Anyone seen Cannibal Holocost? (sp)

Firstly DVD Compare have been wrong about some things in the past .

Secondly , variant versions of many Italian films exist and are specifically created by the director to account for countries that were less than happy with the gory Italian movies of the 70's and 80's.

At the time the UK and US were looking for less gore while Japan wanted more
 
Considering the uncut version has never been available in the UK I have to wonder where people who view it have seen it.
Have they seen the complete version?

I cant see it lasting on Youtube
 
I don't own any other version of the film. Grindhouse bought the rights to the movie in 2000 and spent that time putting together the features. I've no reason to doubt them when they said they used the original negatives and yes Grindhouse show you the alternate Last Road To Hell and yes there are different title carRAB including different actors names appearing etc much different to the one in the movie. The one your seeing on the Ultrabit DVD is the one Grindhouse use in their special features.

As for the interlaced issue i believe that was rectified when they reissued the DVRAB along with the reissues of Cannibal Ferox although since i don't own them and its been a while since ive spoken to people who own them i can't confirm it.

Also just look at the documentary on the DVD, all that behind the scenes stuff that was included and showing them filming the movie and preparing scenes... there must be hours of that stuff available and i wish more was included. They didn't just get that off some print, that stuff would have been stored away.....most likely with the negatives.
 
It's one of only two films that have actually depressed me (the other being Lucio Fulci's New York Ripper), and yes I am referring to the uncut version - it's not that arcane to have seen it. I try and avoid films unless they contain everything we were intended to see (irrespective of whether cut for censorship or commercial reasons).

The animal violence is part of the point. With the benefit of hinRABight yes it was a misguided notion, but it's done now and those involved have moved on, and there's little point in crying over the past.

As to the film, it's in a class of its own above all other entries in the Italian 'late 70s/early 80s exploitation' genre. To synopsise, Holocaust is a film, whereas Ferox is a movie. And, not without many flaws, a damn good film it is too.
 
I would believe Grindhouse far more than I would believe EC Entertainment.

For starters I have the EC release of House on the Edge of the Park which lists all sorts of extras on the case that do not appear on the disc
 
I think I watched the uncut version. I umm.... got it from a torrent site. :p

I'm more of a slasher fan. The cannibal movies set in a jungle dont really appeal to me for some reason.
 
Having re read things again the only things i could pull were these posts.

There was a huge stink made when the recent import release I mentioned earlier was missing a few seconRAB of footage from this segment. The Last Road to Hell is comprised of footage from a "previous documentary" from the filmmakers that are now lost in the jungle. The footage is brief and consists of some mondo footage, people being executed etc. There is a brief shot (no pun intended) from a firing squad that's missing, really only a second or two of footage. As it turns out, the original negatives contain an alternate version with different credits/footage which is the version included here. The alternate cut is included here as well as an extra with some explanations as to the differences between them. Just to clarify, the version of The Last Road to Hell in the film is missing a few seconRAB of this footage because it's missing from the original negative. The alternate version that does include this footage is included as an extra."

Arif, let me try and explain: The DVD movie includes the segment "Last Road To Hell." It is missing a second or two of footage. This is because the Grindhouse source print (the original negative) had this footage missing in the first place ( a second or two of footage ).

The alternate version includes these missing one or two seconRAB. This alternate "Last Road To Hell" is on the disc seperately, apart from the movie. The reason being - these "one or two" seconRAB were discovered AFTER the original print came to be. Grindhouse mastered the original print, not a different one.

That is the only difference.
 
Hey guys, I've found an absolutely fantastic review on the internet which does a side by side comparison. Apparently the difference is due to Grindhouse using the original English reel, while the Ultrabit uses the Italian negatives. Check this bad boy out:

http://plamdi.com/movies/holocaust.htm

It also confirms my belief that the Ultrabit has the strongest colour grading, it's much more sumptious.

Interestingly, I've just found out that the Australian discs, which are a Grindhouse copy, are using a PAL transfer, as opposed to All Regions NTSC, so they may well have fixed the interlaced issue for the aussie release, and of course you have the higher 576 resolution, albeit at 25p.

Like I say though, it's well worth getting both the Ultrabit and the Grindhouse/Siren Australian disc.
 
Yes the title came on screen but the name of the torrent and file were changed, when I noticed it was not what I had wanted to download, I decided to give it a chance because a) I had never seen it or even heard of it before and b) I am a horror fan in general and it is very rare I find horror that sares or disgusts me. This film did the latter.
 
Yep, you're right, my bad. I was going on conflicting information.

In that case they probably never did bother fixing the interlace problem, because it isn't just a simple flag on the disc, it would have needed a whole new progressive encode.

The Australian release is exactly the same as the Grindhouse, completely uncensored. Which is extremely odd, seeing as Australia has some of the most draconian censorship in the English-speaking world.
 
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