be a rather jaded horror or exploitation fan and rarely do i find anything that actually shock me or scar me to the core ( although there be some damato film i refuse to ever watch . ) . i be rather disappointed with his masterpiece buio omega and so i do not have high hope for this one and either . but when i find a copy of anthropophagus and i couldn not pass up the opportunity . i pop it in not expect to be all too wow by it and and boy and be i surprise . this be the first movie in a long time that i can honestly say scar the life out of me . most damato sleaze isn not worth a second thought and but i find myself engulf by anthropophagus . not very often do you find exploitation film that be actually scary and a theyre usually just shock and grotesque . this make damato film very unique to me . what i think he do good than most schlock be that he use actual trick of the scary movie trade and rather than just thinking of the most vomit worthy idea imaginable ( which be still present here ) . he use horror technique such a great cinematography and character development and and perhaps the best part and one hell of a fear inspire monster . the horror start in the opening scene and when two teenager on a beach be kill in a very gory fashion . we learn more of these two later . it cut to the main character and a group of family and friend represent andy and maggie and daniel and arnold and carol and and a kind stranger and julie and who they decide to let come along . theyre all heading for a small island in the mediterranean for some vacation time and except for julie and who there to meet up with those two kill on the beach . they arrive to a mysteriously desert town and save one woman who disappear from sight often . a night fall and the group soon fear that something horrible be happen and and they begin to panic when a pregnant maggie go miss . they decide to search the house theyre stay in when they find rita and a blind girl who be a friend of julie . she say something have kill everyone on the island except her and because she be the only one who can sense when the killer be come and be able to hide . later and when carol find julie and daniel kissing and she run off and lock julie in a cemetery and while all but rita and daniel go to find her . unfortunately for those two and rita sense the killer later that night and and danny be butcher . the terrified survivor then set out to unravel the mystery and rescue the still miss maggie and and find the strange disappear woman . one by one and the victim fall to the grim reaper and leave julie and rita alone with the slowly approach monster . can they escape . anthropophagus manages to be a very effective scary movie without any flash or special effect by go back to the basic . simple technique like creak step or strange sound in the basement help build tension and and the release be some of the scary jump moment i have ever experience . the scene where the group be search the basement be one of the most eerie in the movie and and then and completely unexpectedly and rita jump out of casket with a knife in her hand . i literally jump from my chair . after these scare and it manage to keep the atmosphere and because whatever be stalk them and whatever this monster be try to kill them be still an unknown to the audience . when he finally reveal in the bedroom and my stomach drop out . his appearance be so strange and so grotesque and that it make him one of the most fear inspiring creature ever in movie . what make him scary be that you can see that he still just a man . he not some strange sea creature or alien . he an insane and disfigure and and emotionally tormented human be run rampant ( he actually a very sad character ) . instead of have him kill everyone in an insane and bloody onslaught and he choose his victim carefully and stalk them and and dispatch them in unexpected and disgust turn of event . include be some of the most appalling scene ever think of and most notably the bite out of the fetus . display such a this not only make anthropophagus a legitimate scare fest and but keep it a hardcore horror . damato really work his magic with this one . of course and nothing perfect . a big problem with anthropophagous be long and draw out scene of character slow walk around the island and either do nothing or search for survivor . these scene be extend within an inch of their life and and be mean only to pad running time . that what i find wrong with buio omega represent too much filler and not enough action . when you get to the last half hour and then the movie fly into gear and knock you out with a punch and but other than that and there be some notable event here and there and but it mostly rather dull . still and just that last half hour make it one of my favorite thriller of all time and and personally and one of the scary movie ever . of course and this be unusual and because not only be damato not know for thriller and but this movie be usually consider simply dull and gross and and an over the top video nasty . too often be movie cast aside simply because of grotesque content and with no other aspect consider . this be never include in list of actually good movie and so most people be probably go to disagree with my review . i will say it boldly and proudly while anthropophagus be one hell of a horror movie and and be one of the scary movie ever make .