CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
Can a movie go too far?
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
About This Film
An American film crew disappears in the Amazon rainforest while filming a documentary about indigenous cannibal tribes. The team consists of Alan Yates, the director; Faye Daniels, his girlfriend and script girl; 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 male hostage in order to negotiate with the natives. Upon arrival, Monroe is introduced to his guides, Chaco and his assistant, Miguel.
After several days of trekking through the jungle, the rescue team encounters the Yacumo. They arrange the release of their hostage in exchange for being taken to the Yacumo village. Once there, the group is initially greeted with hostility and learns that the filmmakers caused great unrest among the people. The next day, Monroe and his guides head deeper into the rainforest to locate two warring cannibal tribes, the Ya̧nomamö and the Shamatari. They encounter a group of Shamatari warriors and follow them to a riverbank, where Monroe's team saves a smaller group of Ya̧nomamö from death. The Ya̧nomamö invite the team back to their village in gratitude, but they are still suspicious of the foreigners. To gain their trust, Monroe agrees to bathe naked in a river, where he is joined by a group of Ya̧nomamö women. The women lead Monroe from the river to a shrine, where he discovers the skeletal remains of the filmmakers with their film reels nearby. Shocked by what he sees, he confronts the Ya̧nomamö in the village, during which time he plays music from a tape recorder. The intrigued natives agree to trade it for the filmmakers' surviving reels of film.
Back in New York, executives of the Pan American Broadcasting System invite Monroe to host a broadcast of the documentary to be made from the recovered film, but Monroe insists on viewing the raw footage before making a decision. One of the executives first introduce him to Alan's work by showing an excerpt from his previous documentary, The Last Road to Hell, after which she informs Monroe that Alan staged dramatic scenes to get more exciting footage. Monroe then begins to view the recovered footage, which first follows the group's trek through the rainforest. After walking for days, their guide, Felipe, is bitten by a venomous snake. The group amputates Felipe's leg with a machete to save his life, but he dies and is left behind. Upon locating the Yacumo in a clearing, Jack shoots one in the leg so they can easily follow him to the village. Once they arrive, the crew proceeds to intimidate the tribe before herding the natives into a hut, which they burn down in order to stage a massacre for their film. Monroe expresses apprehension about the staged footage and the treatment of the natives, but his concerns are ignored.
After he finishes viewing the remaining footage, Monroe expresses his disgust toward the station's decision to air the documentary. To convince the executives otherwise, he shows them the remaining unedited footage that only he has seen. The final two reels begin with the filmmakers locating a Ya̧nomamö girl, whom the men take turns raping against Faye's protests. They later encounter the same girl impaled on a wooden pole by a riverbank, where they claim that the natives killed her for loss of virginity. Shortly afterwards, they are attacked by the Ya̧nomamö tribe as revenge for the girl's rape and death. Jack is hit by a spear, and Alan shoots him to prevent his escape. After filming the natives mutilate Jack's corpse, the group is cornered, and Faye is captured by the Ya̧nomamö. Alan insists that they attempt to rescue her. Mark continues to film as she is stripped naked, gang-raped, beaten to death, and beheaded. The Ya̧nomamö then locate and kill the last two team members as the camera drops to the ground. Disturbed by what they have seen, the executives order the footage destroyed as Monroe leaves, pondering "who the real cannibals are".
After several days of trekking through the jungle, the rescue team encounters the Yacumo. They arrange the release of their hostage in exchange for being taken to the Yacumo village. Once there, the group is initially greeted with hostility and learns that the filmmakers caused great unrest among the people. The next day, Monroe and his guides head deeper into the rainforest to locate two warring cannibal tribes, the Ya̧nomamö and the Shamatari. They encounter a group of Shamatari warriors and follow them to a riverbank, where Monroe's team saves a smaller group of Ya̧nomamö from death. The Ya̧nomamö invite the team back to their village in gratitude, but they are still suspicious of the foreigners. To gain their trust, Monroe agrees to bathe naked in a river, where he is joined by a group of Ya̧nomamö women. The women lead Monroe from the river to a shrine, where he discovers the skeletal remains of the filmmakers with their film reels nearby. Shocked by what he sees, he confronts the Ya̧nomamö in the village, during which time he plays music from a tape recorder. The intrigued natives agree to trade it for the filmmakers' surviving reels of film.
Back in New York, executives of the Pan American Broadcasting System invite Monroe to host a broadcast of the documentary to be made from the recovered film, but Monroe insists on viewing the raw footage before making a decision. One of the executives first introduce him to Alan's work by showing an excerpt from his previous documentary, The Last Road to Hell, after which she informs Monroe that Alan staged dramatic scenes to get more exciting footage. Monroe then begins to view the recovered footage, which first follows the group's trek through the rainforest. After walking for days, their guide, Felipe, is bitten by a venomous snake. The group amputates Felipe's leg with a machete to save his life, but he dies and is left behind. Upon locating the Yacumo in a clearing, Jack shoots one in the leg so they can easily follow him to the village. Once they arrive, the crew proceeds to intimidate the tribe before herding the natives into a hut, which they burn down in order to stage a massacre for their film. Monroe expresses apprehension about the staged footage and the treatment of the natives, but his concerns are ignored.
After he finishes viewing the remaining footage, Monroe expresses his disgust toward the station's decision to air the documentary. To convince the executives otherwise, he shows them the remaining unedited footage that only he has seen. The final two reels begin with the filmmakers locating a Ya̧nomamö girl, whom the men take turns raping against Faye's protests. They later encounter the same girl impaled on a wooden pole by a riverbank, where they claim that the natives killed her for loss of virginity. Shortly afterwards, they are attacked by the Ya̧nomamö tribe as revenge for the girl's rape and death. Jack is hit by a spear, and Alan shoots him to prevent his escape. After filming the natives mutilate Jack's corpse, the group is cornered, and Faye is captured by the Ya̧nomamö. Alan insists that they attempt to rescue her. Mark continues to film as she is stripped naked, gang-raped, beaten to death, and beheaded. The Ya̧nomamö then locate and kill the last two team members as the camera drops to the ground. Disturbed by what they have seen, the executives order the footage destroyed as Monroe leaves, pondering "who the real cannibals are".
Film Details
Director
Ruggero Deodato
Writer
Gianfranco Clerici
Tags
Keywords
Female Nudity
Independent Film
Murder
Female Rear Nudity
Nudity
Female Full Frontal Nudity
Violence
Female Frontal Nudity
Blood
Death
Cult Film
Sex Scene
Revenge
Rape
Sex
Gore
Grindhouse Film
Sadism
Cigarette Smoking
Male Nudity
Torture
Shot To Death
Knife
Blood Splatter
Gun
Decapitation
Fear
Brutality
Scientist
Insanity
Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship
Male Frontal Nudity
Fire
Cruelty
Nipples
Screaming
Skinny Dipping
Shooting
Severed Head
Public Nudity
Revolver
Cannibal
Forest
Scream
Impalement
Beating
Male Full Frontal Nudity
Woods
Deception
Two Word Title
Rifle
New York City
Massacre
Jungle
Boat
Perversion
Electronic Music Score
Character's Point Of View Camera Shot
Video Nasty
Dead Woman
Evil Man
Villain
Mutilation
Skeleton
Slaughter
Male Pubic Hair
Humiliation
Snake
Gunshot
Panic
Sexual Perversion
Professor
Dismemberment
Discovering A Dead Body
Tied Up
Secretly Observing
Terror
Subjective Camera
Sexual Violence
Bloody Face
Airplane
Burned Alive
Camera
Mercilessness
Sexual Abuse
Switchblade
Falling To Death
Disembowelment
Machete
Vengeance
Danger
Soldier
Rape And Revenge
Vomiting
20th Century
Dead Man
Gang Rape
Sexual Assault
Beaten To Death
River
Urination
Torch
Rain
Italian Horror
Trap
Exploitation
Warrior
Victim
Mass Murder
Eaten Alive
Pervert
Covered In Blood
Punishment
Pregnancy
Journalist
Woman Wrapped In A Towel
Killing An Animal
Human Monster
Skull
Film Within A Film
Castration
Actual Animal Killed
Execution
Degradation
Intestines
Spear
Destruction
Female Victim
Controversy
Italian Exploitation
Cigarette
Sexual Humiliation
Tribe
Desperation
Vagina
Hairy Chested Man
Depravity
Burned To Death
Tan Line
Disturbed Person
Tragic Event
Spider
Pain
Homicide
Killing
Clothes Ripping
Flesh Eating
Gunshot Wound
Physical Abuse
Carnage
Anthropophagus
Bridge
Handgun
Deeply Disturbed Person
Man Wrapped In A Towel
Social Commentary
Revelation
Television
Eating Human Flesh
Shot In The Leg
Obscene Finger Gesture
Arson
Monkey
Mutilated Body
Expedition
Jungle Adventure
Animal Cruelty
Filmmaking
Numerous Handsome Men
Perversity
Body Horror
Captivity
Wooden Stake
Suffering
New York
Dildo
Body Paint
Human Skull
Man Undresses A Woman
Screaming In Fear
Tv News
News Report
Rescue Mission
Abuse
Strong Sexual Content
Talking To The Camera
Mustache
Slashed To Death
Wristwatch
Amazon River
Shaving
Parrot
Alligator
Sexual Cruelty
Mission
Groping
Sexual Torture
Abortion
Human Flesh
Violent Death
Bandage
Lighter
Bird
Film Crew
Decomposing Body
Amazon Tribe
Italian Cinema
Snake Bite
Extreme Violence
Hysteria
Cannibal Tribe
Mud
Infanticide
Snuff Film
Lighting A Cigarette For Someone
Confrontation
Screaming In Horror
Television Reporter
Loincloth
Atrocity
Animal
Uzi
Screaming In Pain
South America
Running Naked
Cigarette Lighter
Nature
Tank Top
Entrails
Burning
Raft
Lieutenant
Dubbed
Male Orgasm
Genital Mutilation
Native
Tape Recording
Splatter Horror
Leech
Canoe
Extreme Film
Murder Of A Pregnant Woman
Caught In The Rain
Swan
Female Journalist
Torture Device
Unconsciousness
Animal Abuse
Turtle
Covered In Mud
Rotting Corpse
Erotic Horror
Italian American
Banned Film
Shouting
Dove
Seaplane
Male Bonding
Well Endowed Man
Shooting Into The Air
Disturbing
Man Vomits
Looking At The Camera
Hut
Filmmaker
Transgressive Film
Blowgun
Impaled By A Spear
Ruthlessness
Handheld Camera
Flute
Found Footage
Leg Chopped Off
Dehumanization
Movie Camera
Sickness
Amazon Jungle
Shaving Cream
Camouflage
Nude In Nature
Jaguar
Bush Plane
Covered With Mud
Playing Flute
Burning Hut
Agony
Crew
Amazon Rainforest
Cold Blooded Murder
Undershirt
Mutilated Corpse
Physical Torture
Anaconda
Blow Dart
Eating Monkey Brains
Leach
Missing
Television Executive
Burning Village
Execution By Firing Squad
Porn Actor
Large Penis
Spear Fishing
Pulling Towel Off A Woman
Rafting
Impaled On A Pole
Stoning
Tv Journalist
Amazon Forest
North America
Mass Media
Bad Wound
Animal Violence
Emasculation
Nude Pregnant Woman
Tribal Warfare
Squirrel Monkey
Rotten Corpse
Wading Across A River
Maggot Infested Corpse
Executed For Adultery
Dugout Canoe
Dragged Along The Ground
Paleolithic Village
Vaginal Mutilation
Falling Out Of A Tree
Film Canister
Cityscape
Butchering A Turtle
Screaming In Panic
Tarantula Crawling On Someone
Cauterizing An Amputation
Caiman
Gasping For Breath
Reference To The Yanomami Tribe
Reference To The Shamatari Tribe
Falsifying Data
Woman Vomits
Southern Hemisphere
Amazonian Indian
Amazonia
Naked Bathing
Hemorrhage
Wild Boar
Macaw
Extreme Horror
Found Footage Horror
Barbarism
Also Known As
Kannibalmassakren, Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Holocaust, Пекло канібалів, Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust, Canibal Holocausto