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People are voting emotionally.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I have already seen this classic formula in horror films, in which a group of young friends go on vacation to a far-away land, only to find their trip cut short by a series of fortuitous and gory events, followed by an imminent death. "Antropophagus" manages to stand out in its own way, by offering a genuinely frightening villain, extreme gruesome deaths and a perfect setting for the story. I have always thought that the locations of a horror film sometimes have a greater role than the central characters of the story. In this case, the scenario in which the action takes place in a European island, which is actually a beautiful place, but also a devastating scenario that creates a feeling of isolation and vulnerability.In "Antropophagus", a group of travelers go on a trip to Greece and are joined by a young woman named Julie, who asks them for a ride to an island because she wants to meet some friends. While the group explores the seemingly deserted island, they come across a rotten dead body, which obviously prompts them to rush back to the boat, only to find it adrift. Julie suggests taking shelter at her friends' house, and when they get there, they find the family's blind daughter in an utter state of panic. The teenage girl, named Henerietta, explains them that her family was killed some days ago by a lunatic. Later, the friends find out that most of the island residents were murdered by the same insane killer, a man named Nikos, who feasts on human flesh and is now out to get them. I have seen hundreds of horror films and while I can see that certain horror villains, such as Michael Myers, are frightening and creepy looking, that's basically it; I can acknowledge their creepiness, while not necessarily being afraid of them. With this film, I was genuinely afraid of the antropophagus (performed by the surprisingly good-looking Luigi Montefiori). The cannibalistic villain appears as a gruesome beast-like creature with hideous scars all over his face, shredded clothes, a sinister smile and deranged eyes that give the impression that he is some kind of ravenous wild animal that is out to catch his prey. The antropophagus is definitely one of the most intimidating villains I have seen and his image is haunting. "Antropophagus" features some very effective chase sequences full of suspense, in which the killer goes after his human prey with ferociousness in his eyes and a very disturbing smile. The gore is plentiful and intense, which made my stomach turn once or twice, while not necessarily making this film a torture show. I admit I am easily impressed by gore and I tend to dislike extreme brutality, even when it looks ridiculously fake. However, sometimes gore serves a purpose, when is not just there for the sake of seeing guts scattered all over the place. In some cases, like it happens with this film, the crudeness of the gore help to convey a feeling of vulnerability and even anxiety. The lead actress is Tisa Farrow (Mia's less known sister) who gave her last performance in this film, in which she accurately provided all the basics that the audience normally expect on a lead girl from a classic horror movie: she's beautiful, but also angelic and innocent. Her character is likable and nice, but also capable of becoming a warrior towards the end and facing that horrible man that is out to get her. And speaking of the devil, the antropophagus himself is played by Italian actor Luigi Montefiori (who goes by the name of George Eastman in this film). I have never seen Montefiori in anything else, except "Antropophagus", but I honestly have to say that this is one of the scariest horror villains I have seen in basically 20 years as a horror fan. He was amazing as the beast-like killer.To this day, "Antropophagus" remains as one of my favorite horror films, although in all honestly, I don't see it very often, because I actually find it scary and even depressing for moments (that's a good thing, since horror films are not supposed to cheer us up)

"Anthropophagus", in my opinion is a misunderstood flick. I've mostly seen reviews in which a couple of particular scenes are mentioned and not much else, those being the fetus scene and the killer's death. While these scenes are the highlights, I believe it offers more.The setting of the film is absolutely beautiful, with the island location being showcased almost as much as the characters themselves. While I can not argue that it is slow at times, the film focuses on atmosphere, and a mid section that is almost "gothic", at night during a storm in the abandoned mansion. The film pulls no punches, as pregnant and blind women are disembodied and disemboweled without any remorse. The scene where the killer is seen inside the locked room after the door closes and all is thought to be safe is particularly effective.While none of the stranded tourists are particularly memorable, the cast is diverse enough to keep the story going, and their relationships and troubles with one another add to the mayhem. The movie is almost post-apocalyptic and hopeless in tone, since the island is all but deserted and the group is trapped without modern fixings."Anthropophagus" is a gruesome shocker, and also basically a slasher, but has more mood and setting than people often give it credit for.

The plot = A young woman and friends sail to a small Greek island only to discover that everyone has vanished, upon investigating they come across a blind girl who claims a monster has killed everybody, which turns out to be a disfigured man with a taste for human flesh and the group of friends quickly become his main course.I know this movie more as "The Grim Reaper" besides it's other title that I can't even pronounce. Only a few slashers have touched upon mixing Cannibalism with straight up slasher, but this one seems to go all out there, but only in the uncut version and there are several scenes which make this movie hard to watch, like the infamous fetus scene. But other than those scenes this movie is far from perfect, for a start the bad lighting makes it almost impossible to see especially the night scenes and most of the characters aren't very likable and the only standouts are from Tisa Farrow and Geogre Eastman who plays the psychotic madman.I also found the storyline quiet interesting and the setting of the Greek island is both eerie and beautiful at the same time, and the background story on the killer is both thrilling and unsettling to watch at the same time, The scares are all in the right places from the opening scene all the way through to the final showdown between heroine and killer, kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through.All in all Anthropophagus is something of an acquired taste, but a slasher with a interesting storyline mixed with true terror and sickness is a true rarity in slasher movies.

Antropophagus is the first Joe D'Amato film I have seen, having heard quite a bit about the director and his works. I was kinda excited to finally sit down and watch this, as I have heard a lot about it, and I am currently trying to watch all the video nasties so having got a hold of another one delighted me! Unfortunately this one, after getting to a promising start, descends into nothingness for too long, before finally getting to the gore in the last 20 minutes.The story is extraordinarily simple: a group of people arrive at an island to find it is totally abandoned. Unluckily for them, everyone is actually dead, and a deformed cannibal is running loose murdering and eating anyone he can. So, over the course of the night and the next day the group are one by one dispatched in gruesome ways.Now, the lack of an interesting plot does not annoy me, in fact, this movie COULD have been very good. The opening is quite promising, but most of the middle section of the film consists of the group wandering aimlessly around the island. These scenes drag on for way too long, and eventually become very annoying. There are some scenes here and there which are well shot and are full of atmosphere, with a sense of dread permeating the air. When the maniac is first revealed in the house, it is a pretty terrifying scene, and the build up is fantastic. Likewise, the chase at the end is fantastic and incredibly tense. It is moments like these which show that D'Amato has some skill as a director, but he does not know how to build tension and keep it for a long period of time and he just does not know how to keep a story going.For example, there is a subplot with a lady in black who we see stare out of a couple of windows. This is all though, the obvious mystery surrounding her and the murderer is not developed at all, leaving nothing at all. The acting and dialogue are god-awful, and there are numerous unintentionally funny scenes (like the awesome product placement segment on the boat, you will know it when you see it). However, the gore, when it comes around, is well done and suitably sick. There are two scenes in particular which have become rightly famous for being over the top and depraved.Overall, Antropophagus is not a bad movie, nor a good one. Despite the many poor qualities, the movie definitely has strengths which lift it above being poor. I would recommend it to people who are intent on seeing everything nasty, but with a warning that it is very slow.2½/5