80's Italian Cannibal Cult films

JustAThought

http://whatculture.com/film/9-definitive-italian-cannibal-movies.php

I never knew about this. Am I alone ?:eek:

Links234

Italian zombie movies and serial killer movies from that era were a lot better, some real creepy and intense stuff, as opposed to just OTT gore. Source: I watched a lot of horror movies

Femme_Fatale

JustAThought wrote: »

http://whatculture.com/film/9-definitive-italian-cannibal-movies.php

I never knew about this. Am I alone ?:eek:

Some absolutely mental films have come out of Italia. Some of them are cult classics but are pretty crap, e.g. Dario Argento's stuff.

And I think "Nunsploitation" (the "women in prison" template but in a convent) is an Italian genre.

Phill Ewinn

Is cult a typo?

Bipolar Joe

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Some absolutely mental films have come out of Italia. Some of them are cult classics but are pretty crap, e.g. Dario Argento's stuff.

And I think "Nunsploitation" (the "women in prison" template but in a convent) is an Italian genre.

Fuck off.

Links234

Ah Dario Argento, so many late nights in my teenage years spent watching people getting stabbed to death in elaborate ways.

mike65

Dario Argento is the king of Giallo, its true that he has hardly made a decent film for 20 years but still the king!

The Italian exploitation genre is or was a whole industry - they were well ahead of everyone else when it came to transgressive cinema on a low budget - crime flicks, chase movies, horror of every type, sex movies you name it and they did it with more tits, arse and blood than the rest put together - the perfect material for the VCR age which is when most of the "infamous" films came to be known and then banned on the Video Nasties list.

btw the 80s cannibal flicks were largely made in the 70s.

kneemos

The Horror channel has some weird stuff.Nude Nuns With Big Guns is a regular.

Femme_Fatale

mike65 wrote: »

The Italian exploitation genre is or was a whole industry - they were well ahead of everyone else when it came to transgressive cinema on a low budget - crime flicks, chase movies, horror of every type, sex movies you name it and they did it with more tits, arse and blood than the rest put together - the perfect material for the VCR age which is when most of the "infamous" films came to be known and then banned on the Video Nasties list.

btw the 80s cannibal flicks were largely made in the 70s.

It's kinda weird the way normal people enjoy that stuff.

I enjoy reading about the dark side of cinema, films that were banned etc, but no way could I watch them.

mike65

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

It's kinda weird the way normal people enjoy that stuff.

I enjoy reading about the dark side of cinema, films that were banned etc, but no way could I watch them.

A lot of it is just bad it has to be said - Lucio Fulcis Zombie (1979) is just a plain dull cash in on Dawn of the Dead, though he has made some better flicks like House by the Cemetery and City of the Dead.

The promotional artwork is nearly always better than the film.

If this thread turns into a recommends then I suggest - Argento up to Tenebre (1982)

WoollyRedHat

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Some absolutely mental films have come out of Italia. Some of them are cult classics but are pretty crap, e.g. Dario Argento's stuff.

And I think "Nunsploitation" (the "women in prison" template but in a convent) is an Italian genre.

You've piqued my interest.

Links234

mike65 wrote: »

If this thread turns into a recommends then I suggest - Argento up to Tenebre (1982)

What, no Phemonena?

Femme_Fatale

I watched snippets of some apparently "classic" Argento, and it was just cheap, shoddy-looking, atrociously acted B-movie fare. The emperor (as well as the women in those movies) is not wearing any clothes.

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

You've piqued my interest.

Always seems to happen when I mention that genre... :pac:

mike65

Links234

Well I haven't actually caught that one yet! (so many films, so few hours etc). As mentioned above the Horror Channel has a decent smattering of them though not too many at the moment as it happens - that said Frankenhooker and Bad Biology are coming up again - Frank Henenlotter is the king of New York body horror and always worth watching if you have the stomach and well developed sense of black humour

JupiterKid

There's also the rather shocking and (at the time) controversial Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

BillyMitchel

JupiterKid wrote: »

There's also the rather shocking and (at the time) controversial Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

Was just talking about this movie today. Another one that was meant to be "real". In fairness though it is focked up. It's still pretty shocking.

PeterNincompoop

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Was just talking about this movie today. Another one that was meant to be "real". In fairness though it is focked up. It's still pretty shocking.

Bang on, that scene with the turtle really stays with you afterwards

deco nate

JupiterKid wrote: »

There's also the rather shocking and (at the time) controversial Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

Now that was a great movie, Btw I thought it was called cannibal apocalypse . or am I thinking of another movie

Edit.: this one....
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0080379/

Nodin

PeterNincompoop wrote: »

Bang on, that scene with the turtle really stays with you afterwards

...well the bits with animals is real, afaik.

suicide_circus

I wonder what has triggered this line of discussion??

crazygeryy

suicide_circus wrote: »

I wonder what has triggered this line of discussion??

The zombies are coming didn't you hear?

Liam McPoyle

Ahhhh Italian horror, how I love thee.

Some awful tripe was released during this time period but some stone cold genre classics like Zombie Flesh Eaters, Suspiria, Cannibal Holocaust or The New York Ripper were released too.

The most objectionable (for normal people, I think they are hilarious) was the Nazisploitation sub genre. Family favourites such as The Beast in Heat, Ilsa : She Wolf of the SS, SS Experiment Love Camp or The Gestapos Last Orgy, soooo crappy but they are hilariously bad(good).

Cravez

PeterNincompoop wrote: »

Bang on, that scene with the turtle really stays with you afterwards

Nodin wrote: »

...well the bits with animals is real, afaik.

Yeah they actually kill the turtle for the movie and they also kill a baby pig when they reach the village.

Ruggero Deodato was actually arrested after the movie was released because people actually thought he sent those actors to their deaths. Cannibal Holocaust was considered a snuff film until everything got cleared up.

Femme_Fatale

I don't get it: butchering, torture, rape = bad... except for when they're featured in "video nasties" of the 70s/early 80s - then it's great craic.

I appreciate there's humour and farce... to a point. But stuff like I Spit On Your Grave and Last House On The Left... don't think there was any intention to humour with those.
The clue is in the genre name: "exploitation". They're unapologetic depictions of people (mostly women - very gruesome rape is a staple; the tree rape in The Evil Dead - har-dee-har, and that was a much milder film out of the 70s/80s horror cannon) having unthinkable things done to them.

suicide_circus wrote: »

I wonder what has triggered this line of discussion??

Hmmm... I wonder.

Bipolar Joe

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

The clue is in the genre name: "exploitation". They're unapologetic depictions of people (mostly women - very gruesome rape is a staple; the tree rape in The Evil Dead - har-dee-har, and that was a much milder film out of the 70s/80s horror cannon) having unthinkable things done to them.

That scene is not meant to be funny. The Evil Dead is meant to be a straight up horror flick.

Y'all need some Mother lovin' schoolin' all up in this here movie watchin' biznis.

RikkFlair

120 Days of Sodom

Does exactly what it says on the tin

steddyeddy

Cannibal holocaust actually has a decent soundtrack!

mike65

RikkFlair wrote: »

120 Days of Sodom

Does exactly what it says on the tin

But that is ART! How dare you lump it in with cannibal movies etc

Lapin

Sick thread in light of the recent incident in Castleknock.




For shame Boards.

Femme_Fatale

Lapin wrote: »

Sick thread in light of the recent incident in Castleknock.




For shame Boards.

I'm thinking it was with that tragedy in mind that the thread was started (which is... weird) but for me it's nothing other than a general discussion on extreme horror from that era.

returnNull

RikkFlair wrote: »

120 Days of Sodom

Does exactly what it says on the tin

was just about to post that,a very very disturbing film.

Micky Dolenz

For those who want a serious discussion on cult horror, There is a horror forum here.