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26 September 2009 7:23 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

When it comes to movies about racism, Goodbye Uncle Tom is the nastiest, most provocative and all-around angering one I’ve ever come across. It’s unrelenting in its portrayal of the inhumanity that goes on during America’s most troubling chapter. The DVD cover’s tagline says, “Makes Roots look like The Jeffersons!” I initially pegged that as a cheeky sell line. It turns out that it was being completely truthful. Goodbye Uncle Tom is like Roots, if Roots was directed by the Italian guys who did Mondo Cane.

The premise itself is nutty. Unlike most Mondo films, which are actual documentaries, Goodbye Uncle Tom is strictly reenactments (for obvious reasons), but still presents itself as a documentary. The assumption is that the filmmakers travel from present day Italy to 18th century Southern states and brought a camera along (references to a time machine is made vague), interviewing white »

- Arya Ponto

22 September 2009 9:46 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

At the time of its release Cannibal Holocaust was seized by authorities across the world and prosecuted under obscenity, animal cruelty and (potential) murder charges. Quite a collection of accolades. Many were convinced something more repugnant than senseless animal slaughter had gone on – real murder! Its director, Ruggero Deodato, had to bring his quartet of actors onto Italian television to prove he hadn’t done away with them, in the name of cinema, deep in the Amazon jungle. There were casualties: several animals, insects and careers. Like the film’s ravenous cannibals – film censor’s cut it to shreds – or it was banned it outright on legal grounds. In other countries such as Germany and Japan (what does this tell us?) it was a box office smash.

It has been almost-thirty years since its explosive debut in Milan. Deodato has continued working after his brief time in jail; Luca Barbareschi »

- Martyn Conterio

12 July 2009 10:44 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Presented with "branching" coverage with trailers, interviews, and reviews for select titles!

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com

Asalto Violento (Traumatized, 1993) - Distrimax

Robert Smith is an outstanding doctor, devoted to teaching at a local university in Mexico City. During a trip to Vietnam he suffers a violent assault at the hands of a group of terrorists while he was being intimated with a local girl. After his arrival he discovers that he has contracted an incurable disease; traumatized by the attack and his illness, he will »

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3 articles from 2009