Ključna beseda Human Sacrifice

Oskarjev nagrajenec Mel Gibson, ki nas je v kinih nazadnje šokiral s krvavim Kristusovim pasijonom in ki je režiral in tudi igral v filmih Pogumno srce in Mož brez obraza, nas tokrat želi podučiti o vzrokih za propad veličastne civilizacije Majev. S pomočjo mladeniča Jaguarja, ki ga majevski bojevniki ujamejo in namenijo žrtvovanju bogovom, spoznamo nekdaj mogočno kulturo, ki so jo zanemarjanje okolja, verska obsedenost s krvavimi obredi in ustrahovanje vladarjev, pripeljali na rob propada.

Cannibal Holocaust je italijanski kanibalski film iz leta 1980, ki ga je režiral Ruggero Deodato, scenarij pa je napisal Gianfranco Clerici. V njem nastopa Robert Kerman kot Harold Monroe, antropolog, ki vodi reševalno ekipo v amazonski pragozd, da bi poiskali skupino filmskih ustvarjalcev, ki so izginili med snemanjem dokumentarca o lokalnih kanibalskih plemenih.

Miyako Arata is newly assigned to the Shinjuku Ward Office's Nighttime Regional Relations Department. Each of Tokyo's 23 wards has one such department, established to mitigate paranormal and occult-related events. Arata's special skill is the understanding of non-human speech, and the story begins with him encountering a youkai at Shinjuku Gyoen park who refers to him as the legendary Heian-era exorcist, Abe no Seimei.

In 1979, three young women were killed in a streak of brutal murders in Fall River, MA, allegedly by a satanic cult practicing human sacrifice. Twenty years later, new evidence has surfaced and shed light on murders that were thought to have been solved.