Cannibal Holocaust

Man is unlimited.

Nothing is impossible for him.

What seemed to be a unthinkable undertaking yesterday

are history today.

The conquest of the moon for example

Who talks about it anymore?

Today we are already on the threshold

of conquering our galaxy.

And in the not to distant tomorrow

We'll be considering the conquest of the universe.

And yet man seems to ignore

the fact that on this very planet

there are still people living in the stone age

and practicing cannibalism.

Primitive tribes isolated

in ruthless hostile environments

where the prevailing law is survival of the fittest

And this jungle which its inhabitants refer too,

as the Green Inferno

Is only a few hours flying time

from New York City

was it to remind us that four brave Americans

went there to make a documentary on life in the jungle

was it also to remind us for instance

that before venturing into space

we should become more acquainted

with the planet that we live on.

Four young and fearless Americans,

children of the space age...

armed with cameras, microphones, and curiosity.

Alan Yates, director famous

for his documentaries on

Vietnam and Africa.

Faye Daniels, his girlfriend and script girl.

and their two cameramen, inseparable friends,

Jack Anders and Mark Tomaso

Four youngsters who never came back.

But let's have a look at them

at the beginning of their incredible adventure.

Here at the border between Brazil and Peru.

They are about to board a plane

to take them to the Rio Ocoro.

A last outpost from which they will continue on foot.

Deep into the Amazon Jungle.

Into the area known as the Green Inferno.

Hey, are you really not scared?

Not at all... I have been in plenty

of dangerous places with them.

What about you, Alan?

Well there's only one thing scares me.

and that's marriage..

He'd take me to the North Pole to put it off...

I'd say you succeeded this time too.

And this last time.

Yes, provided we come back in one piece.

Alright, alright... Let's go.

Well you four are certainly the first

to embark on such an adventure.

There was a expedition in 59 and another in 67

And neither of them came back.

Yea that was Smith and a bunch of Frenchman.

Yea, Frenchman, they were amateurs

and a bunch of jerks.

They never succeeded in doing anything.

For us the difficult doesn't exist.

The impossible just takes a little more time.

We have Felipe our guide.

Those are the last pictures we have of them.

Two months have passed

since they were last heard from.

Are they still alive?

And if so - where are they?

These are the questions that

the rescue team sponsored by

New York University and the

Pan American Broadcasting System

...hope to be able to answer.

Thank you for accepting Professor Monroe.

Good luck.

Professor Harold Monroe,

NYU's noted anthropologist.

Has taken part in various expeditions

exploring primitive cultures.

But this will be his first journey into Amazonea...

Help him!

Enough

Look at what he's carrying...

A lighter!

Poor Oliveira...

He was only 20 years old.

Once it hits the bloodstream,

there is nothing one can do...

Better a bullet than a dart

from a blowgun.

But we gave him the serum

at the right time.

Sure, the serum

It only works half the time...

If it isn't already too old

by the time we get it.

The guys wouldn't give a sh*t

after the death of Oliveira.

And they are right.

In a short while the American is arriving...

... and we've got orders to help him.

He's lucky

A Yacumo prisoner is like a

passport into the Green Inferno.

Here you are Lieutenant...

Well Professor Monroe...

Do you think you can turn that...?

Thanks... All I can say is that you

anthropologists and missionaries,

are made out of special stuff.

If hell holes like this didn't exist

I'm sure you would invent one.

Whereas I'd give both my...

well let's say I'd give anything

to be somewhere else.

Look, Lieutenant.

I'll be as little trouble as possible, it's just...

I'm sure you got enough problems of your own.

I'll have to be honest with you...

No, no thanks...

I need your help in organizing this expedition.

How can I refuse?

You have been recommended by everybody.

Only a sure guarantee that you'll

still be breathing when you return.

Look, I know this is not going

to be a picnic, believe me.

This is not my first trip into bush.

A skunk must have pissed that...

Lieutenant...

This lighter belonged to Faye Daniels.

Come with me, Professor.

I'll introduce you to your guide.

He's the best there is,

if you can get along with him.

Hey Chaco! This is professor Monroe.

Hello... Nice to meet you.

Lieutenant here was telling me...

What a excellent guide you are.

You gonna take all of this with you in the jungle?

Yes, well forget it.

We gonna need some weapons...

Some ammunition plus some medicine

that's all we need.

I already told your friends.

The more you carry, the quicker you get tired...

the sooner you die.

Alright, alright...

All I wanna know Mr. Chaco is

do we have a chance of finding them alive?

Who's to say?

The only thing I know is - we're gonna risk our lives to

save those f***ers...

Let's go see Yacumos.

Great warriors, these Yacumos!

They're afraid of no one except the Tree People.

No white man has ever seen them

Or the ones who have, never lived to tell.

Did you see this?

Looks like the sacred scar of Ateri.

That's what is. He's a son of a shaman

and he's been consecrated

to the spirit of the jaguar

Which also explains what they were doing

this far from home.

What do you mean?

They were caught, yet they are

not really cannibals.

Some religious ceremony...

To chase evil spirits outta the jungle...

White men's spirits

Come on, Professor...

Quit worrying about Yacumo!

You can't afford to waste your strength

helping that savage.

He'll out live all of us!

Can you make it?

We'll have to wade across.

But there are no piranhas here.

Come on!

Come on...come on...

There may not be any piranhas

but there is always

a few hungry cavemen around.

Leeches!

Leave that sh*t alone.

He can't do it by himself

and there's three of us here..

Why can't we help him?

Don't try this again Professor.

Here, we do as I say, and this bastard...

needs to know who is the strongest.

Chaco's right, Senor.

This guy's completely full of hate.

As soon as you don't look,

he will slit your throat.

They passed this way.

Yacumos dig a hole to cook.

And it means...

We're following the same trail, right? Right.

Hey, Professor!

I recognize these teeth.

This is Felipe Ocana.

He knew the jungle as well as I do.

That makes me feel terrific.

I wonder what was his mistake.

See that? We're near his village;

he can already smell his home.

Mira!

Here comes dinner...

Hey. Mira!

A muskrat!

Today we eat meat, OK?

This is Miguel ... hurry up I'm hungry

It's dying that's for sure...

Hey, Chaco, what the hell are you doing?

It's for our Yacumo friend.

A little bit of this stuff

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