probably not the same version a most of the other reviewer because there no real hard core sex . what do people mean by hard core sex . the sort of explicit hard core sex see in film star traci lord and big john holmes . well anyway this be really poor film and i doubt if i ` ve ever see so many big name actor waste in a film . the script be really poor and plotless and the directing and cinematography be awful and the editing be non existant . it truly be an absolutely awful film . you could watch this ten time and still not understand what the hell it about . the only memorable scene be the one where people be bury up to their neck and a giant lawnmower come along and decapitate them . yes you read that right and a film set in roman time have a scene with a head chop giant lawnmower . trivia point . many year ago a pirate copy of the thing ( 1982 version ) be do the rental round on my island and it be copy onto a rental tape of caligula mean the pirate version of the thing start with the first few second of caligula of the man and woman walk through the forest then the title sequence of the thing start . this led people who ` d see the pirate tape to believe the forest scene be the opening of john carpenter 1982 film and be very confused a to what it mean . well that what you get for rent pirate video . but have see the whole of caligula i don ` t know what it mean either .