Movie

Cannibal Holocaust

1980 · 96 min

A grim, gruelling plunge into the jungle that leaves you feeling soiled and shaken long after it ends.

Tagline: They eat and they are eaten!
Overview: A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Violence, corruption, media, colonialism
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
corruption
media
colonialism
morality
Places: wilderness
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong