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May contain: Torture.
They eat and they are eaten!
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Cast
Robert Kerman
Professor Harold Monroe
Francesca Ciardi
Faye Daniels
Perry Pirkanen
Jack Anders
Luca Barbareschi
Mark Tomaso
Salvatore Basile
Chaco Losojos
Ricardo Fuentes
Miguel Lujan
Carl Gabriel Yorke
Alan Yates
Paolo Paoloni
1st Executive
Lionello Pio Di Savoia
2nd Executive
Luigina Rocchi
Mauricio Rodríguez
Ricardo Ramírez
Guillermo Bueno
William Sánchez
Ángel Manuel García
Edgardo Maza Anaya
Lucia Costantini
Adulteress (uncredited)
Ruggero Deodato
Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)
Enrico Papa
Pantheon Interviewer (uncredited)
David Sage
Alan's Father (uncredited)
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- Release Date 02/07/1980
- Language Italian
- Director Ruggero Deodato
- Editor Vincenzo Tomassi
- Cinematographer Sergio D'Offizi
- Producers Franco Di Nunzio, Franco Palaggi
- Companies F.D. Cinematografica, Bolivariana Films, United Artists Europa, Transcontinental Films
- Budget $100,000
- Homepage cannibalholocaust.net
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Feb 7, 1980 | Theatrical | VM18 |
| ID | Feb 17, 1980 | Theatrical | — |
| Spain | Apr 17, 1980 | Premiere | — |
| Australia | Jun 20, 1980 | Theatrical | R 18+ |
| DK | Jul 11, 1980 | Theatrical | — |
| Spain | Oct 19, 1980 | Theatrical | 18 |
| Germany | Jan 16, 1981 | Theatrical (West Germany) | 18 |
| PT | Jan 22, 1981 | Theatrical | M/18 |
| France | Apr 22, 1981 | Theatrical | 18 |
| PT | Apr 27, 1981 | Theatrical (Limited) (Porto) | — |
| HK | Jul 30, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| CO | Oct 12, 1981 | Theatrical | — |
| PE | Jan 1, 1982 | Theatrical | — |
| United Kingdom | Mar 1, 1982 | Physical (VHS) | — |
| PH | Apr 22, 1982 | Theatrical (Limited) (Daveo) | — |
| Japan | Jan 22, 1983 | Theatrical | — |
| Canada | Jun 14, 1985 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Jun 14, 1985 | Theatrical (Limited) | NC-17 |
| United States | Jun 21, 1985 | Theatrical | NC-17 |
| Brazil | Nov 7, 1985 | Theatrical | 18 |
| France | Jan 1, 1990 | Theatrical (Limited) (Re-rating) | 16 |
| HU | Feb 10, 1994 | Theatrical | X |
| South Korea | Aug 20, 1994 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Jun 29, 2001 | Theatrical (Restored version) | NC-17 |
| United Kingdom | Oct 18, 2004 | Physical (DVD, cuts made) | 18 |
| IE | Oct 29, 2005 | Digital | 18 |
| Australia | Apr 10, 2007 | Physical (DVD premiere) | R 18+ |
| GR | Sep 1, 2007 | Premiere (Athens Film Festival) | — |
| AE | Aug 26, 2008 | Physical (DVD premiere) | — |
| Poland | Aug 26, 2008 | Physical (DVD premiere) | — |
| Japan | Sep 13, 2008 | Theatrical (Re-release) | — |
| United Kingdom | Aug 1, 2011 | Physical (Blu-Ray, Ruggero Deodato's edit) | 18 |
| IL | Oct 18, 2011 | Physical (Blu-Ray) | — |
| United Kingdom | Dec 26, 2011 | Physical (Blu-Ray premiere, cuts made) | 18 |
| United Kingdom | Jun 1, 2022 | Digital (Streaming, cuts made) | 18 |
| United States | Oct 5, 2025 | Theatrical (Limited) (Beyond Fest) | NC-17 |
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