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Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

“They eat and they are eaten!”

  • NR
  • 96 min
  • Horror
  • imdb logo 5.8/10 (61061 votes)

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Plot

In the heart of the uncharted Amazon jungles, a daring documentary film crew vanishes without a trace in 1979. Their audacious mission: to document the lives of the region's indigenous cannibalistic tribes, an unexplored world teetering on the brink of the primitive and the horrific. With the disappearance shrouded in mystery, Professor Harold Monroe, a renowned New York anthropologist, embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth. Aided by a pair of local guides, Monroe stumbles upon a world never seen by white men before — a world inhabited by the Yacumo and Yanomamo tribes. In the remote depths of this Green Inferno, Monroe discovers the remnants of the lost crew and a cache of undeveloped film reels — a haunting testament of their ill-fated expedition. As he unravels the footage back in the concrete jungles of New York, a chilling reality begins to crystallize. The footage reveals the unscrupulous methods of the documentary's director, Alan Yates, his girlfriend Faye Daniels, and their cameramen, Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso, who've staged their narrative by terrorizing the very tribes they intended to portray. Despite Monroe's vehement objections, the television studio Pan American is intent on broadcasting the manipulated footage, touting it as a genuine documentary. In a desperate bid to alter their course, Monroe unveils the film's final reels to the station's executives, offering them a stark glimpse into the crew's twisted fate. But will the world be ready to confront the savage and unspeakable atrocities captured on the unedited footage? And what truly became of the overambitious explorers? "Cannibal Holocaust" is a haunting foray into the heart of darkness, where ambition collides with reality, and the line between the observer and the observed blurs, culminating in a shocking revelation that will leave viewers questioning the price of truth and the cost of entertainment.

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Cannibal Holocaust is a horror movie featuring Perry Pirkanen.

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