Cannibal Holocaust

violence

There are scenes of strong bloody violence, including people bludgeoned to death, shot, as well as executed by firing squad. In one sequence, a man is castrated. There are bloody scenes in the aftermath of violence, including corpses being flayed and sliced up.

sex

There is strong sex, including sexualised nudity.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are scenes of sexual violence in which women are raped, sometimes by several men. Scenes include nudity, including brief genital nudity. In one sequence, a woman is penetrated with a wooden dildo, before having her genitals mutilated, as part of a ritualised punishment for adultery. She is subsequently bludgeoned to death.

disturbing images

There are scenes of animal slaughter, including a giant turtle which is decapitated, dismembered and disemboweled. The body of a newborn baby is submerged in mud. In another sequence, a monkey's head is sliced off. There are scenes of cannibalism.

additional issues: There is strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'), and infrequent scenes of cocaine snorting.

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

sexual violence, strong bloody violence, gore, sex, disturbing images

Classified Date:

01/06/2022

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

88 Films Limited

Cuts:

This work required a compulsory cut to a scene of animal cruelty. Cut was made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy, and the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act, 1937, which is applied in accordance with the Video Recordings Act, 1984.

violence

There are scenes of strong bloody violence, including people bludgeoned to death, shot, as well as executed by firing squad. In one sequence, a man is castrated. There are bloody scenes in the aftermath of violence, including corpses being flayed and sliced up.

sex

There is strong sex, including sexualised nudity.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There are scenes of sexual violence in which women are raped, sometimes by several men. Scenes include nudity, including brief genital nudity. In one sequence, a woman is penetrated with a wooden dildo, before having her genitals mutilated, as part of a ritualised punishment for adultery. She is subsequently bludgeoned to death.

disturbing images

There are scenes of animal slaughter, including a giant turtle which is decapitated, dismembered and disemboweled. The body of a newborn baby is submerged in mud. In another sequence, a monkey's head is sliced off. There are scenes of cannibalism.

additional issues: There is strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'), and infrequent scenes of cocaine snorting.

Contains strong sex, sexual violence, bloody violence, and animal slaughter

Classified Date:

01/08/2011

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Argent Films Ltd

Contains strong sex, sexual violence, bloody violence, and animal slaughter

Classified Date:

10/05/2011

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Argent Films Ltd

Cuts:

Company was required to remove a scene of unsimulated animal cruelty (in this case, a small mammal being killed with a knife), in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy.

Paperwork Remarks:

Cut made by substitution

Contains strong sex, violence and bloody horror

Classified Date:

20/08/2004

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Michael Lee

Classified Date:

17/07/2001

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Protected Ltd

Cuts:

Cuts required to scenes involving real cruelty to animals and to eroticised sexual violence, in accordance with BBFC policy and guidelines.

Classified Date:

02/12/2011

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Argent Films Ltd

Classified Date:

05/03/2001

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Protected Ltd

Classified date

01/06/2022
Language

English

Director(s)

Ruggero Deodato

Production Year

1979

Genre(s)

Horror

Approx. running minutes

96m

Cast

Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen