Ruggero Deodato’s cannibal classic Cannibal Holocaust is headed to theaters nationwide from Grindhouse Releasing in a newly restored special edition, we have learned.
Originally released in 1980, Ruggero Deodato’s controversial horror classic remains one of the most infamous and influential films in the genre. Grindhouse premiered the new version of Cannibal Holocaust at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles and is now booking exclusive theatrical dates in advance of the eagerly awaited 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release.
Cannibal Holocaust presents the “found footage” of four young documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. That footage will now be shown for the first time fully uncensored and restored in its native 16mm aspect ratio, as audiences have never seen it before.
Grindhouse Releasing warns, “Cannibal Holocaust is now more disturbing than ever. This is the ultimate version of Deodato’s controversial masterpiece – the one that goes all the way.”
“It’s a whole new and perhaps even more powerful experience watching the movie this way, with the alternating aspect ratios,” said Grindhouse Releasing owner Bob Murawski, an Academy Award-winning film editor (Send Help). “This is essentially the same way we constructed Orson Welles’ long-unfinished masterpiece The Other Side of the Wind.”
Tickets are on sale now to see Cannibal Holocaust at Alamo Drafthouse theaters, starting this Friday, May 29 at the Alamo Drafthouse City Foundry in St. Louis.
Keep tabs on theater listings over on Grindhouse Releasing’s official website.
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