Ruggero Deodato has died at the age of 83.
Deodato’s death was reported by the Italian newspaperIl Messagero.
He returned to the genre withCannibal Holocaust, which the director shot in Colombia.

Director Ruggero Deodato.Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty Images
“So, at dinner, you’d see all the conflicts that were going on.
The victims of the Red Brigade.
It was continuous carnage, and you would see it all.
“People sent usCannibal Holocaustwhen Blair Witch came out,“Sanchez said in a 2011 interview withIndieWire.
So we got lucky in that we weren’t hip enough to have seen it.”