The grossest film genre ever finally explains itself—through the monsters who made it.
2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every created. Starting with Deep River Savages arriving to the infamous Cannibal Ferox.
Acting
Deodato's unflinching self-interrogation—rare vulnerability from a provocateur.
Direction
Smart structure: lets filmmakers hang themselves with their own words.
Director
Eugenio Ercolani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Radice (aka John Morghen) famously hated his cannibal roles so much he improvised his own gruesome death in CANNIBAL FEROX to punish himself.
Italian cannibal films briefly became legal evidence: Deodato was actually put on trial for obscenity and murder after CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST's release, forcing him to produce his 'dead' actors in court.
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