Complete credited cast: | |||
Robert Kerman | ... | Professor Harold Monroe | |
Francesca Ciardi | ... | Faye Daniels | |
Perry Pirkanen | ... | Jack Anders | |
Luca Barbareschi | ... | Mark Tomaso (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi) | |
Salvatore Basile | ... | Chaco Losojos | |
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Ricardo Fuentes | ... | Undetermined Role |
Carl Gabriel Yorke | ... | Alan Yates (as Gabriel Yorke) | |
Paolo Paoloni | ... | 1st Executive | |
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Lionello Pio Di Savoia | ... | 2nd Executive (as Pio Di Savoia) |
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Luigina Rocchi | ... | Undetermined Role |
In 1979, intent on venturing into the vast and unexplored areas of the virgin Amazon rainforest, a small American film crew attempts to make a documentary about the region's indigenous cannibalistic tribes, only to disappear without a trace. As the noted anthropologist, Harold Monroe, and his team of seasoned guides embark on a rescue mission to locate the missing documentarians in the heart of the Green Inferno, fearful tribes, that no white has ever seen before, will soon start to take an interest in them. Inevitably, as the professor unearths more evidence about the fate of the film crew by sheer luck, a desperate battle to recover the raw footage that was paid in blood will commence--after all, the world must learn all about the savage and unspeakable atrocities captured on the riveting unedited footage. In the end, what has happened to the overambitious explorers, and the shocking final two reels? Written by Nick Riganas
"Cannibal Holocaust" is not the campy little horror flick I expected. It's a "serious" and well-made movie and it's an experience you'll hardly ever forget. According to IMDb's trivia section the movie can "only be seen completely uncut in the EC-UltraBit DVD", which means that I've seen a tamed down version and that, my friends, is insane! "Cannibal Holocaust" is easily one of the most graphic movies I've ever come across. The violence is incredibly realistic. It's no wonder that director Ruggero Deodato was taken to court to prove that he hasn't slain real people for his motion picture. (I still think the real animal slaughtering in the movie was unnecessary. Screw you for that, Deodato!) It's hard to tell if there really is a message or if the "moral" is just an excuse for all the gore. In a strange way the violent scenes somehow speak for themselves and do deliver some kind of message, but that's open for discussion.
If ever a movie deserved the label "disturbing", it's "Cannibal Holocaust". It's controversial, but totally worth watching, if you can take some seriously sick images.