Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes.
Italian theatrical release poster
Director Ruggero Deodato
Cannibal Holocaust was filmed mainly in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia.
The film's impalement scene was one of several scenes examined by the courts to determine whether the violence depicted was staged or genuine.
Ruggero Deodato was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Deodato at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Deodato with Eli Roth in Rome during the press tour for Hostel