Cannibal Holocaust (1979)

Some Random Dude · **Posted:** Wed May 25, 2005 1:32 pm **Post subject:** Cannibal Holocaust (1979)

Cannibal Holocaust (1979)

Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Written by Gianfranco Clerici, Giorgio Stegani
Cinematography by Sergio D'Offizi
Edited by Vincenzo Tomassi
Music by Riz Ortolani
Cast Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Gabriel Yorke, etc.

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Plot Synopsis
In 1979 four documentary filmmakers set out to expose and shoot a film based upon ethnic cannibal tribes in the heart of the South American jungles. After their leave of absence grows impatiently longer than expected the university of New York, for whom they were shooting the documentary, begins to worry. Following a liberating debate, Professor Harold Monroe (Robert Kerman) the Dean of Anthropology, is sent to acquire any information regarding the where abouts of Alan Yates, Faye Daniels, Jack Anders, and Mark Tomaso (Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, and Luca Barbareschi). His expedition sees him arriving at a small encampment outside the Amazon and forming an alliance with Chaco (Ricardo Fuentes) who will help him not only retrieve the information he is seeking but also manage to get out alive with his limbs intact.

Deep in the heart of the green inferno exist three cultural tribes carrying the characteristics the documentary crew is looking for. The Yacumos, who don?t take part in cannibalism, are a spiritual tribe with strong warriors whose only fear is the Yanomamos. No white man has ever seen the Yanomamos , or the ones who have, never live to tell about it. They?re a fierce tribe often referred to as the ?tree people? getting their name from the villages constructed of ?shabonos? (small individual houses connected together). They travel on foot as opposed to river and are historically a tribe of ?endocannibals? (which means that they eat their own people). This rare form of cannibalism is thought to be the way for the deceased's soul to enter the body of their living descendants, thus providing spiritual and physical strength to combat the evils of the jungle. The act of cannibalism may seem shocking to most Westerners, however many Catholics on a weekly or daily basis practice a form of cannibalism called ?theophagy?. The Communion (the symbolic eating of the body and blood of Christ) may seem like a natural ritual to us, but may make little sense to the Yanomamo. They prefer the real thing.

Anyone discerned as being "other" than the tribe, is considered to be subhuman. The laws and ethics that may keep a village from succumbing to warfare within its own walls, thereby do not apply to anyone perceived as being subhuman. In other words, war is hell and the Yanomamo will do anything including kidnapping, raping, killing and abusing people from opposing tribes. Lastly is the Shamatari tribe who often find themselves at war with the Yanomamo. Nick-named ?the swamp people? or ?river tribe,? the Shamatari take these titles because of their love of living close to the water's edge of the River of Parakeets. It?s not long before the professor and his crew come upon the tribes and perform acts of obedience and bribery to be accepted as harmless. On their final encounter with the Yanomano, Harold is lucky enough to discover film canisters holding what appears to be the final images of the crew?s documentary.

ed2k Link
Cannibal.Holocaust.1980.UNCUT.DVDRip.XviD-QiX.avi

Cannibal.Holocaust.1980.UNCUT.DVDRip.XviD-QiX.nfo

Specs
Size: 696 MB
Runtime: 01h:30m:41s
Resolution: 592x320 (1.85:1) [=37:20]
Video Bitrate: 973 kb/s
FrameRate: 25.000 fps
Video Codec: XviD

Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3, monophonic VBR
Audio Bitrate: 93 kb/s
Audio Frequency: 48000 Hz
Language: English / Spanish

Ripped by
QualitiX

Ripper Notes
This isn't a proper of HLS' release. The source of this release
is the limited edition EC Ultra Bit DVD. With a runtime of 91
minutes its the longest known print of this explotation classic.
There are rumors that the long awaited Grindhouse NTSC DVD will
be completly uncut with the often mentioned "piranha scene"
included (even though Deodato has publicly stated that he never
filmed that scene) but Grindhouse is now where to be found. So
kick back and enjoy one of the coolest films ever.

Screenshots

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Ferox · **Posted:** Wed May 25, 2005 1:37 pm **Post subject:**

Hi.
that piranha scene ime positive never exists as you say deodato never says he filmed that scene beginning to wonder if its an old wifey's tale myself...as for the E.C. version they brought it out again in ultrabit (which ive seeded and is superior to there older version) i aint gonna bother buying grindhouse's 5 year late version as ime well chuffed with the ultrabit version.

ferox.

George Tatum

Some Random Dude wrote:

There are rumors that the long awaited Grindhouse NTSC DVD will be completly uncut with the often mentioned "piranha scene" included (even though Deodato has publicly stated that he never filmed that scene)

Deodato also claimed that the 2 missing shots from The Last Road To Hell were never filmed either, but not only are they in the Dutch DVD but also the UK one. That's about all that is in the UK DVD :lol:

Some Random Dude · **Posted:** Wed May 25, 2005 7:51 pm **Post subject:**

Added screenshots.

See No Evil · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:01 pm **Post subject:**

Some Random Dude, did you release a subpack with this? just looking for english subs for the spanish language bits? if you can share the raw subtitle file with me, i can convert & edit it myself? :beerchug:

Some Random Dude · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:08 am **Post subject:**

Nope, couldn't find subs that matched this release. You could grab a english sub and sync it if you have the time and patience... (wouldn't mind if you did :mrgreen:

)

See No Evil · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:19 pm **Post subject:**

I copied the subtitles over from a lower quality earlier release (with hardcoded
subs).

So, this is a subtitle file with english subs ONLY for the spanish language
bits at the beginning of the film

ed2k: Cannibal.Holocaust.1980.UNCUT.DVDRip.XviD-QiX.[SUB].[Eng.Subs.Only.For.Spanish.La...s]-SeeNoEvil.rar [674 Bytes] [Stats]

edekzkrainykredek · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:44 pm **Post subject:**

Is this really uncut version of Cannibal Holocaust? I have Ferox's rip and it has runtime 01:32:00 (137,996 frames), so it's more then minute longer.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:53 pm **Post subject:**

Given the source was the EC ultrabit edition which is the longest available print, I'd say so.

Out of interest what FPS is the Ferox rip?

George Tatum · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:10 pm **Post subject:**

Ferox's rip is 25fps and is uncut

AVI File Details
========================================
Name.........: cannibal holocuast_ripped_by_ferox_uncut_ultrabit_version.avi
Filesize.....: 711 MB (or 728,677 KB or 746,165,954 bytes)
Runtime......: 01:32:00 (137,996 fr)
Video Codec..: DivX 5.0
Video Bitrate: 947 kb/s
Audio Codec..: 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR
Frame Size...: 640x336 (1.90:1) [~15:8]

edekzkrainykredek · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:14 pm **Post subject:**

Same as QiX - 25.000 FPS, that's why i was curious.

elman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:08 am **Post subject:**

Just got this movie on DVD and it's 25 fps and 1:32:00..

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