Ruggero Deodato, the director of the infamous 1980 horror movie Cannibal Holocaust, died at 83.
Ruggero Deodato, the director of the infamous 1980 horror movie Cannibal Holocaust, died on Thursday, Dec. 28, according to the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. He was 83.
Deodato, who is credited for trailblazing the “found footage” style that was later popularized by American movies like The Blair Witch Project, famously directed Cannibal Holocaust, which was banned in several countries due to its graphic violence, depictions of sexual assault, and real-life animal cruelty.
The controversial movie follows a group of filmmakers as they travel through the Amazon rainforest studying local cannibal tribes. However, when the crew goes missing and all a rescue team can recover is old footage, an American news station decides to air the tapes.
Speaking in an interview with The Telegraph earlier this year, Deodato revealed that much of the movie had been improvised.
