Sep 26, 06
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Other than the graphic violence and extreme gore, much of the film's original controversy surrounded the gratuitous killing of animals for the sake of portraying that killing on film. These scenes include:
The killing and flaying of a large, screaming coatimundi (often mistaken as a muskrat), by an actor (who also mistook the animal for muskrat).
A large turtle (about 45 cms long) is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs and shell removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.
A large spider is killed with a machete.
The killing of a snake with a machete.
A squirrel monkey is captured by a native actor portraying a tribesman, who cuts the monkey's face off with a machete while it is struggling and then eats the brains.
A pig is kicked and then killed with a rifle when shot in the head by an actor.
The killing of several bugs located inside a prop-skull.
Many condemned this as animal cruelty for the purpose of mere sensationalism, and it has even been called "animal torture." In Italy, a law which prohibited cruelty to guinea pigs resulted in the outright banning of the film there until 1984. The film was made during a time when it was growing unpopular for filmmakers to stage such animal death scenes, and the use of such scenes were intended to attract controversy. All the animals killed in the movie (except the snake and spider) were later eaten by either the crew or the natives.
There are also three extremely brutal rape scenes in the film. These scenes involve a woman being penetrated with a sharp stone and a spiked mudball (supposedly as a punishment for adultery), the gang rape of a young native girl by the males in the film crew, and the brutal gang rape of the female film maker by the natives as vengeance for the rape of the aforementioned girl.
Cannibal Holocaust was originally banned in the UK as a video nasty, and remained banned until 2001, when the BBFC passed the film with an 18 rating certificate after being heavily edited [2]. The cuts include the removal of all animal violence present (except the spider and the snake), the significant reduction of the adultery punishment and rape of the native girl, and the complete removal of the rape of the female member of the film crew and the short rape by the riverbank. The death of the female film maker is also missing the nudity present in the original film. If unedited, Cannibal Holocaust is still banned in the UK.
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Looks like something you want watch while eating!
Could I borrow it when you're finished?
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