SHAM031/SHAM201 - Cannibal Holocaust: The Archive Discussion

[Splatterdragon73]

I must admit when i found out CH was the mystery Shameless title that had us all guessing, yours truly was quite disappointed.
However, while i still find this news to be less-than-awe-inspiring, the prospect of a new director's edit freshly mastered in HD with an array of new extras does sway me into purchasing the forthcoming Shameless take on Deodato's Carnivorous classic.

[platostotal]

having got an uncut version of "holocaust" couple of years back i can say i would back flip and swim the channel underwater if even our modern bbfc would pass CH with 14 secs of cuts, the turtle and monkey scene will no way escape unscathed,some would say "good thing too", remember back in the 80's seeing a vhs copy and thinking "great movie but i feel sick", as an old school horror buff i thought "they really killed those animals" WTF, why do that? before writing this i watched it again, jeez i still whizz past the turtle, but full kudos to shameless if they get it thru, would prefer a pristine "four flies on gray velvet" from shameless myself, hint hint.

[Sam@Cult Labs]

Leading up to next week's Cannibal Holocaust screening at Cine-Excess (Full details HERE), here's a post I wrote on why Cannibal Holocaust blew my mind as a callow youth...

Cannibal Holocaust - Subtext and social messages not high on the agenda for 14 year olds in search of banned thrills...

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Excellent article, Sam. Unfortunately, I didn't have friends with those interests at school and wasn't born in the decade to know the joys of owning a film the government considered obscene -- I wish I did!

[platostotal]

"i can say i would back flip and swim the channel underwater if even our modern bbfc would pass CH with 14 secs of cuts"




Ahhh... Should have known an early post would come back to bite me in the arse. If you see a sweaty overweight blob in the channel, no need to worry it's only me.just pray I don't go skinny dipping. heh heh.

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Check out a statement from Deodato on his new edit of Cannibal Holocaust which will be screening at Cine Excess V on Thursday, courtesy of Shameless Screen Entertainment!

[robertzombie]

SPOILERS:

Watched the new edit of Cannibal Holocaust last night at the Odeon in Covent Garden for Cine Excess V! There were a few other Labbers there so I look forward to hearing their opinions on the new cut.

I'm not an expert when it comes to AV analysis, but, as far as I can tell, the version we saw last night will be the version included on the Shameless BD so I thought I'd share my thoughts on that first.

The video looked great, I have a feeling it was screened from a BD which would explain why the image looked ever so slightly fuzzy, as the screen it was projected onto was enormous! The picture looked very nice, I could see a decent amount of grain, some scenes were grainer than others (particularly during Faye's decapitation at the end, the image got quite grainy). I noticed only one instance of possible print damage, can't remember the scene at the moment but it was for the first second upon opening a new scene, it appeared to almost fade from a brownish tint to proper colour. Not sure if I've noticed that before. Anyway, the video was practically flawless, and if it were being watched on a home TV or in a home cinema environment I imagine it would look incredible.

The sound was fine, I think they were playing a surround track as there were some scenes in the jungle and in the TV offices where you could hear things going on in the rear speakers. Some of the gunshots were a bit piercing, as was some of the dialogue, but that is expected. What really stood out for me was the soundtrack, in particular the piece that just has drums that we hear when we first see the cannibals at the beginning eating a human hand. It sounded amazingly thunderous in the cinema.

As for the new edit itself, I was aware that Deodato had trimmed some of the animal cruelty, but I was wondering if he would change anything else. The muskrat scene retains the audio but cuts to shots of monkeys scampering up trees in order to fill the gap, this works quite well, but possibly only if you've seen the uncut version and know what is supposed to be happening. I'm not sure what a newcomer would make of that scene. The turtle scene is about 65% there I'd say, but a lot of it is obscured by newly generated lens flares and 'print damage'. I noticed a slight jump in the soundtrack during this scene, but it was fairly discreet. The shot of the monkey's head being sliced has been replaced by a split second of print damage. I had to admit, I saw that coming and was a bit annoyed by it, seeing as the same technique had been used during the turtle scene. The pig cruelty is intact, as are the spider and snake killings.

I wasn't sure if any scenes other than those involving animal cruelty were altered, though I did feel that the death of Faye was a bit longer than before, but that could just be the illusion of seeing it in the cinema.

All in all I have to say this is the best I've ever seen the film looking, perhaps it was blown up just a tad too large for the screening but I'm confident it'll look great at home

[nekromantik]

I am really very annoyed that due to finances I could not make it!!!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Thanks for that analysis, robertzombie. My anticipation levels are now sky high!

[Bringer Of Funerals]

its killing me having to wait