When you press Play on the menu, it pops up two options:
- Original Theatrical Version
- Animal Cruelty-Free Version
oh boy
No matter which version you select, before the movie begins there's a bespoke short video that plays before it, 60 seconds of scrolling white text on a black background. A message from the people at Grindhouse Releasing, which reads, quote:
The following motion picture contains intense scenes of extreme violence and cruelty.
As distributors of this film, we wish to state with absolute sincerity that by no means do we condone the artistic decisions employed by the makers of this film. However, as firm believers in the constitutional right of free speech, we do not believe in censorship.
To quote Thomas Jefferson, "It behooves every man who values the liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others."
Therefore, we are presenting CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST for the very first time in its uncut, uncensored original form, with all sequences photographed by the filmmakers, however offensive and repugnant, presented fully intact.
What you will see will definitely shock and offend you. Nonetheless, it should be viewed as a disturbing historical document of a bygone era of extreme irresponsibility which no longer exists, and, hopefully, will never exist again.
... I might not come out of this movie the same.