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Originally Posted by MaDalton
i am all for special effects etc. for entertainment - whatever people consider entertainment. but this is sick and needs to be prosecuted
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Actually I was wrong, they were convicted of obscenity. But they never went to prison. This was back in 1980 so maybe sufficient laws were not in place at that time. The film is supposedly banned in over 50 countries.
At one point they were even charged with murder since many people believe he actually killed people during the filming. Pretty interesting reading here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust