Cannibal Holocaust
Directed by Ruggero Deodato
A documentary crew get on the bad side of the cannibals they're filming in this gruesome exploitation classic. A researcher recovers footage a crew of filmmakers shot before they disappeared. But when he watches it, he sees horror far worse than he imagined. Made in 1979, but not released here until 1985, this controversial film quickly became a grindhouse smash. But it's biggest impact on horror is surely its innovative found-footage conceit, which led to the emergence of an entire subgenre in recent years. Vegetarians beware: the animal violence is very real.
A documentary crew get on the bad side of the cannibals they're filming.
Cast: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi
Member Reviews
The cannibal film that shock the world and was banned in so many countries.
Really not worth an hour long I started to get bored about 30 minutes in, its really just over the top violence and depravity so if that's what you like then I guess you'll enjoy this movie.
An exploitation film that criticizes exploitation films. No, being self-aware doesn't redeem all the horrible shit that went into making this movie. The real animal deaths are inexcusable, especially considering how drawn-out the scenes are. The excessive rape does little but to overly villainize the natives as the antagonist. If you're going to watch it, do so for the first hand knowledge of this pile of shit, but otherwise you can skip it.
As a die hard horror fan, this was not even horror. If the animal deaths weren't actual animals I would have liked the film a little more, but there should be no need to kill an animal for the making of any movie. Additionally, this movie depicts remote tribes to be barbaric and unnatural, but "barbaric" and "unnatural" are objective terms. What some people call unnatural can be completely normal to some people, and I feel this film cast a negative light on indigenous people and tribes.
It was ok kind of what I expected over the top and obscure with ok characters that carry the movie well.