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Cannibal Holocaust

1980 ·1h 35m · ★ 6.3 (1,830)

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.

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10 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
20
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
71
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorCannibalismEye TraumaDehumanizationTortureAnimal Harm
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TMDB Keywords

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