Anthropophagous (1980)

Simply A Masterpiece

Better Late Then Never

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This Italian/German made horror tells the tale of a group of characters so dull and personality less I don't think I ever even acknowledged their names. They arrive on an island and come under attack from a cannibal, each being picked off one by one.As you can imagine you'll have seen it all before but the film does have a couple of notable features.Radiating that 70's vibe you'll be right at home with the ridiculously red "Blood", over the top blips and blops within the soundtrack and all the usual tropes.Antropophagus was one of those banned video nasties which you watch now and you simply cannot understand why. This one however does have one particularly unpleasant scene but even that is done in such a laughable manner it loses credibility.The Good: One great death scene Interesting killer The Bad: Awful 70's score "That" baby scene Lifeless characters Things I learnt from this movie: Not every Italian horror is a masterpieceOur killer must be an atheist since he eats a baby

Sick movie. A bit slow in the middle. But good cinematography, acting, music. Decent story This contains one of the sickest scenes put on film. Forget Dawn of the Dead, that movie sucks in comparison. Very good location shots, and cinematography. Decent acting, English dubbing OK. Music was good. The flashback scene needed some more work.My rating is a B, for a good B movie, or a 7. Well worth watching. Sick movie. A bit slow in the middle. But good cinematography, acting, music. Decent story This contains one of the sickest scenes put on film. Forget Dawn of the Dead, that movie sucks in comparison. Very good location shots, and cinematography. Decent acting, English dubbing OK. Music was good. The flashback scene needed some more work.My rating is a B, for a good B movie, or a 7. Well worth watching.

"Antropophagus" it's a 1980 horror film by Joe D'Amato, this is quite an interesting movie, its very different from your average Italian gory exploitation film, I don't have anything to compare it to, Joe D'Amato manages to deliver a decent amount of thrills with the small budget and the little ambition he had for this film. The worst parts of this movie are it's boring scenes, they dominate the film to a huge extent, but that doesn't mean that the film its boring in its entirety, it has a decent amount of scenes that I found to be quite interesting, suspenseful, and even fun. The gore its cheap, but that's expected from films like this, with an incredibly small budget, but D'Amato creates a dreadful atmosphere with its direction and the locations he chooses.I cant say that its a forgettable film, some scenes are quite riveting and memorable, like the scene in the catacombs, a very grotesque and dreadful scene, or its amazing ending scene.I would recommend the film for those who like D'Amato's films, its quite slow at times, but it has some memorable scenes, and its suspenseful at times.

Don't look for great acting in Joe D'Amato's gory horror flick. This is strictly low budget. In fact D'Amato, known as "The Evil Ed Wood," was never concerned with production values in his over 200 films. He was out to make money, and that was his yardstick for a good film - it was profitable.This film, properly known as Antropophagus, along with Absurd (Horrible) and Buio Omega (Beyond the Darkness), have given him cult status among horror film fans.It does have one great thing going for it. It was filmed in Greece and has a Greek soundtrack. Splendid! A lot of it was also filmed in Italy, and that is good, too.If you see the uncut version, as I have, you will gain 3 minutes of gore over the American version (The Grim Reaper), including the pregnant woman scene.The movie was the last for Mia Farrow's sister Tisa, who went on to become a nurse.