![]() After its premiere in Italy, it was ordered to be seized by a local magistrate, and Deodato was arrested on obscenity charges. Ĭannibal Holocaust achieved notoriety as its graphic violence aroused a great deal of controversy. Cannibal Holocaust was filmed primarily on location in the Amazon rainforest of Colombia with a cast of indigenous tribes interacting with mostly inexperienced American and Italian actors recruited in New York City. The treatment of this footage, which is noted for its visual realism, innovated the found footage style of filmmaking that was later popularized in American cinema by The Blair Witch Project. ![]() Additionally, other story elements were also influenced by the Mondo documentaries of Gualtiero Jacopetti, particularly the presentation of the documentary crew's lost footage, which constitutes approximately half of the film. Deodato believed the news reports to be staged, an idea which became an integral aspect of the film's story. Produced as part of the contemporary cannibal trend of Italian exploitation cinema, Cannibal Holocaust was inspired by Italian media coverage of Red Brigades terrorism. Upon viewing the reels, Monroe is appalled by the team's actions and objects to the station's intent to air the documentary. When the rescue team is only able to recover the crew's lost cans of film, an American television station wishes to broadcast the footage as a sensationalized television special. Played by Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkkanen, and Luca Barbareschi, the crew had gone missing while filming a documentary on local cannibal tribes. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from New York University who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a crew of filmmakers. Man Becomes Creature: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M.Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici.Lorca’s Blood Devils: Interview with Actor Eddie Garciaĭisc 4 – TERROR IS A MAN: Celeste and The Beast: An Interview with Celeste Yarnall.Audio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M.The Mad Director of Blood Island: Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romeroĭisc 3 – BEAST OF BLOOD: *BOX SET EXCLUSIVE!*.A Taste of Blood: Interview with Critic Mark Holcomb.Tombs of the Living Dead: Interview with Pete Tombs, Co-Author of “Immoral Tales”.Audio Commentary with Horror Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S.Alternate BRIDES OF BLOOD ISLAND title sequence and JUNGLE FURY title cardĭisc 2 – MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND:.Beverly Hills on Blood Island: Interview with Actress Beverly Powers a.k.a.Here Comes the Bride: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M.Jungle Fury: Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero.THE BLOOD ISLAND COLLECTION is a limited, numbered edition release of only 3500 units.ĭisc 1 – BRIDES OF BLOOD: Severin Films is now proud to present The BLOOD ISLAND Trilogy and its celebrated prequel, all featuring uncut scans from recently discovered film elements and oozing with all-new Special Features! And for more than fifty years, these four monster shockers from Filipino directors Gerry de Leon and Eddie Romero have stunned drive-in, grindhouse and VHS audiences, became the foundation of infamous exploitation distributors Hemisphere Pictures and Independent-International, and remain among the most insane/esteemed classics in horror history. ![]() ![]() They’ve been called “defiantly lurid” (), “delightfully depraved” () and “blood-soaked and naked broad-filled” (). ![]()
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