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
Don't waste your time
an extremely disturbing film that I personally don't think is worth the watch. The acting isn't great but that could be the fact that is was made in the 70s, decade that is charmingly camp. On top of that the story was even weaker. Lastly no animal is ever worth killing for a film especially not this one. If you have an interest in disturbing cinema history it might be for you but other than that I wouldn't bother.
It's Cannibal Holocaust! What more needs to be said?
PROS: Good storyline and filming CONS: had to skip scenes as to difficult to watch…
I was always curious about this film, but I switched it off partway through. The animal death scenes were disturbing but the rape scenes were too much for me. Some of the actresses look very young and I'm worried about how they would have been treated given what I have heard about the exploitative conditions of the set. I don't want to watch a girl get traumatised for real, even though I can't say whether or not that's truly the case.