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i remember studying these devices for a history report i had to do and came across this show, the show puts in a lot more detail than what i could find and besides just teaching about how the machine would work it also gives a brief history of why the machines were used. got to admit i learned a lot from this show! a Must See for anyone who is interested in pass devices!
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Entertaining, but a lot of useless re-enactments,
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We read about these instruments of torture, we see their pictures, but watching a video on how they worked is - by far - more impressive. This DVD gets 5 stars because it not only shows how these instruments worked, but also the team's effort in actually building them from scratch and putting them to test (on human subjects too). DVD is a bit too long and repetitive (at some point the comments are exactly the same, only expressed by some other team member).
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Oh no!! Not the Judas Cradle again!!! - 3.5 stars,
By Red Xala "~23~" (Minneapolis, MN USA (Earth)) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Surviving History (DVD)
The History Channel and craftsman/artisans from the Scarefactory in Columbus, Ohio team up to re-create and test some of the most horrifying execution/torture devices and weapons of the ancient world. Some of the more notable selections include the Halifax Gibbet (a forerunner to the guillotine, in which the victims faced upward toward their impending doom), the Brazen Bull (a metal oven formed into the shape of a bull, with victims being roasted alive), the Judas Cradle (a pyramid shaped pedestal; victims were stripped naked and forcibly lowered down into a sitting position upon the pointed tip of this device), and the Strappado (a favorite torture device of the Inquisition; with arms tied behind their backs, victims were hoisted into the air by ropes tied around their wrists - dislocating arms, damaging tendons, and tearing ligaments).I enjoyed both the historical information and the creative process involved in making these nightmarish devices. However, when it came to "testing" these creations, some of the experiments seemed to fall a bit flat. When they tested devices meant more for humiliation rather than torture (such as the Branks Mask and the Shame Flute) the scenes generally worked well for the episodes. However, because of the obvious dangers of many of the devices, the human test subjects could only go through mock trials with some of the torture implements and weapons, making the re-enactments seem rather pointless. Case in point was the experiment involving the Strappado; they obviously couldn't do a real test that would hyper-extend the subjects arms backward, so they put safety harnesses in place. The narrator tried to spice up the scene by saying (in a seriously toned radio-style voice), "If it weren't for the safety harnesses in place, Chad's arms would be dislocated from their sockets!" Gee...fake torture...how frightening... (Yawn). Anyway, I digress. Despite the flaws, I did enjoy the series. For someone interested in learning about the gruesome history of humiliation/torture/execution devices, this series is a good introduction.
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