Question: What year did a director die who directed a cannibal movie where a team meets a mad doctor ( Donald O'Brien ) ?

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Cannibal films, alternatively known as the cannibal genre or the cannibal boom, are a subgenre of exploitation films made predominantly by Italian filmmakers during the 1970s and 1980s. This subgenre is a collection of graphically violent movies that usually depict cannibalism by primitive, Stone-age natives deep within the Asian or South American rainforests. While cannibalism is the uniting feature of these films, the general emphasis focuses on various forms of shocking, realistic and graphic violence, typically including torture, rape and genuine cruelty to animals. This subject matter was often used as the main advertising draw of cannibal films in combination with exaggerated or sensational claims regarding the films' reputations. The genre evolved in the early 1970s from a similar subgenre known as Mondo films, exploitation documentaries which claimed to present genuine taboo behaviors from around the world. Umberto Lenzi is often cited as originating the cannibal genre with his 1972 film Man from Deep River, while Antonio Climati's Natura contro from 1988 is similarly regarded to have brought the trend to a close. Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust, released in 1980, is often considered to be the most well-known film of the genre due to the significant controversy surrounding its release, and is one of the few films of the genre to garner mainstream attention. In recent years, the genre has experienced a cult following and revival, as new productions influenced by the original wave of films have been released. Due to their graphic content, the films of this subgenre are often the center of controversy, and many have been censored or banned in countries around the world. The animal cruelty featured in many of the films is often the focal point of the controversy, and these scenes have been targeted by certain countries' film boards. Several cannibal films also appeared on the video nasty list released by the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1983 in the United Kingdom. Nonetheless, the genre has occasionally fallen under critical interpretation, and certain films have been noted for containing themes of anti-imperialism and third world oppression.
Film Director Year Also Known As
Man from Deep River Umberto Lenzi 1972 Il paese del sesso selvaggio ( The Country of Savage Sex ) ; Deep River Savages ; The Man From Deep River ; Sacrifice !
Ultimo mondo cannibale Ruggero Deodato 1977 Last Cannibal World ; Jungle Holocaust
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Joe D'Amato 1977 Emanuelle e gli Ultimi Cannibali ; Trap Them and Kill Them
The Mountain of the Cannibal God Sergio Martino 1978 La montagna del dio cannibale ; Slave of the Cannibal God ; Prisoner of the Cannibal God
Papaya , Love Goddess of the Cannibals Joe D'Amato 1978 Papaya dei Caraibi
The Primitive Sisworo Gautama Putra 1978 Primitives ; Savage Terror
Cannibal Holocaust Ruggero Deodato 1980 Holocausto Canibal
Eaten Alive ! Umberto Lenzi 1980 Mangiati vivi !
Zombie Holocaust Marino Girolami 1980 Zombi Holocaust ; Zombie 3 ; Zombi 3 ; Queen of the Cannibals ; Doctor Butcher , M.D . ( Medical Deviate )
We 're Going to Eat You Tsui Hark 1980 Diyu wu Men
Orgasmo Nero Joe D'Amato 1980 Black Orgasm
Devil Hunter Jesus Franco 1980 Il cacciatore di uomini / The Man Hunter ; Mandingo Manhunter
Mondo Cannibale Jesus Franco 1980 Cannibal World ; The Cannibals ; Cannibals ; White Cannibal Queen ; Die Blonde Gottin ( The Blonde Goddess ) ; A Woman for the Cannibals ; Barbarian Goddess
Cannibal Terror Alain Deruelle 1981 Terreur Caníbal ( contains stock footage from Jesus Franco 's Mondo Cannibale )
Cannibal Ferox Umberto Lenzi 1981 Make Them Die Slowly ; Woman from Deep River
Diamonds of Kilamandjaro Jesus Franco 1982 Treasure of the White Goddess
Cannibal Love Joe D'Amato 1982
White Slave Mario Gariazzo 1984 Schiave Bianche : Violenza in Amazzonia / White Slave : Violence in Amazonia / Amazonia : The Catherine Miles Story
Cut and Run Ruggero Deodato 1985 Inferno in diretta / Hell ... Live ! ; Amazonia
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley Michele Massimo Tarantini 1985 Nudo e Selvaggio / Naked and Savage ; Cannibal Ferox 2