directed by: Ruggero Deodato, year: 1980
actors: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Carl Gabriel Yorke

Cannibal Holocaust (1980) is a controversial Italian horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato. A rescue team enters the Amazon after a team of documentarians vanishes, then uncovers brutal footage that depicts violence against indigenous people and animals. Presented as found documentation recovered from the jungle, the film blends realism with graphic cruelty, fueling debates about censorship, ethics, and the boundary between fiction and reality. Its notorious scenes and faux-documentary style helped define the cannibal horror subgenre while provoking both condemnation and praise for challenging viewers' tolerance and the ethics of filming.

Savagery, Horror, Cannibal Horror, Exploitation, Pseudo Documentary, Italian Cinema