
I think that this is my all-time favorite Snob episodes. Sooooo freaking meta. I also loved the cameo/stinger at the end cause I was wondering the exact same thing during the opening credits.
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The self-referencing was amazing. Mrs. Snob indeed! Also what was that bit about a bill? I saw Corky Romano but didn't catch the reference. Perhaps that is for the best. I for one, feel no urge to see this film now. Thank you for that Brad.
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Excellent review. Among your best, Brad.
Anyway, I just wanted to comment on the animal cruelty thing. No offense, but I find it amusing how morally stuck up people get about the fact that animals were exploited for a movie when we pretty much exploit animals all the time for our uses (not a vegetarian or anything, just stating the truth) when this isn't all that much different.
Of course, people here are going tto harp on about how it's crossing a line to kill animals soley for a film. Well, from everything I've read about CH, every single animal that was killed in this movie was cooked and eaten. In fact, the natives who performed the scene with the monkeys getting their faces cut off insisted to the director that they do it for real (monkey is a delicacy to them). So, it isn't as if the animal's lives were put to waste.
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That doesn't mean we want to SEE it happening. There's a huge difference between not being a vegetarian and wanting to actually see animals slaughtered.
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Oh my god this review was well done!
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That. That was fucking great Brad. An absolute experience. You are very, very good at this.
Can not wait for more, must have more now.
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I have to say I found this review weirdly...adorable.
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While maybe not the FUNNIEST review, this one was by far your most brilliant review. Honestly, this is probably the most brilliant and well done video review out there. Well done sir. I award you one (1) Internet(s).
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Creative, funny and although you could/should have said a bit more about the whole courtyard-thing with Deodato, this original take on reviewing this classic was brilliant.
Thank you, for this great video!
(And the meta-jokes at the end with Jerrid asking you things just were pure genius!)
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Meta as fuck. I love it!
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Want to be offended? Do 'Men behind the sun'.
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I'm Against any Animal Cruelty of any kind for any reason in a film(That's why the only really good Scene In the Film The Seducers(Look for it on DVD)-The scene with the two women being Run the $%$^%$%$$# Over w/An ASPCA Van was the Greatest Way to ever End a Film. Ever.)
That point Said,That was A Brutal @#!@! Review Snob...Good acting also on the Parts of Jerrid and Jillian.
I was Also Wondering if you were ever going to review "House on the Edge of the Park"?
(another film By the same Director,Ruggerdo Dedato-Forgive my spelling-Had heard some say it was'nt as Graphic,I for one somewhat Disagree)
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I'm curious Brad, with the controversy and nature surrounding this movie, would you put on the list of movies you regret watching much like A Serbian Film?
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No, I actually like "Cannibal Holocaust."
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This may be one of the greatest things ever put on the Internet. And I like to think I have some decent standards for Web quality. This was executed perfectly and beautifully from start to finish. I could suggest that you make more reviews in this style, but it clearly worked because it was a one-time deal and because it tied in nicely with the movie. So yeah, awesome.
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You know come to think of it, I probably did another review on "The Hooker with a heart of Gold". No, just kidding.. Just kidding. The way I see it, I'm not gonna touch your filmography for quite some time
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Jerrid: "Mrs Snob?"
Jillian: I have a name, goddamit."
Jerrid: "Big Box Model?"
Jillian: ::sigh:: ::eyeroll::
Jerrid: "I'm here to find your missing husband."
Jillian: "He's missing? I was asleep."
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my memory of this movie was buying a boot leg vhs of it off of ebay I think. me and my friends watched it a couple times before my friends mom took it from us and destroyed it or something. bitch
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I dig the new font, Brad!
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A nice twist on the typical snob review spoofing the whole "found footage" genre. With (almost) the whole crew, and references to "Hooker With a Heart of Gold", Kung-Tai Ted, Brad Tries and 80's Dan.
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Jerrid is a snarf? I would have never guessed. At least he's not a twerp. That would remind me too much of Teeth.
This is a great example of how a review can have "skits" that incorporate seamlessly into the review. Make those TGWTG reviewers watch this and take notes.
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This is The exploitation flick. most of what you do is the the shit we have never heard of, but the one we all know even if never have seen it. And kudos for putting your wife in it,she is both lovely and amazing for putting up with your Shit"
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For a second there, I thought we were heading into The Last Broadcast territory with the ending.
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Great review. It was so... House of Leaves-esque, and I love that.
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From what I've read, most of the animals killed during filming (the turtle, both monkeys and the pig) were actually eaten. The others I guess I can see as being a bit of a waste to kill just for a film, but for those that were eaten I don't see how it's any different from slaughtering any other animal.
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Sean, the animals that were killed were killed in inhumane ways, such as scalping or being shot in the head. For me, it's the same as stoning & shooting children. We're not even allowed to kill bugs in our house; catch & release only.
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So... much... recursion...
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I know people who watch this while drinking and after GWAR concerts. It's pretty terrible.
Also, there's a movie out there called Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (though it also was called the Dragon Lives again). I know it's a little difficult to find but...well here's the plot synopsis:
It's one of the "Bruceploitation" films that were made to cash in on Bruce Lee after his death. The story follows Bruce Lee after he dies and ends up in Hell. Once there, he does the logical thing and opens a gym. After fending off the advances of the King Of Hell's naked wives, he discovers that the most evil people in Hell are attempting a takeover, so Bruce sets out to stop it. As if it wasn't weird enough, the evil people are: Zatoichi (the blind swordsman hero of Japanese film), James Bond, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Emmanuelle (the "heroine" of many European softcore porn films), Dracula, and, of course, Clint Eastwood (played by a Chinese guy). Aiding Bruce is The One-Armed Swordsman (hero of kung-fu films), Kain from the U.S. tv series, Kung-Fu (actually played by a Chinese guy this time), and Popeye the Sailor Man! Yes, Popeye the Sailor Man. He eats spinach and helps Bruce fight some mummies
I think this speaks for itself.
Here's a link to the IMDB and to the DVD: http://cinestrike.com/2D/dragonlives.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165362/
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yelling first in a review is classic
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Bravo sir. This was a very innovative way to review a near unreviewable movie.
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Is it bad if even the small clips in this thing made an impression on me? The animal violence was obviously a big part but even the way the death scenes of the human characters was preeeeetty out-of-my-mind disturbing. And even just seeing your reactions here, some faked or not (I can't tell), kind of were hard to watch as well.
And even then I love this, like most (if not all) of your videos. Really great stuff here, loved Jerrid and Jillian here. Jerrid was so goofy as usual that I really had to keep watching even when some of ti was a little rough. And Jillian... I adored her sarcasm. XD She's just incredible.
This, the Caligula Reviews, and the Salo review were definitely my favorites from you and can't wait to see more like them.
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"D... Dad?"
BEST. JOKE. EVER.
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I've been waiting quite sometime for this review and I must say it did not disappoint. I actually owned this film at one point on DVD and I've seen it all of twice but it's not one I can easily forget. I think what surprises me is that everyone harps on this film mainly due to the animal cruelty (which all scenes involving animals, the turtle, two spider monkeys, and the pig) were all real and the "excuse" given was that the tribes in the film, which were actual tribes, ate the animals once they were killed. But everyone seems to over look the three or four rape scenes in the movie. It's like really? You're not going to complain about the multiple rape scenes but you're going to draw the line at the animal cruelty? That's one of the things I really wish Brad would have touched upon because the woman on the pole was raped by all the males of the group of adventurers. That's when Faye (Alan's girlfriend) gets all pissed is because she tries to stop the rape but all the guys, even her own boyfriend push her out of the way so they can rape the tribeswoman. Then later when they come across her mutilated body, they're all laughing except Faye thinking it's just so hilarious then Alan states it would be perfect footage for the documentary and they begin filming the body as Alan goes on about the cruel, inhuman way that they killed the woman because she of something I forget that Alan makes up.
Not to mention I really wish Brad would have commented about the whole Cannibal Holocaust/Blair Witch feud that's going on saying BWP is a rip off of CH. In a way, this is true because both movies are about a small group of young college age people going out into the wilderness on their own to shoot a documentary, both groups die at the end of the movie and the movies are both marketed as being real and the events taking place in the film actually happened. Not to mention the weird stick dolls that were hanging up in the woods in Blair Witch bare a striking resemblance to the tattoos of one of the tribes in Cannibal Holocaust.
The only difference is CH did it better.
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The rapes weren't real. The animal killings were.
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Nice one Brad.
I've yet to see this movie, but I'd come across the theme once, and man, I fell in love with it. I couldn't believe it was from this movie.
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Haha, your best review yet. Sheer genius
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Now i have two favorite episodes, this one and Manimal. I really think this is a great movie, i was truly suprised when i saw, cause going into it i expected som trashy horror, and was amazed at how well done it was.
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Probably the funniest Snob review I've seen. Well done.
Cannibal Holocaust is a movie I really want to like but can't. The idea of finding the footage that details how the main characters are terrible people is pretty compelling. However, I found the 45 minutes or so of finding the footage to be pretty dull. And of course, the animal stuff was a problem for me. Putting aside any moral objections I thought that gleefully butchering animals made the fake gore effects seem worse by comparison. It's hard to be bothered by the fake woman on a pole after seeing real death. Reading about some of the shady things that went on behind the scenes while filming doesn't make things easier either.
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Brad, review 'Addio Zio, Tom' aka 'Farewell, Uncle Tom' next. Do it. I double-dog dare you!
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does this mean we have a guinea pig movie review coming up? Maybe not the darker ones, but what about 3, that one was a comedy.
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Master piece, isn't it?
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I watched CH it just before watching this video. It was oddly enlightening how this movie can use gore with a purpose. Every gory scene, every live animal killing, even the sex-scenes made me feel horrible. Movies like Saw or Hostel are just childish compared to this.
Also the music rocked!
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It's actually been awhile since I've seen this movie, but I seem to recall--and an online movie mag seems to back me up--that Faye (the lone woman on the film crew) wasn't getting "moral" when the others decide to rape the tribeswoman; she was upset because *they were wasting their limited film recording something they couldn't use in the documentary.* 8o
Yow. Uh...is it not OK to make a I-thought-hard-to-work-with-director-was-bad crack, here? I'm guessing it's not okay.
If I wanna be snobbish, though, I can say that "it is certain that when [Faye] makes water, it is as congealed ice." Damn.
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Okay, regardless if what has gone before, this is a GREAT introduction for The Snob.
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At the opening credits I was going like "Come on... Sarah, come on, please Sarah, damn! No Sarah in this one"
The stinger totally upped this video from great to awesome.
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I'm usually a big fan of these vids but the framing device for this one didn't work for me. Sorry.
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you know, this is the first time comment on any movie review, this. is. AWESOME. seriously, just wanted to say that.
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LOL Awesome review Brad
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lol, great review! In fact, it's probably one of my favorites of yours!
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Pah, even more self-indulgent than the movie, sadface all round. Still love your reviews but purlease.
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Cannibal Holocaust´s theme is my new ringtone. And recieving a call during work gets really awkward.
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Congratulations, this is the first "Scream"-version of "The Cinema Snob." Except brilliant.
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Very good job!
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Im 15 years old and i have the dvd for the movie. Im not even scared I did a review for this movie too
look on youtube for uiopytrre and my review should be there.
Oh and finally YOU REVIW THIS MOVIE
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FIRST!!
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I recently watched this movie, and, since i had already heard about the animal cruelty and gore, the thing that shocked me the most was the movies many similarities to Heart of Darkness.
1. Showing a journey to Africa and meeting up with the local tribes
2. The story taking place through more than one narrative (i.e. having them watch the footage while the camera focuses on them)
3. The people from the "civilized" land turning out to be more destructive than the natives.
Maybe I've been paying way too much attention in English, but it just seems weird that the two are so similar.
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I watched this movie back to back with another French horror rarity called "Anthropaphagus" Cannibal Holocaust did not disturb me but the walking corpse in Anthropaphagus unnerved me completely.
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The scene where they gang-rape the girl is actually really, really disturbing. It seems that Faye tries to stop them, but just because she thinks it's a waste of film, not because it's wrong... plus I thinks she's just jealous that her boyfriend joins in on the rape.
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You gotta review Eaten Alive, half the film was made up of footage from other cannibal films.
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wow never seen anyone review this movie properly, cool
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great episode! i loved the touch of Jerrid being named Bolla xD just like robert kerman used to call himself
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This is seriously your best review yet. You did a great job reviewing this movie and making this review fun to watch despite the movie itself being the one of the most disturbing films you've ever reviewed. Great job!
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"He had to go away for a week"...Hmm, a lot of other reviewers have had some odd lapses in material too. I wonder if they shot the annual event on this week.
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Im not wrohty to be in the same forum. ROTFL
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Yes, who are the real critics? The critic? Or the critics that criticized the critic who criticized the film?
Anyways... This movie isn't that bad. Everyone says it's horrible but it's not even vomit inducing.
Great review but I'm gonna agree with Jillian and say I hate reviews that have a plot-line. Skits in reviews aren't all that entertaining and usually don't add anything.
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This is a good review. And it ain't "just" another episode, but really a good, complete short film with a beginning, a middle and an end. Also a good balance with the serious tone of the movie and the comedy elements of the Snob.
It's a short film you can watch over and over again.
You really are an artist, Brad.
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Just rewatched this, and I am still in awe from it
Brad, if you read this, let me say that in my oppinion this is one of the best movie reviews I have ever seen, if not coming out on top
I really think you, and everyone involved, poor Sarah
Cant really pinpoint why, but this keeps being my favorite single movie review I've seen thus far.
Giant kudos for pulling this off, in this manner, and with this quality
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that is horrible movie i cant see the crucifer woman ,is so extreme im have dream with this movie
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i saw this movie on vhs when i was like 10 years old, i didnt like it back then
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Nothing like watching Brad bash the Cannibal Holocaust movie with a fine glass of wine. mmmm that's tasty cannibalism.
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Just finished A Serbian Film and I gotta say Holocaust is the more effective of the 2. The graininess of the film and 70's film stalk gives this movie a certain lock that makes these old horror a little more terrifying and sleezey. A Serbian Film is more graphic, but it looks too pretty and polished. That film could have benefited from having that old grainy stock look to make it look more like the snuff film it aspires to be. The power of Cannibal Holocaust is timeless. Over 30 years since it's release we still talk about it and it's impact on not just horror but cinematic history as well. This is one of the few films (Flower of flesh and blood being the other)in which people were thought to have been actually killed and charges brought against the film makers. That right there says something about the brutally realism of this film and others like it. All horror fans should see this film at least once. Films like these aren't for everyone to be certain. If you know what your going to watch you'll be prepared for an experience like non other. This films is part to both one of the best periods of horror and the worst of cinema censorship. Be prepared to be shocked and amazed at this horror classic.
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This is one of my favorite episodes. The skit part of the review executed extremely well and I love that you aren't afraid to get meta with it and poke fun at yourself with it (you seem to do that in a lot of your videos; it's hilarious to see newer episodes that crib on older snob episodes). Considering the subject matter, I think it's also an effective way of getting some of your own personal views as well as those of the snob out there for the show. In a way you really took some risks here, and I think they paid off.
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I hope Jerrid didn't spend too much on that suit rental.
Good job with handling this film, just making this straight Cinema Snob would not have allowed you to really point out the flaws of this film. There is a time to be funny about bad movies and a time to be serious, you were able to do both with how you handled this.
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Best...Episode...EVER!
Seriously, this review was awesome, I hope you go places, Brad.
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