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
a struggle to get through, a lot of scenes containing absolutely heinous acts yet they do not progress the story in the slightest, this movie is the definition of gratuitous. the scenes in New York with the professor seemed like the only scenes with actual story development with the professor being the beam of hope throughout. Do not watch it if you have a weak stomach.
Yeesh 😬
this might be the best horror ever made.
Not worth watching in my opinion. Distasteful in every way and to be honest wasn’t even scary. Just depressing.
The most horrific things about this movie are what they did to film it. (I won’t state the transgressions here.) Not only did they do awful things, but the movie itself SUCKS. The writing is bad. (SPOILER: The last line in the movie is “I wonder who the real cannibals are.” 🤮) The acting is bad. The whole thing is dubbed poorly. (It’s not in sync for most of the movie.) The practical effects are trash except for a couple of places.