Anthropophagus
1980 Directed by Joe D'Amato
Synopsis
...He's coming for you
A group of tourists become stranded on an uninhabited island where they are stalked by an insane, violent, and grotesque killer that slaughtered the town's former residents.
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Joe D'Amatos shlocker might be cheap but it is a lot of fun. Cheap and cheerful!
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"HE'S COMING FOR YOU!"
This is a pretty cool movie, although I do reckon that you need to be a little sick in the head in order to truly enjoy Joe D'Amato's wicked imagination. "Antropophagus" (LOVE the title!!) is a notorious video-nasty because it contains shock-sequences that ...well...aren't exactly for the squeamish! The pivot figure is a savage and bloodthirsty man that prowls a Greek island (Greek islands are dangerous tourist places apparently...anyone remember 'Island of Death'?) and devours pretty much everything and everyone that crosses his path. The film focuses on the encounter between this maniac and a group of young tourists that coincidentally strand on the island. Apart from the downright nauseating gore (he eats a fetus, for…
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Welcome one and all to the strange world of Joe D'Amato, who first made a name for himself in the '70s by taking popular movie brands and giving them his own unique twist. D'Amato put his bizarre stamp on a number of genres, most notably his outrageous take on the 'Emmanuelle' movies.
An uneasy mix of slasher and cannibal movies, 'Anthropophagus' takes place on a small Greek island that has come under-siege by a crazed flesh hungry creature (George Eastman). Arriving on this island are a group of tourists, who through searching the deserted nearby village make a number of gruesome discoveries. Eventually they make their way to a mansion, a place that holds a terrible secret, there they get…
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I love this movie for how whole heartedly stupid it is. They took a pretty moronic concept of a guy who got so hungry he ate his family and now he prowls around an island being really sunburnt and crazy eating more people, he's also George Fucking Eastman. It also helps this movie is a gore hounds delight. It's just one of those movies thats near and dear to me.
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A group of tourists are planning a Greek boating holiday and they agree to take a stranger named Julie (Tisa Farrow) with them as she needs to get to one of the islands in the area for a Nanny job.
Upon arrival at the island though they find that all the people have vanished.
When they discover a rotted, half-eaten, corpse they wisely decide to flee.
But their boat has been cast adrift and they’re now stuck on the island with a deranged Cannibal killer….One of the most famous titles on the UK Video Nasties list and one of the most widely seen.
And one that perhaps needs (at least I came to this conclusion after this latest viewing)… -
Just look at that poster,it's a thing of gruesome beauty. While it may seem strange to feature a films penultimate scene bold as brass on the poster,it was a good decision in this case as George Eastman munching on his own intestines is by far the standout moment of the whole movie.What precedes the final act is somewhat standard slasher fare,with a mentally scarred lunatic stalking some forgettable teen characters. The island setting is a nice change of pace from the usual summer camps and suburbia found in most slashers but the storyline doesn't keep the thrills coming quite fast enough to really make the film essential viewing.
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Joe D'Amatos shlocker might be cheap but it is a lot of fun. Cheap and cheerful!
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"HE'S COMING FOR YOU!"
This is a pretty cool movie, although I do reckon that you need to be a little sick in the head in order to truly enjoy Joe D'Amato's wicked imagination. "Antropophagus" (LOVE the title!!) is a notorious video-nasty because it contains shock-sequences that ...well...aren't exactly for the squeamish! The pivot figure is a savage and bloodthirsty man that prowls a Greek island (Greek islands are dangerous tourist places apparently...anyone remember 'Island of Death'?) and devours pretty much everything and everyone that crosses his path. The film focuses on the encounter between this maniac and a group of young tourists that coincidentally strand on the island. Apart from the downright nauseating gore (he eats a fetus, for…
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This is an obscure, vintage Italian cannibal horror film by sleazy director Joe D'Amato, who was more famous for making porn than horror movies.
It's about a group of tourists who go to a remote Greek island, only to discover that everyone is dead because an insane killer has hunted and eaten parts of them.
Most of the movie is super boring, unless you get pleasure from ludicrous English dubbing and a bizarre synthesizer soundtrack that causes headaches instead of suspense. The acting is terrible, and there's lots of pointless scenery and conversation. Hardly anybody gets killed until the last 15 minutes. They also apparently spent their entire special effects budget on a few corpses, because there really wasn't much…
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A group of tourists are planning a Greek boating holiday and they agree to take a stranger named Julie (Tisa Farrow) with them as she needs to get to one of the islands in the area for a Nanny job.
Upon arrival at the island though they find that all the people have vanished.
When they discover a rotted, half-eaten, corpse they wisely decide to flee.
But their boat has been cast adrift and they’re now stuck on the island with a deranged Cannibal killer….One of the most famous titles on the UK Video Nasties list and one of the most widely seen.
And one that perhaps needs (at least I came to this conclusion after this latest viewing)… -
Welcome one and all to the strange world of Joe D'Amato, who first made a name for himself in the '70s by taking popular movie brands and giving them his own unique twist. D'Amato put his bizarre stamp on a number of genres, most notably his outrageous take on the 'Emmanuelle' movies.
An uneasy mix of slasher and cannibal movies, 'Anthropophagus' takes place on a small Greek island that has come under-siege by a crazed flesh hungry creature (George Eastman). Arriving on this island are a group of tourists, who through searching the deserted nearby village make a number of gruesome discoveries. Eventually they make their way to a mansion, a place that holds a terrible secret, there they get…
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I love this movie for how whole heartedly stupid it is. They took a pretty moronic concept of a guy who got so hungry he ate his family and now he prowls around an island being really sunburnt and crazy eating more people, he's also George Fucking Eastman. It also helps this movie is a gore hounds delight. It's just one of those movies thats near and dear to me.
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Rare to find a story behind why the lunatic is actually the way he is in these Italian gores.
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A brutally violent, slow-paced Italian slasher/cannibal film from sleeze-master Joe D'amato. The story is thin, characters cardboard, but the beautiful Island locale, and competant cinematograpy do occasionally create a creepy atmosphere. Oh... and the gore! Let's just say, its off the charts! A must see for anyone a movie like this would appeal to!
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badass...