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Notorious by reputation

6 films · August 2026

Films whose legend outran them: banned, prosecuted, or argued about for forty years by people who mostly have not seen them.

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  1. Poster for Cannibal Holocaust

    Cannibal Holocaust

    1980 · Italy · 96m
    Obscurity: canon

    A serious film about media atrocity that committed real atrocity.

  2. Poster for Cannibal Ferox

    Cannibal Ferox

    1981 · Italy · 93m
    Obscurity: known

    Lenzi chasing Deodato with none of the argument. Real animal deaths, no defence.

  3. Poster for Africa Addio

    Africa Addio

    1966 · Italy · 132m
    Obscurity: known

    Not staged, which makes it far worse. A repellent document.

  4. Poster for Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS

    Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS

    1975 · USA/Canada · 96m
    Obscurity: known

    Shot on the leftover Hogan's Heroes set. Nothing here is defensible; it's catalogued, not recommended.

  5. Poster for The Last House on the Left

    The Last House on the Left

    1972 · USA · 84m
    Obscurity: canon

    Bergman's Virgin Spring, brutalised. Genuinely unpleasant and knows it. Tonally a mess.

  6. Poster for Faces of Death

    Faces of Death

    1978 · USA · 105m
    Obscurity: known

    Mostly fake, entirely cynical, and a rental-shop legend regardless.

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