Ruggero Deodato, Director of Banned Horror ‘Cannibal Holocaust,’ Dies at 83

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Ruggero Deodato has died at age 83. His 1980 cult classic “Cannibal Holocaust” is considered one of the goriest movies of all time. It was banned in several countries due to its graphic depictions of violence, sexual assault and animal cruelty.

The 1980 film “Cannibal Holocaust” is considered one of the goriest movies of all time and cited as the first movie to use found footage. It was banned in several countries due to its graphic depictions of violence, sexual assault and animal cruelty, and it even resulted in Deodato being arrested on obscenity charges. He was accused of murdering several actors on camera to achieve the level of realistic brutality, but he was later cleared and the charges were dropped.

Born in Potenza, Italy, on May 7, 1929, Deodato studied under Italian directors like Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Corbucci. He directed some musical, comedies and thrillers in the ’60s and ’70s, then made a splash with the 1976 spaghetti crime film titled “Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man.” The film was originally censored in Italy due to a scene were a man’s eyeballs are gouged out and squished underfoot.

After making 1977’s “Last Cannibal World,” which was censored in the U.K. for animal cruelty, he made “Cannibal Holocaust.” Starring Robert Kerman, Gabriel Yorke and Francesca Ciardi, the movie follows an American rescue crew searching for missing documentarians who were making a movie about cannibal tribes in the Amazon rainforest. Deodato filmed in the Amazon, which proved to be a challenge for some of the cast members, along with the graphic violence, gore and nudity.

Following the release, Deodato made other horror movies like “Body Count,” “Phantom of Death” and more, and he even had a cameo in Roth’s horror movie “Hostel: Part II” as a cannibal.

 

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If u saw acts of animal cruelty on the news, u would want that scumbag arrested & jailed. So why do u all lose ur morals, when someone commits vile acts of cruelty & films it for entertainment? It's the same evil act, but u celebrate it as art? WHY?

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Makes me think of Jodorowsky who confessed in an interview to having raped a woman on camera for one of his movies...

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