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Banned under the 1984 Video Recordings Act, Cannibal Holocaust has become a notorious film. Only released for Britain in 2001, it was passed with a number of cuts. When a careless film crew goes missing in a South American jungle, a rescue team is sent in from the United States. Upon the team's arrival, a native tribe called .. Read more

Starring	Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile
Director	Ruggero Deodato
Genres	Horror

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- A young film crew vanishes in the Colombian rainforest while shooting an anthropology documentary. Their footage,... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
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  - 7
  You've been invited for dinner.
  
  A group of film makes have gone missing in the jungle. Curious parties send out a group to find out what happened to the missing crew. Along the way they are ... read more »
  
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  - Kent
  - 27 Aug 2007 at 01:04
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  Do you want people to make money of this misery?
  
  This review is likely to contain some spoilers.
  
  If you’re reading reviews of this film, the chances are that you already know the controversy ... read more »
  
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- - MrOliver
  - 1 review
  - 13 Feb 2012 at 13:31
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  Gritty but with hidden meanings of a destructive western civilization.
  
  Gritty but with hidden meanings of a destructive western civilization. This film shows how disgusting and greedy western individuals will go for fame and ... read more »
  
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- - RealChewy
  - 2 reviews
  - 01 Feb 2012 at 18:19
- - 0
  - 0
  Interesting if you're not squeamish
  
  I can see why it was once band as they use real live animals in the sacrifices - harsh!!! However times have changed thankfully. If you like a bit of gore and ... read more »
  
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- - Sambella
  - 6 reviews
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 15:22
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  Animals being ACTUALLY killed, horrific.
  
  7 animals were actually slaughtered for this film.
  
  A sea turtle being ripped and hacked to pieces with an axe was not pleasant viewing, for instance... read more »
  
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- - amember
  - 1 review
  - 29 Nov 2011 at 11:43
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  - 3
  Had it not been banned it would be well forgotten by now
  
  If I say this is rubbish, please don't think oh I must see for myself, it's rubbish!!
  
  I was drawn to this for it's notoriety but I'm ... read more »
  
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- - 2tall4school
  - 1 review
  - 25 Oct 2011 at 12:49
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  Dissapointing and boring
  
  Sooooooooo Boooooooooring. Seriously dated, yes there was blood but I've seen worse, and not really alot happened. I was expecting some scares but there was... read more »
  
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  - 17 Aug 2011 at 09:57
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  Not as horrific as you might think.
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Young American film makers venture into deep jungle to record a documentary of some kind. Some point in time later, a scientist ventures into the same jungle to... read more »
  
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- - chaardy
  - 3 reviews
  - Canterbury
  - 29 Jul 2011 at 10:56
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  THE DADDY OF CANNIBALL FILMS
  
  Well this was banned for many many years and with good reason,you have to watch it to understand, i love horror, but after watching this it left me feeling ... read more »
  
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- - spursfranky
  - 8 reviews
  - Bedfordshire
  - 23 Jul 2011 at 09:40
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  Be warned: contains real animal cruelty
  
  Transcends the bounds of taste beyond even the usual fake blood-and-guts video nasties by featuring its actors performing REAL, deplorable, barbaric acts of ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Jul 2011 at 20:57
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  Not a bad film but not as good as i was told
  
  Average
  
  Once the whole shock factor thing is witnessed early in the film theres not much of a film left unfortunately.
  
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- - NakedHeels
  - 1 review
  - 11 Jun 2011 at 11:49
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- - 45
  - 7
  You've been invited for dinner.
  
  A group of film makes have gone missing in the jungle. Curious parties send out a group to find out what happened to the missing crew. Along the way they are ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - JediSi
  - 301 reviews
  - Kent
  - 27 Aug 2007 at 01:04
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  - 5
  Get hold of an uncut copy from ebay
  
  This film plays off like a reality TV shoot in the Jungle where a group of filmaker want to shoot a documentry of cannibal tribes. I managed to get hold of an ... read more »
  
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- - sakuraba1982
  - 116 reviews
  - Dover
  - 17 Aug 2007 at 13:17
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  If you have the stomach
  
  I don't necessarily consider myself an afficianado of film but I do watch a lot of films. I particularly like challenging films such as American History X... read more »
  
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- - Mark Skeet
  - UK
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 00:33
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  A bad film made worse by censorship
  
  As though this film wasn't bad enough, they have gone and taken out any scene that might have served to make the film interesting!! I would try to get my ... read more »
  
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- - TomJo
  - Londonderry
  - 19 Mar 2004 at 08:37
- - 10
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  Warning: CENSORED VERSION
  
  Very sadly, the version of the otherwise brilliant film is heavily censored, and NOT MARKED AS SUCH. I only found out during the viewing, and it's easy to ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Cambridge, England
  - 09 Jul 2008 at 10:35
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  - 3
  Glad i've seen it at last!
  
  Brilliant film! But i think that they cut the wrongs bits out! This looks and feels very realistic, it is made from an innocent point of view. All the way ... read more »
  
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- - Majestic
  - Cheshire, England
  - 04 Mar 2006 at 16:20
- - 8
  - 0
  Does exactly what it says on the tin!
  
  It's hard to understand people reviewing this title with dissapointment. What about this item suggests a well made acting tour-de-force? The name alone ... read more »
  
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- - Kenneth Marlow
  - Glasgow
  - 29 Jul 2004 at 20:03
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  Read my review or I'll eat you!
  
  If I had engaged my brain and thought about all the issues raised concerning the duality of man I might have enjoyed this film. But I did'nt so I turned it ... read more »
  
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- - rhys
  - Somewhere in South Wales
  - 22 Feb 2006 at 19:49
- - 7
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  All in the best possible taste
  
  A man gets his penis cut off in front of you. I mean, you're looking for gory sensationalism, that's probably all I need to tell you. But let's ... read more »
  
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- - Tim Turner
  - Manchester
  - 28 Nov 2004 at 22:08
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  - 2
  Sick
  
  I love horror and I enjoy gore-fests but this - and I didn't read the reviews properly before I rented it - was vile; a successful attempt to offend the ... read more »
  
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- - Michael Perris
  - Guildford, England
  - 21 Jan 2006 at 00:21

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  Banned under the 1984 Video Recordings Act, Cannibal Holocaust has become a notorious film. Only released for Britain in 2001, it was passed with a number of cuts. When a careless film crew goes missing in a South American jungle, a rescue team is sent in from the United States. Upon the team's ...