Tôi là một người hâm mộ cuồng nhiệt của điện ảnh khai thác bạo lực, người sẽ không bao giờ tấn công một bộ phim vì tính bạo lực hoặc gây rối loạn. Tôi coi "Cannibal Holocaust" là một kiệt tác và luôn bảo vệ những bộ phim gây tranh cãi như "Day Of The Woman" hay "Last House on the Left" là những tác phẩm kinh điển đích thực. Bất cứ ai lướt qua những bình luận của tôi cũng sẽ nhận ra rằng tôi ủng hộ mạnh mẽ bạo lực/hình ảnh rùng rợn trong phim. Tuy nhiên, tôi nghĩ rằng bạo lực nên có mục đích. Tác phẩm rác rưởi này hoàn toàn không có mục đích gì cả. Bộ phim đầu tiên trong loạt phim nổi tiếng "Guinea Pig", "The Devil's Experiment" (1985), gây ra nhiều tranh cãi, nhưng trái ngược với nhiều bộ phim gây tranh cãi khác, tác phẩm này không có gì đáng để đề cập đến. Tôi phải nói rằng, trước khi xem bất kỳ bộ phim nào trong loạt phim Guinea-Pig, tôi đã đoán trước rằng mình sẽ ghét bộ phim này, biết về nội dung của nó. Tuy nhiên, do vị trí của nó là một trong những bộ phim gây tranh cãi nhất, tôi quyết định mình phải xem nó. Tôi rất vui vì đã không lãng phí tiền vào đống rác này, và tôi chắc chắn ước rằng mình đã không lãng phí thời gian vào nó.
I am an avid fan of violent exploitation cinema, who would never attack a film for being violent or disturbing. I consider "Cannibal Holocaust" a masterpiece and will always defend controversial films like "Day Of The Woman" or "Last House on the Left" as genuine classics. Anyone who browses through my other user comments will notice that I am actually very pro-violence/gore when it comes to films. However, I do think that there should be at least some point to the violence. This piece of crap doesn't have any point whatsoever. The first film in the notorious "Guinea Pig" series, "The Devil's Experiment" (1985) is widely controversial, but, as opposed to many other controversial films, this stinker has nothing at all to be recommended for. I must say that, before seeing any of the Guniea-Pig films, I already had a feeling that I would hate this one, knowing what it was about. Due to its status as one of the most controversial films around, however, I decided I had to see it. I am very glad I didn't waste any money on this pile of crap, and I sure wish I hadn't wasted my time with it either.<br /><br />This thing's story (I don't even want to call it a 'film'): It doesn't have one. Three scumbags torture a woman to death for some excruciating 40 minutes. That's it. There is no artistic value, no 'shocking' story, no suspense; nothing. Simply the disbelief that a film that shows NOTHING except for a woman being tortured for no reason enjoys an enormous cult-following. It IS disturbing, I give it that. Of course it is disturbing to watch a torture video for 40 minutes. What is more disturbing, however, is the fact that many people actually seem to regard this pile of garbage as some kind of masterpiece. I really cannot figure why. The fact that the gore effects look realistic cannot be the reason, I hope. The girl who plays the victim isn't a very good actor, and reacts very calm to all the torture. That makes the film look less realistic, which is, in this single case, a good thing. This is a film that is sickening; not for its gore, but for its redundancy, its existence for the sole purpose of showing 40 minutes of torture.<br /><br />I strongly oppose any form of censorship. Since this is 100% fake and nobody got hurt during its production, it IS legitimate to make such a film. However, I cannot think of a single reason why anyone would like this, other than the morbid desire to watch suffering and the enjoyment of torture. This film's sequel "Flowers of Flesh and Blood" gained notoriety when actor Charlie Sheen mistook it for an actual snuff film and informed the FBI. Fortuneately, the film turned out to be fake. Overall, "The Devil's Experiment" is a fake torture/snuff film that seems to have the sole purpose of looking as close to a real snuff film as possible.<br /><br />"The Devil's Experiment" is one of the worst films I have ever had the misfortune of sitting through. Don't torture yourself by giving this piece of crap a try for its controversial status. Do yourself a favor and avoid it. Zero stars out of 10, I wish there was a negative scale in order to appropriately rate this pile of crap.