Cannibal Holocaust film review

                    Cannibal Holocaust Review

          

Cannibal holocaust is one of those essential horror films that are a must see. But this is a more obscure must see due to it's graphic nature and it's horrible taboo of real animal killings. The plot is centered around a group of documentary film makers who go out into the jungle to film a tribe of cannibals. When filming them they do many cruel things to the cannibals so the cannibals fight back and murder all of the filmmakers. The footage was discovered and is being played in a studio to be ready to be put on T.V. Thats the general plot. 

It's a very interesting plot and is a really good movie. This is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. The main reasons I like the movie are that the acting is really good. The story is great and the way the filmed it. Now I hate found footage movies, the only ones I like are this one, Cannibal Holocaust and the August underground movies other then that I think found footage movies are awful and are a cop out to make money. But cannibal holocaust was one, if not the first to delve into the world of found footage movies. This film is actually scary and has a freaky uncomfortable atmosphere and the tone and the scenery really make a key part into how this movie plays out. For production values they really used locals from the jungle to play the cannibals which gave it very realistic acting which helps the film allot.

The reasoning behind this movie being such a taboo is basically because of the animal killings. In the movie they kill a small rodent like animal, a spider monkey, a turtle and a pig. Which was all extremely hard to watch. Yet another reason why this film is considered controversial is because when the film first came out, people thought it was real. The director even got arrest and held on trial until he showed them how all of the effects and gore were done in the movie. 

Overall this is by far one of the best horror movies of all time. It is definitely in my top ten movies of all time I absolutely love it, it's an amazing movie and should be called a classic in my opinion. If you are not easily offended by movies and are into the horror genre then definitely check it out. if your not into more extreme horror movies then I would stay away from this one if I were you. I would give this a 10/10 a perfect score! because I love this movie so much.

Credit: Grindhouse Releasing