Grindhouse Releasing is releasing Cannibal Holocaust on 4K Ultra HD, and the package includes a never-before-released PG-rated version. The restoration uses the original 35mm and 16mm camera negatives, and the release features clips that illustrate the contrast between the 35mm narrative and the 16mm documentary footage.
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The 4K set is a six-disc Ultimate Edition, with 1 UHD, 4 Blu-rays and a CD, offering a three-version release, two feature-length commentaries (one led by Ruggero Deodato and Robert Kerman, the other by Carl Yorke and Francesca Ciardi), plus material such as the documentary Searching for Cannibal Holocaust by Calum Waddell and In the Jungle – The Making of Cannibal Holocaust by Michele De Angelis. Additional content includes extensive interviews, still galleries, theatrical trailers, and a 100-page book by Martin Beine and Jesper Mørch. The Riz Ortolani soundtrack CD is remastered and expanded with ten more tracks, three of which have not been released before. The set is packaged with a deluxe rigid slipcover featuring artwork that was banned from the original 42nd Street release, associated with Marcus Boas, and a boxed Ultimate Edition presentation.
The first 3,000 pre-orders include a 35mm film frame from an original 42nd Street print, each frame unique and mounted as a collectible. The Collector’s Bundle, limited to 100 copies, has already sold out.
The Cannibal Holocaust UHD Ultimate Edition is priced at $66.66, with shipments expected in October. Pre-orders are open at GrindhouseReleasing.com. Clips demonstrate the release’s contrast between the 35mm narrative and the 16mm footage, and the accompanying notes indicate that the documentary footage appears in its original 16mm aspect ratio, revealing more image than prior releases. The film follows a professor who encounters recovered footage from a missing documentary crew studying Amazonian tribes, and the material notes that animal deaths depicted in the film are real.
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