A documentary film crew disappeared in a jungle called the Green Inferno a year back and a New York anthropologist that is Professor Harold Moore goes together with two guides to the jungles of South American to find out what happened to the film crew. After searching for some time he finds the remains of the crew and reels of their undeveloped film which he takes back to New York for viewing. Once back and watching their footage he finds out that they encountered a cannibal tribe that they were supposed to film and what happened to them.
Cannibal Holocaust, probably the most famous and best cannibal movie ever made, is a definite must see for all horror fans out there. It also features some of the best scores in movies by Riz Ortolani which is truly beautiful, haunting and stays in your head long after the movie is finished.
It's also famous for some really strong and graphic scenes which works perfectly even today and are pretty brutal to watch. Another thing it features which was a common thing in this type of genre is animal cruelty which is not very fun to watch and feels very unnecessary.
Even if a lot of people saying it's supposed to feature that and that it belongs in this type of movies I still think it sucks and brings nothing to the movie itself except disgust. With that said, on to the story.
 
This movie is absolutely stunning at times and the jungle creates a great atmosphere. Cannibal Holocaust has something going for it all the way that will definitely keep your interest up and also it gets very intense every now and then.
The horror scenes are very graphical and some scenes might be hard for some viewers to take in or be able to sit through. You of course tend to see cannibals as something bad but as the movie goes on and that the good guys turn out to be not so good and are invading the cannibals privacy makes you re-evaluate who to root for or not to root for.
The actual cannibals are great to watch and some scenes with them in are quite disgusting ones which adds more character to the movie. It's beautifully shot and the repeating score throughout the movie adds so much to the overall feeling itself.
It's not your typical horror movie that you watch and forget about ten minutes after seeing it. Cannibal Holocaust is actually a really clever movie with a great and interesting topic that asks questions worthy to think about. Definitely a must see! Also recommended is Ruggero Deodato's The House on the Edge of the Park.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust
MOVIE YEAR: 1980
DIRECTOR: Ruggero Deodato
WRITING CREDITS: Gianfranco Clerici, Giorgio Stegani
GENRE: Horror, Adventure, Drama
CAST: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Luca Barbareschi
COUNTRY: Italy, Colombia
RUNTIME: 95 min
RATING: 10/10
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