![]() The description of the film as being found footage is not wholly accurate, in actuality only about half of the runtime consisting of found footage with the remainder filmed conventionally. So with this in mind, it falls to me to answer two key questions does Cannibal Holocaust live up it to its reputation? And, perhaps most crucially, is it any good? The answers are simple yes and no. It’s safe to say that Cannibal Holocaust is a film with quite the reputation to live up to. ![]() This brings me to Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust, not only the first found footage film but also one of the most controversial and notorious films ever made.īanned in several countries for decades after its release and considered so violent and realistic that its director had to prove to a court that he didn’t murder his cast. However, it’s time to find out where this sub-genre started. What he discovers is far more horrifying than he could have possibly imagined.įound footage is a genre that I have discussed often in past reviews, and, although I regularly complained about it, I admit that my feelings towards it have somewhat softened over the years, particularly after re-visiting old favourites or discovering new ones. Starring Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen and Luca Barbaeschi.Īfter a documentary crew go missing in the Amazon Jungle, an anthropologist ventures into the jungle to search for them.
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