Cannibal Holocaust
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.
Plot
An American film crew disappear in the Amazon rainforest while filming a documentary about indigenous cannibal tribes. The team consists of Alan Yates, the director; Faye Daniels, script writer; and two cameramen, Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso. Harold Monroe, an anthropologist at New York University, agrees to lead a rescue mission in hopes of finding the missing filmmakers. In anticipation of his arrival, military personnel stationed in the rainforest conduct a raid on the local Yacumo tribe and take a young man hostage in order to negotiate with the natives. Monroe flies in via floatplane and is introduced to his guides, Chaco and his assistant, Miguel.
More details
author | Gianfranco Clerici Ruggero Deodato |
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contentLocation | New York City South America |
director | Ruggero Deodato |
editor | Vincenzo Tomassi |
events | cannibalism |
genre | adventure horror |
keywords | amazon rainforest anders and attack beaten to death behead broadcast capture cut disturb endocannibal endocannibalism film film crew film reels flare gun floatplane genitalia kill loss of virginity machete male reproductive system new york university rape raw footage rescue rescue mission rescue team river same girl shamatari surround survive tape recorder think trek trying to escape undress virginity walk yacumo yanomaman languages yanomami ya̧nomamö york university young man |
musicBy | Riz Ortolani |
producer | Franco Di Nunzio Franco Palaggi |
productionCompany | F.D. Cinematografica |
publisher | Trans American Films United Artists |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | cannibal exploitation filmmaking independent missing people mockumentary rape and revenge snuff splatter |