The cannibal film ate itself alive — this is the autopsy.
Follow-up to "Eaten Alive: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film", this documentary was produced for the 88 Films UK Blu-Ray release of "Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story" and looks at the dying days of the controversial Italian cycle of jungle-based horror-adventures.
Direction
Waddell lets Deodato speak for himself — no easy answers.
Production
Made for a single Blu-ray extra, yet surprisingly thorough.
Director
Calum Waddell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eduardo Sánchez appears because The Blair Witch Project owes more to Cannibal Holocaust's found-footage structure than most fans admit.
Amazonia was actually a Spanish-Italian co-production, not pure Italian — the documentary quietly notes how national cinema boundaries blurred as the genre died.
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