The horror film so real, the director got arrested for murder. This is how they faked it.
An Italian documentary that gives an inside look at the making of Ruggero Deodato's controversial horror film "Cannibal Holocaust".
Direction
De Angelis somehow makes the making-of as uncomfortable as the film.
Production
The real animal deaths they absolutely did commit on set.
Director
Michéle De Angelis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Riz Ortolani's lush score was famously repurposed in The House of the Spirits and countless trailers, completely divorced from its cannibal origins.
This documentary was itself rare for years—most behind-the-scenes material on Cannibal Holocaust was bootlegged until Grindhouse Releasing legitimized it.
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