Cannibal Holocaust (1980) is a controversial exploitation film directed by Ruggero Deodato and is based on a screenplay written by Gianfranco Clerici and Giorgio Stegani. Filmed in the actual Amazon Rainforest, it focuses on a team of four documentarians who head deep into the jungle to make a documentary on the primitive native tribes that live there. After two months and no word from the team, a famous anthropologist is sent on a rescue mission in hopes of finding the team alive. He ultimately finds their footage, and Cannibal Holocaust's second half is mainly the viewing of the filmmakers lost cans of film. The film stars Robert Kerman as the anthropologist Harold Monroe, Carl Gabriel Yorke as director Alan Yates, Francesca Ciardi as Alan's girlfriend Faye, Perry Pirkanen as the cameraman Jack Anders, and Luca Barbareschi as fellow cameraman Mark Tomaso.
Cannibal Holocaust is one of the best known exploitation films due to the controversy it caused during its release. After premiering in Italy, the film was seized by the local Magistrate and Deodato was arrested for obscenity. He was later accused of making a snuff film based on circulating rumors that the film's actors were slain for the camera. Though Deodato would be cleared of these charges, the film was banned in Italy, the UK, Australia, and several other countries for graphic gore, sexual violence, and for the genuine slayings of six animals featured in the film. While many nations have revoked the ban, it is still banned to this day in other countries around the world. Despite this notoriety, Cannibal Holocaust is seen by some critics as a social commentary on civilized society.
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raven"better to rest in peace in the warm body of a friend than in the cold ground"... and I totally dig the music too, great find!
silvercord*nsfw
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Krazsays...Just watched this. Got the same sad, sick feeling I had after watching Clockwork Orange for the first time.
Not for the squeamish. I even had to skip past a few parts, even though I really wanted to watch it all.
I'm still not sure If I'm glad I watched it, but I'll never watch it again. Ever.
ThrobbinThe single most disturbing experience in my life. I felt physically ill in my stomach during some scenes, and I had a nasty taste in my mouth for hours afterwards.
I would not recommend the movie to anyone. I deleted it from my hard drive moments after I finished watching it.
Great sift though - the trailer pales in comparison to the film.
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westyI don't think its that bad if something is fiction its very hard to get a reaction from me. real world suicide bombings with half alive people moaning in the process of dying is what i find disturbing or executions.
but yeah if u gonna die might as well have people make use of your body some creature will anyway.
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