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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = The | | name = The Scary Cannibal<br/>''Der gruselige Kannibale'' | ||
| image = | | image = Movie poster of THCA.png | ||
| alt = | | alt = | ||
| caption = | | caption = Original release movie poster from 1969 | ||
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | ||
| director = [[Helmut Rommel]] | | director = [[Helmut Rommel]] | ||
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| screenplay = Helmut Rommel | | screenplay = Helmut Rommel | ||
| story = | | story = | ||
| based_on = ''Forest | | based_on = ''Forest Cannibal'' by [[Sigmund Scharf]]<!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | ||
| starring = [[Lisa Albrecht]]<br/>[[Egon | | starring = [[Lisa Albrecht]]<br/>[[Egon Möller]]<br/>[[Peter Butzbach]]<br/>[[Katharina Vogel]]<br/>[[Volker Partau]]<br/>[[Emanuel Niederklaus]] | ||
| narrator = | | narrator = | ||
| music = [[Georg Adam]] | | music = [[Georg Adam]] | ||
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| studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = Silent Angel Studios<br/>Firemotion Pictures --> | | studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = Silent Angel Studios<br/>Firemotion Pictures --> | ||
| distributor = [[Flingor Studios]]<!-- or: | distributors = --> | | distributor = [[Flingor Studios]]<!-- or: | distributors = --> | ||
| released = | | released = 24 November 1969<!-- {{Film date|df=yes/no|year|month|day|location|ref1=}} --> | ||
| runtime = | | runtime = 109 minutes (uncensored version)<br/>101 minutes (censored version) | ||
| country = {{flag|Besmenia}} | | country = {{flag|Besmenia}} | ||
| language = Besmenian | | language = Besmenian | ||
| budget = BS 3.2 million | | budget = BS 3.2 million | ||
| gross = BS | | gross = BS 11.4 million | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The | '''The Scary Cannibal''' (Besmenian: ''Der gruselige Kannibale'') is a 1969 [[Besmenia]]n horror film adapted, produced, and directed by [[Helmut Rommel]], based on the 1935 novel ''Forest Cannibals'' by Sigmund Scharf. The film contains many bloody scenes of violence and many moments of shock, as a result of which the film was described as "too crass" at its premiere in 1969. The film was banned in Besmenia itself from April 1970 to March 1999. | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
[[File:THCA 1999 poster.png|200px|thumb|left|Newer movie poster for the 1999 re-release. The poster was later used as the cover for the DVD.]] | |||
The formerly mentally disturbed and now apparently cured Tom Meyer is released from the institution. To celebrate, he, his wife Ursula and the other young couple Adam Holzmann and Larissa Holzmann go on a camping trip in the deep Hanbei forest. After a while, the two couples get lost in the forest and cannot find their way back. When the food ration runs out, Tom develops his mental disorder again out of fear and anger. So it comes that Tom is annoyed, in a bad mood, imagines voices and noises and threatens his wife Ursula to give her a slap. While looking for food, Tom accidentally kills a hunter and, because of extreme hunger, feeds on the hunter's corpse. This gives Tom a taste for huhuman flesh and he later hunts Ursula, Adam and Larissa with a chainsaw found in an abandoned hut. In the end, Ursula is the only one who makes it out of the Hanbei forest. The film ends with Tom being attacked and killed by a group of carnivorous wolves. | The formerly mentally disturbed and now apparently cured Tom Meyer is released from the institution. To celebrate, he, his wife Ursula and the other young couple Adam Holzmann and Larissa Holzmann go on a camping trip in the deep Hanbei forest. After a while, the two couples get lost in the forest and cannot find their way back. When the food ration runs out, Tom develops his mental disorder again out of fear and anger. So it comes that Tom is annoyed, in a bad mood, imagines voices and noises and threatens his wife Ursula to give her a slap. While looking for food, Tom accidentally kills a hunter and, because of extreme hunger, feeds on the hunter's corpse. This gives Tom a taste for huhuman flesh and he later hunts Ursula, Adam and Larissa with a chainsaw found in an abandoned hut. In the end, Ursula is the only one who makes it out of the Hanbei forest. The film ends with Tom being attacked and killed by a group of carnivorous wolves. | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
[[File:ABH location.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The "Entrance way" to the Hanbei forest. (picture from 2012)]] | [[File:ABH location.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The "Entrance way" to the Hanbei forest. (picture from 2012)]] | ||
Filming began in December | Filming began in December 1968 and ended in June 1969. Some of the scenes in the Hanbei forest were shot in the [[Summingian forest]]. | ||
==Ban on film due to conflict over the protection of minors== | ==Ban on film due to conflict over the protection of minors== | ||
The Besmenian Youth Commission (BJK) found that the film contradicted their principles. The film was therefore confiscated in | [[File:THCA forbidden cassette.png|190px|thumb|left|Forbidden casette of the film.]] | ||
The Besmenian Youth Commission (BJK) found that the film contradicted their principles. The film was therefore confiscated in April 1970 and was therefore banned. Rommel himself is said to have tried to bring serveral shortened versions into the cinemas over the years, but without success, and without the consent of the BJK. | |||
===Appearance of forbidden VHS copies in the 1980s=== | ===Appearance of forbidden VHS copies in the 1980s=== | ||
===End of the Ban in 1999=== | ===End of the Ban in 1999=== | ||
In March 1999 the ban was lifted. In the same year the film was released on VHS in a censored version of around | In March 1999 the ban was lifted. In the same year the film was released on VHS in a censored version of around 8 minutes with an 18+ rating. In 2001, the film was released on DVD. The DVD contained the uncensored version as well as the censored version. The only way to see the film in the original uncensored version is on DVD. The censored version is used for television broadcasts and streaming services. | ||
==Leagcy== | ==Leagcy== | ||
Despite the | Despite the almost 30 year ban, the film was a great success for Rommel and the actors and developed into a cult film among horror fans. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
- The first broadcast on Besmenian television was on November | - The first broadcast on Besmenian television was on November 24, 2000 in the night program of [[BTV]].<br/> | ||
- On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the film, The | - On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the film, The Scary Cannibal was shown again in a restored version in November 2019 in several Besmenian cinemas.<br/> | ||
- The Happy Cannibal Adventure was Rommel's first script written by himself.<br/> | - The Happy Cannibal Adventure was Rommel's first script written by himself.<br/> | ||
- The film title is often supplemented with the subtitle ''The Long Night of Human Cruelty'' (Besmenian: ''Die lange Nacht der menschlichen Grausamkeit'') | - The film title is often supplemented with the subtitle ''The Long Night of Human Cruelty'' (Besmenian: ''Die lange Nacht der menschlichen Grausamkeit'') | ||
[[Category: Besmenia]] | [[Category: Besmenia]] | ||
[[Category:Films]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:44, 23 March 2024
| The Scary Cannibal Der gruselige Kannibale | |
|---|---|
 Original release movie poster from 1969 | |
| Directed by | Helmut Rommel |
| Screenplay by | Helmut Rommel |
| Based on | Forest Cannibal by Sigmund Scharf |
| Produced by | Helmut Rommel |
| Starring | Lisa Albrecht Egon Möller Peter Butzbach Katharina Vogel Volker Partau Emanuel Niederklaus |
| Music by | Georg Adam |
| Distributed by | Flingor Studios |
Release date | 24 November 1969 |
Running time | 109 minutes (uncensored version) 101 minutes (censored version) |
| Country |  Besmenia |
| Language | Besmenian |
| Budget | BS 3.2 million |
| Box office | BS 11.4 million |
The Scary Cannibal (Besmenian: Der gruselige Kannibale) is a 1969 Besmenian horror film adapted, produced, and directed by Helmut Rommel, based on the 1935 novel Forest Cannibals by Sigmund Scharf. The film contains many bloody scenes of violence and many moments of shock, as a result of which the film was described as "too crass" at its premiere in 1969. The film was banned in Besmenia itself from April 1970 to March 1999.
Plot
The formerly mentally disturbed and now apparently cured Tom Meyer is released from the institution. To celebrate, he, his wife Ursula and the other young couple Adam Holzmann and Larissa Holzmann go on a camping trip in the deep Hanbei forest. After a while, the two couples get lost in the forest and cannot find their way back. When the food ration runs out, Tom develops his mental disorder again out of fear and anger. So it comes that Tom is annoyed, in a bad mood, imagines voices and noises and threatens his wife Ursula to give her a slap. While looking for food, Tom accidentally kills a hunter and, because of extreme hunger, feeds on the hunter's corpse. This gives Tom a taste for huhuman flesh and he later hunts Ursula, Adam and Larissa with a chainsaw found in an abandoned hut. In the end, Ursula is the only one who makes it out of the Hanbei forest. The film ends with Tom being attacked and killed by a group of carnivorous wolves.
Production
Filming began in December 1968 and ended in June 1969. Some of the scenes in the Hanbei forest were shot in the Summingian forest.
Ban on film due to conflict over the protection of minors
The Besmenian Youth Commission (BJK) found that the film contradicted their principles. The film was therefore confiscated in April 1970 and was therefore banned. Rommel himself is said to have tried to bring serveral shortened versions into the cinemas over the years, but without success, and without the consent of the BJK.
Appearance of forbidden VHS copies in the 1980s
End of the Ban in 1999
In March 1999 the ban was lifted. In the same year the film was released on VHS in a censored version of around 8 minutes with an 18+ rating. In 2001, the film was released on DVD. The DVD contained the uncensored version as well as the censored version. The only way to see the film in the original uncensored version is on DVD. The censored version is used for television broadcasts and streaming services.
Leagcy
Despite the almost 30 year ban, the film was a great success for Rommel and the actors and developed into a cult film among horror fans.
Trivia
- The first broadcast on Besmenian television was on November 24, 2000 in the night program of BTV.
- On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the film, The Scary Cannibal was shown again in a restored version in November 2019 in several Besmenian cinemas.
- The Happy Cannibal Adventure was Rommel's first script written by himself.
- The film title is often supplemented with the subtitle The Long Night of Human Cruelty (Besmenian: Die lange Nacht der menschlichen Grausamkeit)