The exact number of victims is still unknown, but estimates range from several dozen to several hundred people. The survivors were left traumatized, and many still carry the physical and emotional scars of the "Holocausto Caníbal."
The other perpetrators received varying sentences, but many escaped punishment altogether. The impunity with which they acted was a result of the remote location of the crimes and the lack of effective governance in the region.
Most horror films follow a predictable structure: explorers enter the woods, they are brutalized by natives, and the final girl escapes. subverts this entirely in its final ten minutes.