Grindhouse Releasing has announced that Ruggero Deodato’s grisly cult classic CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST will arrive July 1, 2014 on Blu-ray in an all-new deluxe edition 3-disc release. The set includes two Blu-ray discs loaded with special features, and a newly remastered soundtrack CD of the original score by Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE). Yummy!
Specs for the new CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST Blu-ray are as follows:
– New high definition digital restoration of the uncensored director’s cut
– Spectacular digital stereo re-mix and original mono mix
– Commentary tracks with director Ruggero Deodato and star Robert Kerman, stars Carl Yorke and Francesca Ciardi
– New in-depth interviews with Ruggero Deodato, Francesa Ciardi, assistant director Salvo Basile and cameraman Roberto Forges Davazati, as well as classic interviews with Robert Kerman, Carl Yorke and composer Riz Ortolani
– Liner notes by director Eli Roth (HOSTEL) and legendary horror journalist Chas. Balun (DEEP RED)
– Extensive still galleries and theatrical trailers from around the world
– BONUS CD – Amazing new remaster of the original CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST score by Grammy winner and Academy Award nominee Riz Ortolani (MONDO CANE)
If you happen to need a synopsis:
Ruggero Deodato’s notorious 1979 film begins with the expedition of NYU anthropology professor Harold Monroe (Robert Kerman — EATEN ALIVE, CANNIBAL FEROX, SPIDER-MAN). Professor Monroe’s search for the missing documentary film crew leads him into the dangerous Green Inferno, an untamed Amazon jungle populated by rival primitive tribes and wild animals. In the tribal village of the Yanomamos, he finds the devoured, skeletal remains of the American filmmakers along with the footage shot by the ill-fated crew.
When Professor Monroe screens the documentary footage for a cynical group of New York television network executives, a gruesome and disturbing story unfolds. Led by Alan Yates (Gabriel Yorke), the American film crew ruthlessly exploits “barbaric” tribal customs for the sake of sensationalism. With their cameras rolling, Yates and his crew then proceed to torture, rape, kill and burn their way through the jungle. The bloody tide turns as the natives rise up to take violent revenge on their tormentors.