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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   12,560 votes
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Director:
Ruggero Deodato
Writer:
Gianfranco Clerici (story)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 June 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Horror more
Tagline:
Ripout! Barbeque! Devour! How long can you take it? more
Plot:
An anthropologist heads a rescue party into the South American jungle to find a missing film team making a documentary on cannibal tribes but can only return with their footage, which reveals their crueler intentions. full summary | full synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(73 articles)
Weekly Body Count: Trap Them and Eat Them
 (From SoundOnSight. 20 May 2009, 9:02 PM, PDT)

Lists of Doom Xii: Flatline
 (From Fangoria. 6 May 2009, 4:59 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Remarkable. What a film!!! more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Robert Kerman ... Harold Monroe
Francesca Ciardi ... Faye Daniels
Perry Pirkanen ... Jack Anders
Luca Barbareschi ... Mark Tomaso (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
Salvatore Basile ... Chaco Losojos
Ricardo Fuentes ... Felipe Ocanya
Carl Gabriel Yorke ... Alan Yates (as Gabriel Yorke)
Paolo Paoloni ... Chief NY Executive
Lionello Pio Di Savoia ... Executive (as Pio Di Savoia)
Luigina Rocchi ... Native
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust (USA) (complete title)
Cannibal holocausto (Argentina) (video title) (Venezuela) [es]
Ad kannibalov (Russia) [ru]
Holocausto caníbal (Spain) [es]
Kannibaalien polttouhrit (Finland) (censored version) [fi]
Kannibal massakren (Denmark) [da]
Nackt und zerfleischt (West Germany) [de]
Nadzy i rozszarpani (Poland) [pl]
To olokaftoma ton kannivalon (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
95 min | UK:89 min (heavily cut) | USA:90 min (animal cruelty-free version) | Canada:86 min (Québec)
Country:
Italy
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System) | Dolby Digital (2001 re-release)
Certification:
Norway:18 (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | Singapore:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (1984-2005) | Australia:(Banned) (1984-2005) | Italy:VM18 (re-rating: 1984) | Finland:(Banned) (1984-2001) | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (re-rating: 2001) (heavily cut) | UK:X (self applied: 1981) | Philippines:(Banned) | New Zealand:(Banned) (2006) | Denmark:15 | Brazil:18 | Mexico:C | France:-16 (original rating) | Australia:R (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | Ireland:18 (re-rating: 2006) | Germany:18 (heavily cut) | Ireland:(Banned) (1984-2006) | Finland:K-18 (re-rating: 2001) | South Africa:18 | France:-16 | France:-18 (DVD) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (heavily cut) | Argentina:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 (re-rating) | Sweden:(Banned) (original rating) | Germany:Not Rated (uncut DVD version) | Italy:VM18 (1980, cut) | Iceland:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:(Banned) (1984-2001) | USA:Open (rating surrendered: 1985) | USA:X (original rating: 1984) | West Germany:(Banned) | Canada:R | Italy:(Banned) (1980-1984) | USA:Unrated | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The iconic image for the film shows a "cannibal" girl impaled on a stick. Upon being summoned to court in order to assert that no actors were harmed during production, Deodato explained that the girl simply sat on a bicycle seat attached to the pole's base, while holding a small pointed balsa wood piece in her mouth. The fake blood was then added. Deodato commented that the girl had an unusually calm temperament to be able to remain so still during the filming. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the cannibals kill Faye, they cut of her head and one of them holds the head up. At that time a wig drops of from the fake head, revealing a yellow foam head underneath the wig. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Reporter: Man is omnipotent; nothing is impossible for him. What seemed like unthinkable undertakings yesterday are history today. The conquest of the moon for example: who talks about it anymore? Today we are already on the threshold of conquering our galaxy, and in a not too distant tomorrow, we'll be considering the conquest of the universe, and yet man seems to ignore the fact that on this very planet there are still people living in the stone age and practicing cannibalism.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shadow: Dead Riot (2006) more

FAQ

How were the special effects in the "impalement scene" achieved?
What is the connection between Mondo film making and Cannibal Holocaust? Was Deodato really attacking the Mondo film genre with his film?
Is there a way I can see Cannibal Holocaust without the animal cruelty?
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181 out of 261 people found the following comment useful:-
Remarkable. What a film!!!, 2 December 2004
10/10
Author: blayzer_trayl from London, England

I cant believe some people have scathed this great film. It deserves a lot higher rating.

I got this movie out thinking it was going to be a brainless splatter fest. But after watching it in completion I was bowled over ..I wasn't expecting to be challenged by its visuals as well as with the sociological lessons and questions it raised.

The film is real, genuine and honest to the subject topic: 'Barbarity' can be innate in all humans.

It can be argued that humans coming into the homo-sapiens stage of evolution survived and expanded because of what is now considered barbarous savage ways. Savagery was a survival tool. We came from barbarity...and to an extent we still are savages.

Though the acting is poor in most places ...the film director portrays cannabilism and barbarism ...and portrays it rather intelligently.

Obvious connotations can be made to Blair Witch Project. I'm sure the crew that made BWP was inspired by this movie.

The film follows a Professor investigating the disappearance of an American film team (3 guys and girl) that went into the jungle of South America to film a documentary about the native cannibals.

The Professor with a couple of jungle assistants venture into the jungle to trace the lost Americans footsteps. He manages to get on the trail and slowly uncovers the grizzly ways of the jungle tribes! By carefully befriending these natives he captures the lost film reels and returns back to his skyscraper clad conurbation.

In amongst the film there is the media business cogs turning. The dilemma of TV executives battling with the Professor to air the once lost footage on TV for the viewing public. The professor is reluctant.

The professor seems the only person possessed with moral understanding and compassion throughout the film ..everyone else it seems is after ratings, fame, money or blood.

The film commences its ending by playing back the raw footage of what the expedition team filmed...and it is shocking. Questions arise: Who is committing the real 'evil' savagery here?

As for the animal cruelty scenes: Yes they are real and shocking. But should it be anymore shocking than the beef burger that is served up in McDonalds. Cows are slaughtered everyday. Perhaps one needs to watch a bovine neck getting slit before they take it for granted they are eating a nice juicy steak on their plate. The film portrays the reality of human meat consumption...and yes all kinds of animals are killed for the human appetite, especially in the wild - someone will do it! For those who dispute this film on these grounds 'Can you handle life?' This stuff still goes on regardless of whether u see it happen or not.

This film is absolutely brilliant. A cult classic. I can see it making a revival...but don't know when...perhaps in some years time.

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