The 1980 Italian cannibal exploitation movie “Cannibal Holocaust” has become the stuff of legend.
It’s a gruesome fake documentary that features some very real on-screen animal death and very convincing human kills.
It was so convincing, in fact, that director Ruggero Deodato was arrested and charged with murder. When “Cannibal Holocaust” came out in 1980, found footage horror wasn’t really a thing yet.
Cannibal films, a subgenre under the exploitation umbrella, were popular with many filmmakers because they allowed for lots of gore and cheap shooting locations in tropical locales. Enter Deodato and his frequent collaborator, screenwriter Gianfranco Clerici. Both had previously worked on the cannibal flick “Jungle Holocaust/Last Cannibal World,” and they decided to take…The post The Legendary Cannibal Holocaust Controversy Explained appeared first on /Film.
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