“Cannibal Holocaust”

6.3

Definitely not for the faint of heart. Those 6.3 points are purely for cojones, not necessarily for film quality. This one will also take a bit of digging to find, as it’s been banned a few times in different fashions. The predecessor of today’s “found footage” horror genre, this film follows a film crew to the edge of the civilized world, into the world of indigenous tribes who have never encountered outsiders. Absolute hilarity or horror ensues, depending on your sense of humor. Overall, these people somewhat deserve to die for their character flaws and the terrible things they do as the runtime unfolds. Italian filmmakers, what can you say? They like to push the envelope and play ball deep in left field.

The soundtrack is an absolute banger, and doesn’t match up with the onscreen content at all. This adds a well-earned sense of tension throughout, and helps keep the discomfort factor at an 11 at all times.

Content warnings: They gut a turtle on-screen. Great bodily harm occurs to pretty much everyone on screen at some point. Beware. As I said, not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for children.