Im a big film nerd and holds extreme cinema as a guilty pleasure so seeing this was a no brainer
Definetely one of the most underrated horror films IMO

A combination of it having a reputation of being a video nasty and I believe may have been banned in the UK at the time and being in film school where we could get hold of pretty much anything film related. I watched it because the found footage style of movie was not really around at the time and would not become popular until The Blair Witch was released.
To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script -Alfred Hitchcock

I was in Elementary year 2001 my classmate told me a summary about it but didn't really watch the actual movie then forgot about until my highschool graduation year 2005 when I'm browsing pirated movies in some random market then saw the movie and watch it on Christmas while eating my favorite spaghetti.
Love the movie but didn't manage to finish my plate full of spaghetti. lol
"Let them Hate as long as they Fear"

I knew about it in the 80's, but didn't see it until year 2000 before a Norwegian company released a remastered version on DVD. It was NTSC and not PAL, because it was banned here.
It didn't take long until almost any banned movie ever was unbanned in Norway. CB, Salo 100 days of sodom and loads of others was then sold at mainstream movies stores.
I bought it again on Blu-Ray today.

i was talking with a buddy of mine, and he said that this was one of the craziest films he had ever saw.
"Mother, tell your children not to walk my way"

I kept seeing it on lists of the most shocking/violent/controversial horror films of all time, so then I decided to read about it to see what all the fuss was about. I read about all the animal killings, how Ruggero Deodato was put on trial, how it was perhaps the first found footage movie, etc. Then I decided I absolutely must see the movie so a couple years later I asked for it on DVD as a birthday present, got it, and watched it. It became one of my favorites afterwards.

I first heard about this movie when I was a kid; I was fully aware of the negative reputation it carries. I was an odd child; obsessed with reading about movies and dark, morbid content from an early age I remember the imagery of the gal who was "impaled" and how the filmmakers were prosecuted for it. I didn't really think too much about it for the next few years, but I never forgot about it. I kind of had no desire to see it, thanks to the NEGATIVE CONSERVATIVE PROPAGANDA I had come across reading about it.
Many years went by, and I started watching True Cinema (not stuff from this techno superhero disasterous crap era of Film History we seem to have slumped into). My tastes matured, and my eyes were opened, if you will. A couple years ago I was shopping for DVDs at my favorite little movie store, and after chatting with an employee, he loaned me his personal copy of Cannibal Holocaust that he'd made a major effort to actually purchase (Is it still unavailable and difficult to get ahold of? Not sure)
Apprehensively, I watched the movie. WOW what an experience that was! To be shocked by how truly different and profound it was. Not anything like the cheap, exploitative and disgusting movie it had been made out to be. I really liked it. Gorgeous music! It's difficult to enjoy, especially with the animal cruelty Some of the acting sucked too. But regardless. Shocking, masterful, meaningful, and made in an era where that type of freedom of film was still filmable. Sigh. It's been a few years now. I need to rewatch it again, definitely worthy of a 2nd view.

Cinema Snob and then a review of Italian horror.
I get high on hydroponic weed

I watched it one Saturday morning as a kid. They showed it after an episode of "Hong Kong Phooey" and an episode of "H. R. Puffenstuf".

That happened to the video I saw. It was in 2007.

I remember back in the myspace days, people would argue about "most" disturbing. Someone uploaded it into 12 parts on youtube (back in 2006?) Which got taken down.
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I was watching some youtube videos at school and This was a top 5 on gore deaths in cinema.
I forgot the name of the video so I wasn't able to find the name of the movie for a long time.
Later I was watching Hostel part II and in the bonus features Eli Roth mentioned the movie and then I looked it up and sure enough, it contained the clip I saw.
What made me watch it was to see how it was set up.
I bought the movie, but to this day I cannot watch the whole movie in one piece.

I remember seeing the box at Jill's Laundromat back in the 80's when every store in town was stocking up on VHS. Laundromats, bait shops every store/shop that had room seemed like they were renting tapes. Jill's was the only place in town that carried more extreme stuff (always in a separate room) like Faces of Death, Caligula, etc. but they wouldn't rent it to us because "the sticker on the box says you must be 18 to rent" and we were like 13-14 years old.
I kind of forgot about until the internet came into existence. By then I had heard enough about it to not want to see it until, finally, last Saturday night I watched it.

Managed to "find" it on 'not totally legal' VHS at a car boot sale back in the day when my whole life as a late teenager revolved around getting anything that was frowned upon.
It was a crap copy & I didn't get it again until I found it released on DVD, so I bought it, along with "Last House on the Left" and "I Spit On Your Grave".
Ahhhh - those were the days!
"Kill them Kill them all "

Around 2006 I was becoming very interested in 70's cult/exploitation films. I stumbled across an article that detailed this movie and how graphic and shocking it was. Naturally, there was some elaboration on the animal killings which made me hesitant about ever seeing it. Anyway, In 2007 I saw that it was on sale at JB HI-FI and it reminded me about the article I read the previous year. I eventually bought it after mustering up the courage to take it up to the counter.
I think sheer curiosity made me want to watch it.

I first heard about this on an IMDB forum around 2004. I just watched the uncut version for free on the internet. Total waste of 90 minutes.

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Thanks to my dad I've been a life long horror fan. I kinda feel like a hipster d-bag saying this, but in college I moved away from mainstream horror and discovered the world of exploitation and grindhouse. One I came across the title and the phrases "the most disturbing movie ever" and "banned in 67 countries." How was I to resist. I remember the first time I watched it I couldn't look away and was so frankly frozen in shock that I let the the credits roll and stared at a blank screen for a full 10 minutes. Then I spent a considerable amount of time on google trying to convince myself that it wasn't in fact real. No movie has shocked me as much since and I don't think any ever will. I even laughed at the Human Centipedes claim to be the most disturbing movie of all time. those who think that's disturbing are so naive haha I love this movie but am always very careful to recommend or even mention it. It's certainly not for your average person.

I used to tape trade in the 90s and knew it was a banned video nasty
After having had copies seized by customs several times, i finally got one through

I was watching a doc on John Wayne Gacy and it stated he went to "The Music Box" (an old movie house )in Chicago Ill. I went to their web site and a TWEET said"..often cited but harder to watch, Cannibal Holocaust". I cut and pasted and Googled and found it on Youtube. The serendipity John Wayne Gacy, The Music Box and "Cannibal Holocaust."

Pantera documentary. The band is walking through the woods somewhere, and they hear crazy nature sounds, and Philip Anselmo says, "Cannibal Holocaust!" So, I looked it up.
Coming Soon The December Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qj7fRpcXRI

Haha. Good luck, my friend.
"I'll go,because I am Cinema!" - Ben (Man Bites Dog)

I need to go look at my local store then. It has a porn section in it oddly enough, so I might have a chance!

I found the DVD at a FYE from my mall against all odds. I never expected to find it there (I have the deluxe version) or anywhere in my area for that matter. I remember going to the register to pay for it and the guy behind the counter made a comment on the movie, though I can't remember what he said verbatim. I think he said it's pretty messed up and that's about it.
It had been well over four or five years since I first saw some of it online to when I watched it Christmas Day of 2010(?). What a neat way to finish the holidays!
"I'll go,because I am Cinema!" - Ben (Man Bites Dog)

Growing up I was an always a horror fan from when I was 7 or 8 and just started watching the Universal films to when I was 11 or so when I got heavily into slashers. I heard about this film when I started High School, I heard it was really violent and controversial so I looked into it and got creeped out by the impaling scene, and I quit looking at it for a few years.
By my senior year I was over the hump of excessive gore and my interest in this re-grew. I watched the Cinema Snob's review and loved it, and finally decided to watch it. Then oddly enough, one of my best friends in high school that I played Football with shared an interest in this movie too. He never watched it but knew the name and seen some clips, so we gathered up our friends and all watched it after we graduated. It was hilarious, because all my tough guy football teammates got creeped out by this movie, except me. They all made it through the movie but some got sick over the animal killings and the gore (I got the uncut version thru Netflix.) They all despised me for an hour or so, then thanked me for getting this film as a few even liked it. This movie can still shock and awe after all this time, that's amazing.
I still need to buy the DVD though here sometime soon. This is on my favorite film list as well.