Beheadings From Caligula

From the Feature Films Caligula The Roman Emperor who was generally thought to be stark raving mad and who was eventually assassinated

[marclawson]

without the Roman decapitation machine, today we'd have no lawnmowers.

[enragedkaiser]

This movie had incredible sets. Can't imagine any modern filmmaker having the balls to put such thing in his movie!

[morko]

this scene reminds me of the dreams i have when i'm sick

[anfrac]

Didn’t know Caligula was a resident evil boss.

[rogereduardoperezesponda]

"If only all Rome has just one neck" that phrase...

[Danny]

That death machine looks like something straight out of Jodorowsky's imagination. The cinematography for this movie seems next level

[ChrisJFilms]

Here’s a theory: Alex from Clockwork Orange is a descendant of this version of Caligula. I mean, I’m sure if Alex had absolute power he would do shit like this

[emcaco]

Why with all the world's CGI at our fingertips don't we get more set design like this? It's all identical silvery spaceships and gray square-jawed villains. Gimme more crimson nightmare deathwalls with homoerotic visual themes, cowards.

[pschroeter]

So this is where that nightmare memory comes from. I wonder how I saw this decades ago.

[classiclife]

Visually creative, but probably too quick for the Caligula of tradition (evidently the real one was merely an occasionally violent troll). One thing Caligula was supposed to have said while ordering an execution was to tell his henchmen that he wanted the prisoners cut slowly with knives, "so that they FEEL that they are dying." The phrase is so simple and terrible that it might even be true.

[tremorsfan]

I love that little "ick" noise he makes at the end.

[idontknow]

This scene is so comically over the top I can't take it seriously. Also, let's face it, if Caligula could've he probably would've had something like this built.

[officialFredDurstfanclub]

I have to give them credit for going so completely all out with such a seedy, morally deranged film. It’s basically high budget porn, with a bunch of A listers. You could never get away with something this ballsy and nuts today, much less release it in theatres

[cosmicwolf]

Joffrey would’ve loved to have something like this

[shanekilpatrick]

“If only Rome had one neck!” Sir Peter Ustinov said something similar in Quo Vadis. “If Rome only had one throat, I could choke it and stop the maddening cries of the people!”

[bayibayi]

That device is entirely fictional but if Caligula saw that in real life he'd definitely wanted to have one.

[kingston]

The set is crazy. Look at the costumes!!! So opulent.

[StopFear]

There really is no point to the director having put this thing into the movie. There simply never was any such wall, or machine. But because its in the movie some people think it was real.

[mickeytwister]

The face makes on the death wall makes it even scarier

[J_man]

Hi billy Mays here for the giant Roman wall of death, the fast and easy way to slice and dice them pesky peasants!