Cult Films

[ChiangMai noon]

Cannibal Holocaust (1980) is a controversial exploitation film directed by Ruggero Deodato from a screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici. Filmed in the Amazon Rainforest, the movie tells the story of four documentarians who journey deep into the jungle to film indigenous tribes. Two months later, after they fail to return, famous anthropologist Harold Monroe travels on a rescue mission to find the group. Eventually, he recovers and views their lost cans of film, which reveal the missing filmmakers' fate. The film stars Robert Kerman as Monroe, Carl Gabriel Yorke as director Alan Yates, Francesca Ciardi as Alan's girlfriend Faye, Perry Pirkanen as cameraman Jack Anders, and Luca Barbareschi as fellow cameraman Mark Tomaso.
Cannibal Holocaust is a well known exploitation film because of the controversy following its release. After premiering in Italy, the film was seized by a local magistrate, and Deodato was arrested on obscenity charges. He was later accused of making a snuff film because rumors claimed some actors were killed on camera. Although Deodato was later cleared, the film was banned in Italy, the UK, Australia, and several other countries due to graphic gore, sexual violence, and because six animals were killed on camera. Many nations have since revoked the ban; however, the film is still barred in several countries. This notoriety notwithstanding, some critics see Cannibal Holocaust as a social commentary about civilized society.[

[Spin]

^ great movie, I remember seeing it when i was about 13 and only now you've mentioned it do i know the name of the film. I had clean forgotten the name but of course remembered the scene with the woman impaled on the pole like it was yesterday..



Demonoid have it! cool.

[ChiangMai noon]

^
think i got it from demonoid.

yup.
Demonoid.com - Cannibal Holocaust (UNCUT)

[alphagirl]

Pumpkinhead

[pai nai ma]

i find the opening sequences seriously haunting.

saw the movie but cant remember the opening. please describe it.

[ChiangMai noon]

it's the scene when the couple are sent a homemade movie of someone creeping into their house and walking into their bedroom while they are sleeping.....happens to them several times, very eerily done.

also the Ramstein music works great at the party with that little midget demon.

[pai nai ma]

worthy of a rewatch.

[William]

Withnail and I.

Great movie. How to get ahead in advertising followed that and was also very good

[ChiangMai noon]

Has anyone mentioned Goodfellas yet?

in what way does goodfellas qualify as a cult movie?

[William]

^ An American Werewolf in London been mentioned?

[pai nai ma]

i suppose i have helped widen the scope of the op a bit.

actually the meaning of cult film isnt completely clear to me. obscure, box office flop but with a devoted following?

whatever.

[EmperorTud]

Phantasm and sequels.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

^ An American Werewolf in London been mentioned?

It has now...

Great film.

[EmperorTud]

The Big Lebowski.

[ChiangMai noon]

is this the 'answer my cult film with another cult film' thread??

maybe should be in the games room.

[Gerbil]

As we have so many idiots who mistake 'cult film' for 'favourite film', it might as well be.

[The Fresh Prince]

managed to download a super copy of cannibal holocaust.

forgotten how much I enjoyed this movie.

Is this one a different movie from Canible Fearox or a different name CMN?

[Mr Pot]

^ oh fok, isn't that one of the sickest ever films, I really want to see that one cannibal holocaust.

oh, and what was that film (Australian) where his mom gets bit by a sumatran rat monkey and is probably the bloodiest film there is? (He gets a lawnmower out at the end to kill a whole towns worth of dead peeps)

[Gerbil]

oh, and what was that film (Australian) where his mom gets bit by a sumatran rat monkey and is probably the bloodiest film there is? (He gets a lawnmower out at the end to kill a whole towns worth of dead peeps)

"Braindead" by Peter Jackson (Yep, the "Lord of the Rings" guy)

[Mr Pot]

Cheers Gerbil; got a find that one for the wife

[Butterfly]

And Deckard is a Replicant.

no, he isn't, not in the movie, this is still being debated

wait until you see it in Hi Def mate, blows DVD out the water both audibly and visually.

Got the whole collector DVD with the final cut, looks already awesome in 720p, doubt it could be any better, more details than that and you might actually see the SFX "strings" that put it all together,

Three Colours Trilogy Blue/White/Red

can't believe you know that one,

Man Bites Dog, I thought that is one of the biggest cult out there

[Butterfly]

highly recommended.

Saw it back in the early 80s, but told then it was real and a documentary, couldn't tell really

[Butterfly]

MadMax, the first one, was definitely cult

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, another cult movie from the early 80s, but a bit gay, with a very famous soundtrack

and of course, Apocalypse Now

[Butterfly]

Almost forgot,

DUNE !!! now that was cult,

[Butterfly]

A Clockwork Orange, that was a big cult following back then

The Shinning, unforgettable and spooky

Full Meta Jacket, unforgettable intro scene with the drill instructor

Platoon, a classic