Cannibal Holocaust

Ten days after the premiere in Milan, the Italian courts seized the film and arrested director Ruggero Deodato on obscenity charges. Deodato later faced additional charges of multiple murder based on allegations that several actors were killed on camera. To maintain the illusion of the documentary footage, the four primary actors had signed contracts requiring them to remain out of the public eye for one year following the release. To disprove the charges, Deodato contacted Luca Barbareschi and instructed him to locate the three other actors. The murder charges were dropped once the performers appeared in court.

When a member of the Yamamomo tribe raises Faye's severed head, the wig slips, briefly revealing the yellow polyurethane foam of the prop underneath.

The Grindhouse Releasing (USA) and Siren Visual (Australia) DVDs/Blu-rays omit the United Artists Europa logo in favor of a text crawl regarding the film's violent content: "The following motion picture contains intense scenes of extreme violence and cruelty. As distributors of this film, we wish to state with absolute sincerity that by no means do we condone the artistic decisions employed by the makers of this film. However, as firm believers in the constitutional right of free speech, we do not believe in censorship. To quote Thomas Jefferson, 'it behooves every man who values the liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasion of it in the case of others.' Therefore, we are presenting CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST for the first time in its uncut, uncensored original form, with all sequences photographed by the filmmakers, however offensive and repugnant, presented fully intact. What you will see will definitely shock and offend you. Nonetheless, it should be viewed as a disturbing historical document of a bygone era of extreme irresponsibility which no longer exists, and, hopefully, will never exist again. 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' - George Santayana"

The Grindhouse Releasing re-release, as well as the 2005 DVD, features a scrolling warning before the film from the company stating that the film is uncut and uncensored and while they do not support the "artistic decisions" of the film, they do support free speech. It also plays part of Riz Ortolani's music score in the background.