Antropophagus
Sign in to saveAntropophagus (also known as Anthropophagus: The Beast, The Savage Island, and The Grim Reaper) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, and starring Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, and Eastman, who portrays a cannibal stalking tourists on a remote island.
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5.4Tourists take a boat to a remote island, where they find that most of the people have disappeared, and something is stalking them. They find a hidden room in the big mansion on a hill, and an ancient diary, which gives them clues to the source of the terror.
Released: 1980-08-0792 minDir: Joe D'AmatoHorror
Cast
- Tisa Farrow as Julie
- Saverio Vallone as Andy
- Serena Grandi as Maggie
- Margaret Mazzantini as Henriette 'Rita'
- Mark Bodin as Daniel
- Bob Larson as Daniel
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Antropophagus
- Film.image
- Anthropophagous-poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Joe D'Amato
- Film.editing
- Ornella Micheli
- Film.music
- Marcello Giombini
- Film.distributor
- Variety Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 92 minutes
- Film.country
- Italy
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Key dates
- Published
- 25 November 1982
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- zombie film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Joe D'Amato
- Screenwriter
- George Eastman
- Cast member
- Joe D'Amato
- Composer
- Marcello Giombini
- Producer
- George Eastman
- Narrative location
- Greece
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Antropophagus (also known as Anthropophagus: The Beast, The Savage Island, and The Grim Reaper) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, and starring Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, and Eastman, who portrays a cannibal stalking tourists on a remote island.
Antropophagus has been described as having "a noted place in the annals of the escalation of gore". The film has gained cult status- if only "amongst fringe horror video audiences". It has been argued that the reason for its cult status lies in its theme of cannibalism, hence "consumption of humans", which lends itself to cult reception. The scene in which the titular man eater strangles a pregnant woman, tears out the fetus from her womb and bites into it, made it become one of the infamous "video nasties" that was prosecuted in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, and the "controversy greatly aided its cult reputation" as well.