Historical Movies Depicting Human Attrocity vs. Hollywood Horror Schlock
Ok before this gets started don't drag the animals into this.
Many people are comparing this movie to movies such as Hostel and the Devil's Rejects, but this is made in a very different context. These events actually did happen. Now I do consider myself to be fond of gore movies and have seen plenty of them, but a movie like this strikes a chord that movies of pure fiction can not.
If you're watching this solely because "1 HeRdS M@n BeH1nD t3H sUn 15 teh BROOTALZ!" Then don't comment.
You really can't compare something that portrays historical events to a story created just for entertainment of those who want to see fictitious sadism. Another thing, don't compare the effects in this movie to more modern movies because that argument in and of itself is ridiculous. A lower budget movie made in the 80s will logically not have effects comparable to a movie produced almost twenty years later with the aid of CG and all that juzz. This movie exists on a different context from today's "torture porn" genre which exists solely to titilate teenagers. Seriously, with a little research a movie like this will hit you harder than any special effect or fictitious story.