may contain spoiler and concern make up effect and but not plot well and well . after year of video collecting and countless hour of fast forwarding and and the occasional decent flick and i have finally get my hand on a copy of the infamous antropophagus . i use to read old threat theatre catalog and and issue of the dark side magazine and and i hear about all the video nasties and and exploitation and and trash and and think to myself and man it would be great to get my hand on some of that stuff . it all seem so rare and obscure like a cult collector dream . but a i start to find ex rental copy and bootleg at flea market and such and i come to an even more shocking conclusion represent most of this trash and really be trash . hardly be any of these film truly gorey or impressive and none of them live up to their american counterpart . i would gladly trade in my franco and damatos and and fulci and any day for old school raimi and savini and and peter jackson ( new zealand ) . the definition of a video nasty and in truth and be simply any film that the british find offensive . it doesn not mean it good and or that it will even shock you and it mean that the british be far too easily offend . and so we have antropophagus . from cult favorite and joe damato . the version i own have the most ludicrous dubbing i have ever see in my entire life and along with japanese subtitle . in the beginning of the film we be quickly treat to one of the good moment when a male victim lay on a beach receive a hatchet to the face . but sit tight and because that all you get for the next hour and until finally the title character show up . it frustrate to say the least and when watch a horror movie and if the bad guy do not even appear once during the first hour . i mean it and not even one shot of his face until the last 30 min of the film . george eastman play the antropophagus beast and or the grim reaper and depend on which version you own . all in all and he be creepy and a good slasher talker type and but more laughable and than say micheal myers and or jason vorhees . all of the horror elements in this film be strictly routine and by the number type of fare . however the atmosphere create be unique . although it be poorly execute and you can see the potential for something scary and within the great landscape and set on this island . too bad the lame dialogue and ridiculous off time soundtrack ruin any possibility of suspense . i will admit one thing . unlike jesus franco and lucio fulci and i do like joe damatos direct . this may sound like a long shot and but i like the way his film look and especially emanuelle in america . he have good camera movement and and his film benefit greatly from a widescreen presentation . but back to the issue at hand . the gore scene in this effort be far and few between ( yes and i have the uncut version . ) . perhaps and judge by the cover and by the general buzz about this nasty i be expect some over the top gore fest similar to evil dead or bad taste . well i couldn not have be far from the truth . the amount of blood and gut in this film amount to about 1 min of screen time . thesis moment consist of 1 hatchet to the face and 1 sword to the back and a couple of slit throat and 1 hanging and of course both the infamous fetus for lunch and auto cannibalism scene . the first and be so quick and build up that it do before it even begin . antropophagus reach into the pregnant character and pull out what look like the fetus of a small animal and proceeds to take a single bite and then bam . the scene end . what . all that controversy over 20 second of that . i could have make a more shocking scene on my dad camcorder with a $ 20 budget . talk about a rip off . anyone expect some grotesque display of horror of the most graphic nature and will either throw their remote at the television set and or laugh themselves silly . on to the only other highlight or lowlight depend on your point of view of this movie . the scene in which antropopo eat his own intestine . again and i can not say enough how much of a disappointment this be . antropopo take an axe to the chest ( albeit and it a hefty blow to the sternum ) and which look incredibly fake . he then stuff his mouth with some ( half decent ) look intestine that he pull from say axe wound which open his chest . then he collapse and and the movie be over . to be honest i find the gory scene in the whole film to be when a girl victim be lift through a hole in the roof by her neck . that seem to be more shocking than either the fetus or intestine . i be expect the most visceral thrill but this and the few other glimpse of gore be so quick and unimpressive and that a a gore hound i be truly disappointed . there be no painfull close ups or slow motion technique use to glorify the bloodshed and which may make me sound sick and desperate and but i argue that this be what the typical fan of this kind of film will be look for . if not and why would someone bother to go through all the trouble of locate an uncut copy and i ask . bottom line if your look for a good fun romp with lot of carnage and try don not go in the wood ( 1980 ) and or night of the demon ( 1980 and or more standard stuff like dead alive . if it damato your look for and i would suggest some of his more entertaining work like troll 2 and or the any of the ator series . he also have quite the line of porn and erotic material and most of it easy to find and if that float your boat . but if you must have antropophagus and i wouldn not recommend pay more than 10 buck and a the best part of the movie be look at the classic cover of the box it come in . 4/10 .