![]() ![]() However, as firm believers in the constitutional right of free speech, we do not believe in censorship. As distributors of this film, we wish to state with absolute sincerity that by no means do we condone the artistic decisions employed by the makers of this film. Director Ruggero Deodato actually voiced that he regretted including animals in the film and several versions of his latest edits of the film cut out the animal cruelty scenes.The Grindhouse Releasing (USA) and Siren Visual (Australia) DVDs/Blu-rays omit the United Artists Europa logo in favor of a text crawl regarding the film's violent content: "The following motion picture contains intense scenes of extreme violence and cruelty. In total, seven animals were killed for the production. A monkey is also brutally killed, in a scene that was shot twice, which required two monkeys to die solely for the purpose of the film. The most graphic scene shows the slaughtering of a large turtle. ![]() Most notorious of all was the film’s onscreen depiction of animal death. The plotline to “Cannibal Holocaust” sounds a lot like most jungle cannibal movies that were popular at the time, but there are a few reasons why this film in particular sits on top as being the most controversial. During the trip, he finds the group’s lost footage and unearths the shocking truth that led to their demise. ![]() The 1980 exploitation film follows a professor as he goes on a rescue mission to find a group of missing filmmakers who set out to film a documentary about indigenous cannibal tribes in the Amazon rainforest. Sure, it was innovative, being what many consider to be the first found footage movie, but the reason why the film has such a big reputation is because of the controversy that surrounded it. It won’t be listed on the top picks for best films of all time or be praised for its genius storytelling. “Cannibal Holocaust” isn’t the greatest movie ever made. ![]()
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