Has anyone seen this one? Is it as gory as they say?
Posted by raggedyman (Member # 4065) on :
yeah it's gory but it's cheaply made, badly acted and not scary just stupid.
Posted by Tia (Member # 4374) on :
cannibal holocaust is deeply sick and thoroughly reprehensible and yet weirdly brilliant, in fact. and yes, it's as gory as people say. don't see it unless you have an unusually strong temperament. to be honest it really upset me personally...
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
I know there is hoopla because they really sacraficed animals while making it. Remember MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY? I remember in that one they cut up a turtle or something and all the girls in the room with me burst into tears (One guy too!) That was another one that was banned in a lot of countries.
Posted by Tia (Member # 4374) on :
ruggero deodato insists that all that stuff was faked, the animal cruelty. he apparently had to go to trial because in italy, like here, doing that stuff for movies was illegal. so he brought in these mechanical dogs to show the special effects he used. i want to believe him but rather think he's lying through his teeth.
never got around to "make them die slowly." i tend more in the disney flick direction these days...
Posted by raggedyman (Member # 4065) on :
I remember watching MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY when I was a teenager - for some reason, I don't know why, I wrote the film's title in red ink 'splashed blood' style on the front of my English book at school and my English teacher asked me if I was 'alright in the head'.... then again, I was the wierd one who sat alone and read comics and horror movie magazines in class.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY was a better title than movie. I dont really remember being really impressed with it. But when you're a teen somehow the big bold boast "BANNED IN 25 COUNTRIES" mmakes you just die of curiosity! The most memeorable scene was a girl hanging by hooks from her nipples. And the turltle getting its legged chopped off. Actually, I think it was one of those video boxes that bragged something like "32 of The Most Shocking Acts You've Ever Seen" so the guys I watched it with would keep count. Everytime something gory happened they would say "Thats #1", "Thats #2", "Does THAT count as #3???" and so on.
Posted by Tia (Member # 4374) on :
ick!
yeah, i still get sucked in by the provocative titles on a regular basis. i had to throw "nude for satan" on my queue a couple months ago because, i mean, come on, what could that possibly mean? what are they talking about? and then i see it and it's not even full of grossout stuff like MTDS, it's just pretty much nothing happens. it was so weird it was sorta hypnotic though. and it put me to sleep real nicely.
Posted by raggedyman (Member # 4065) on :
funky horror titles? THREE ON A MEATHOOK, CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS, BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW...
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
don't forget, "the incredibly strange creatures who stopped living and became mixed-up zombies." great title, apparently, bad film. i've never seen it.
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
We're starting to sound like program directors from MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
funny, they actually did TISCWSLABMUZ.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
some other fave bad movie names that mst3k made famous:
THE ROBOT VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY VIKING WOMEN VS. THE SEA SERPENT TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN ATTACK OF THE THE EYE CREATURES (yes, with two "the"s; there was a typo in the credit sequence) EEGAH! DEATHSTALKER AND THE WARRIORS FROM HELL TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000 BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE AGENT DOUBLE 007 (so, "double double oh seven," when you think about it)
and quite quality cinema all!
Posted by mamamiasweetpeaches (Member # 1715) on :
My favorite MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 episodes were MANOS: HANDS OF FATE and GIRL WITH THE GOLD BOOTS. My daughter LOOOOVED when they ragged on THE CREEPING TERROR.
Posted by Mr. Tia (Member # 4374) on :
manos! the creeping terror! those movies are just WRONG!
yeah, those are both personal favorites of mine. "where's... where's my dog?" "now, you never had a dog. i don't want to hear any more of this talk about your so-called 'dog.'"
