Cannibal Holocaust fingerprintRelentless energy, immersive world, emotionally cool.
Terrifying and brutally violent
Emotionally reserved
Plenty of satire
Society, everyday modern life, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction
Standout score, sound design, and cinematography
Terrifying and brutally violent
Cannibal Holocaust is terrifying, brutally violent, and nerve-racking.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Society, everyday modern life, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around society, everyday modern life, and show business. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout score, sound design, and cinematography
Look and sound: the score, sound design, and cinematography stand out.
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Cannibal Holocaust is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, Fandor, and Shudder in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Plex, and Fawesome. You can also rent or buy it from Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, and Bloodstream. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 51/100 (IMDb 5.7, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, and Metacritic 22). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NC-17 in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, sexual content, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 36 min
Cannibal Holocaust runs 1 h 36 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Cannibal Holocaust higher (56) than critics (44). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $100,000 to make and earned $2 million worldwide, 20.0 times its budget.
It was made in Italian, with some English, Spanish. Produced in Colombia, Italy.
+124GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Cannibal Holocaust in 138 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 126 storytelling tropes for Cannibal Holocaust, including Butt-Monkey, Apocalyptic Log, Vomit Indiscretion Shot.
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