Cannibal Holocaust
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Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist who leads a rescue t
Italian theatrical release poster
Director Ruggero Deodato
Cannibal Holocaust was filmed mainly in the Amazon rainforest in Colombia.
Urban legends claim the film's impalement scene was one of several examined by courts to determine whether the depicted violence was staged or genuine.
Exploitation film
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An exploitation film is a film that seeks commercial success by capitalizing on current trends, niche genres, or sensational content. Exploitation films often feature themes such as suggestive or expl
Cannibal Holocaust
…filmmakers that have gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes. Produced as part of the contemporary cannibal trend of Italian exploitation cinema, Cannibal Holocaust was inspired by Italian media coverage of the Red Brigades' terrorism. Deodato believed the news reports to be staged, an idea that…
A publicity still for the silent film Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917), which claimed to alert about the perils of premarital sex. Such "sex hygiene" films are considered an early form of exploitation film.