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Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The constant terror in the forests is horribly repeated. It is a rescue mission in the rain forest Amazon by a professor during a film filmed by a missing documentary crew. After a short time, the man discovers that there is a great world of cannibalism that seems more dangerous and brutal and may transcend his perceptions of rudeness and create the images of chaos, terror and murder.
24 July 1929, Bodio, Ticino, Switzerland
April 7, 1945 in Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy
23 November 1952, Burbank, California, USA
7 May 1939, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
16 December 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 July 1956, Montevideo, Uruguay
October 24, 2007
The completely heinous nature of the film...is exposed through its own inconsistencies.
September 08, 2010
Basically perfect: it achieves its goals in virtually every respect. Deodato made a movie whose purpose is to make me feel awful, and I do.
November 16, 2009
Ruggero Deodato's purposefully unwatchable opus questions the film image's validity while debasing it
July 05, 2014
Rough, but it's an interesting type of sensationalism from a (thankfully) bygone production era. It's not a film to be enjoyed, but it certainly offers a singular genre bite that's impressively gonzo.
May 27, 2006
It may be the nastiest of the Video Nasties.
March 20, 2010
This is, bar none, the most revolting, weird and disturbing cannibal film I have ever seen.
June 26, 2014
An enormous master work from Ruggero Deodato whose own film has pretty much guaranteed to outlive its creator.
June 24, 2006
Its pointed attack on exploitative film-making seems somewhat rich in the circumstances, but this is well made, uniquely unpleasant and almost deserving of its huge cult status.
November 14, 2011
[VIDEO ESSAY] Apart from being a truly disturbing film, "Cannibal Holocaust" serves up a cold plate of scathing social commentary.