How did you come across this movie ?

My sisters ex boyfriend told me about it back in 1999 or 2000 saying it was the most disgusting film he´d seen. I was intrigued so I tried to find it but I couldn´t find it anywhere as it was banned in my country and most imports are from the UK and it was also banned there and it was unavailable as a US import. I finally saw it as a bootleg in a collectors shop and bought it. It was in 2000 and saw it - don´t know if it was a cut version or not but it had the turtle killing scene, all rape scene, the castration scene and the killings in the end - I somehow expected more and did not care for this film for some years - I then finally bought it on dvd in Denmark and brought it home and finally saw it again and was mostly disturbed by the animal killings especially the killing of the monkey.

I'm a student of European genre cinema 1955 - 1985. Composer Riz Ortolani did the music for my favorite Italian horror film Web of the Spider from 1971. Director Ruggero Deodato got his start as a camera operator working for that film's director, Antonio Margheriti, and served as cinematographer on the 1964 film Castle of Blood, which Web of the Spider is a remake of. If you are a fan of Italian horror eventually you have to see Cannibal Holocaust, though I kind of wish I hadn't.

I've seen it on cable TV when I was 13 or 14. I had not heard anything about this film before, it was a random choice.
I don't remember being particularly freaked out, and the only scene (apart from the wonderful music) I vaguely remembered years later was the impalement part. Which probably means that I found it the most disturbing at the time.

I used to visit comic conventions heavily in the early 2000's, and a vendor had a table featuring bootleg VHS of hard-to-find movies. I saw the proclamation that the film was "Banned in 50 Countries!", so being the impressionable young teen I was bought the film right away.

I'm glad I did as it is now one of my favorite films.

Bad luck isn't brought by broken mirrors, but by broken minds. - Suspiria (1977)

I'd heard about it in the 80s from friends but never got a chance to see it, then I kinda forgot about it for awhile. A friend mentioned it in conversation around 1999, and I got renewed interest in it, so I tracked it down on the internet.

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I can't understand your crazy moon language.

I became aware of it about several years ago after making the acquaintance of horror aficionados at this website who ensured me that it made for very potent viewing.

What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life!

My mom rented it when I was about 7 or 8 and I walked in when she was watching it. I don't quite remember what I saw I just know it was horrible and my mom's insane reaction at me walking in really stuck with me. For years she wouldnt tell me the name if but eventually she did, and I was able to read about it and see bits on the internet. I just saw the entire movie for the first time a few weeks ago.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

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