Film
- The Green Inferno takes its name from the documentary the film crew makes. The movie itself is a tribute to cannibal films of this era.
- In Kong: Skull Island, a soldier is impaled by a giant spider's leg. The film's director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, confirmed on his Twitter that this is in reference to Cannibal Holocaust.
Literature
- We Eat Our Own is a Roman à Clef about the film's Troubled Production. Many of the incidents that the film crew have in the novel really happened during the making of Cannibal Holocaust.
Music
- Foxygen have a 2014 song called "Cannibal Holocaust", from the album ...And Star Power. According to the album's liner notes, the song originally sampled the Cannibal Holocaust theme, but the song ultimately released is merely a similar melody, making it an Artifact Title.
- In the music video for "Dare" by Gorillaz, Russel is reading a newspaper with the headline "CANNIBAL MASSAKREN", which is the film's Danish title.
Western Animation
- In South Park S 3 E 1 Rainforest Schmainforest, the Season 3 premiere of South Park, the native's village has four heads on stakes and a video camera in a gruesome homage to this film.
