Antropophagus
Directed by:
Joe D'AmatoScreenplay:
George EastmanComposer:
Marcello GiombiniCast:
George Eastman, Tisa Farrow, Serena Grandi, Zora Ulla Keslerová, Margaret Mazzantini, Joe D'Amato, Mark BodinPlots(1)
Perhaps the most notorious 'video nasty' of all time, Anthropophagous is back to deprave and corrupt a fresh wave of horror film viewers! Joe D'Amato cemented himself into genre film history with this slickly directed, and sinisterly suspenseful, creature feature which has some unprepared tourists arriving on a desolate Mediterranean island - only to find themselves stalked by a silent cannibalistic Neanderthal! Featuring gory special effects, that convinced some British moral guardians that Anthropophagous was a legitimate 'snuff movie', there is little doubting that this timeless terror totem still holds up today. (88 Films)
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This brief shocker stands out thanks to its unique location on a remote Greek island, powerfully atmospheric soundtrack, terrifying killer and one or two extraordinarily gross bits of disgustingness, which made it a classic of the genre. Italian horror trash with courage and an irresistibly distinctive face.
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Nothing happens for a long, long time in the beginning, and even after the cannibal first appears, it's hard to talk about anything shocking, or at least suspenseful. It’s just a borefest, and the awful keyboard claps do get on your nerves. In the last twenty minutes D’Amato kicks things up a bit, there are two "appetizing" scenes, and the "dessert" with a human fetus is really very creepy. Oh, by the way, George Eastman, the cannibal is really handsome. I'm surprised I've never seen him on a teen-mag poster, I'm sure there would be a spot on the wall of a lovelorn fifteen year old's room :)
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It was watchable, yeah, but I would have liked a bit more action and gore. Those couple of scenes are really good, but they are too few and the first half of the film feels quite empty. What’s great is the atmosphere full of uncertainty and fear about the things to come, but the music score is annoying, like in most Italian horror.
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Awful horror garbage recommended as a manual by seven out of ten cannibals and zero out of ten filmmakers. I can accept the stupid music, but the constantly stagnant events and the absence of any memorable scenes (perhaps with the exception of the very last one) are marked. Compared to this, the degenerate Cannibal Holocaust is a piece of intellectual filmmaking.
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The moment when the murderer appears on the scene and we see him for the first time is really well done, and horror falls upon the viewer, which is associated with this revelation. Literally like the birth of a beast, which also immediately shows off. The film doesn't overdo it unnecessarily, doesn't explain unnecessarily, and it won me over with that. It's not a brilliant horror, but from an Italian production, it is definitely something worth paying attention to. It may look ordinary, but you can feel that horror was truly the primary focus. Even the gore is not as ubiquitous as one might expect, but it is chosen in the right measure.
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