Cannibal Holocaust Archives

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST Reviews of Ruggero Deodato’s notorious nasty

‘Eaten alive! The ultimate terror movie…’ Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian film directed by Ruggero Deodato (The Washing Machine; Dial: Help; House on the Edge of the Park) from a story and screenplay …

David Hess – actor

David Alexander Hess was an American actor, musician and songwriter, best known for his appearances in a trio of extreme horror films in the 1970s, in which he played a variety …

Video Nasties: The Illustrated Checklist

This is a listing of all films that were deemed to be ‘video nasties’ in the UK. Read the story of the ‘video nasties’ here. When horror films began to …

“Ban the Sadist Videos!” The Furore and Moral Panic About So-Called Video Nasties – article

The film world in Britain during the early 80s was grim. Most of the grand cinema palaces of yesteryear were, if not already transformed into bingo halls, falling apart, offering …

Riz Ortolani – film composer

Riziero “Riz” Ortolani was an Italian film composer. Born on 25 March 1926, he died in Rome, on 23 January 2014. In the early 1950s, Ortolani began his musical career as a founder …

Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema – Article

The 1970s saw many old cinematic taboos falling away, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a …