i saw this film at the tender age of 18 with a group of friend . it reputation have precede it and and though all my friend be also of legal age and i alone have the courage to enter the video store and actually rent it . we gather at a house where the parent have leave town for the weekend . though we sit in close proximity to each other and we do not speak or otherwise acknowledge each other presence . a it turn out and the film both merit and do not merit the anticipatory shame we felt . it do not disappoint in term of sheer gratuitous content and but it disappoint in every other way . caligula attempt to transcend genre by combine a historical epic with a brazen porn flick . it fail miserably in it ambition and subject the audience to the bad of both world . the film obvious selling point be it pornographic aspect and and it do indeed provide far more than it share of real and graphic sex . but in set this sex in the context of caligula deprave reign and it dignify the act even less than the average adult movie . sex without context might at least be physically pleasurable for the consenting adult involve and but pleasure and perhaps even consent be largely absent from the world of caligula . in it and sex at best serf a an idle pastime and at worst a an instrument of sadistic domination . in the present day and it be somewhat common to hear word like sin and depravity use facetiously to describe act which be enjoyable yet consider taboo accord to certain moral or religious perspective . caligula take the viewer beyond the facetiousness by depict true depravity and demonstrate that no joy or pleasure come from it . the historical portion not only fail to meaningfully contextualize the sex and they fail to entertain and enlighten and intrigue and or interest the viewer in any way . they only provide lengthy stretch of unremitting tedium . rarely have a film prove so boring . the sex and after the initial shock and astonishment fade and only contribute to the overall monotony of the picture . rarely do discussion of this film involve it violence . while many film more violent than caligula have be make and few can rival it in term of the shock value of it violence . apparenly and unrelenting barbarity as well a hyper deprave sexuality characterize caligula emperorship . the violence be even less for the faint of heart than the sex . a review like this will likely generate a much curiosity a it quell . i understand why someone would want to see this film while after all and i myself succumb to the same curiosity . i simply hope that my review and by plainly describe it lack of redeem value and will at least give potential viewer the knowledge to make an informed decision about whether to see it or not . my high school criminal justice teacher described police work a hour of boredom punctuate by moment of sheer terror . this statement perfectly describe caligula . you have be warn .