a boatload of tourist go to a desert island and run afoul of a vicious derange cannibal ( a genuinely creepy performance by the hulking george eastman ) . director or co writer joe damato make inspire use of the remote lush tropical setting and expertly creates and sustain a strong mood of pure flesh crawl dread and and handle the extremely disgust gore set piece with lip smack nasty brio . wile the opening third be laboriously slow and draw out and the story fortunately pick up steam and really start cook when the boat passenger reach the island represent the island location project a profoundly unsettling feeling of isolation and vulnerability and the cannibal filthy corpse strewn underground lair be a truly scary place and and and of course and the moment of intense hardcore splatter deliver the disgusting good ( stomach churn highlight include a meat cleaver to the face and a severed head in a bucket and a couple of tear out jugular vein gush blood and the infamous fetus eat scene and and the gloriously gruesome climax with the cannibal munching on his own intestine ) . the cast do a decent job with their role and with acceptable turn by tisa farrow a the appeal julie and severio vallone a nice guy andy and serena grandi a the pregnant maggie and margaret mazzantini a the blind henriette and mark bodin a the amorous daniel and and zora kerova a the jealous and superstitious carol . with his brawny build and hideously malformed face and greasy and stringy hair and heavy breathing and and snaggle teeth and eastman register well a a very menacing and frightening bogeyman figure . enrico biribicchi pretty and picturesque cinematography give the picture an attractive sunny look and make nifty occasional use of a hand hold camera . marcello giombini wonky synthesizer score do the spine tingle trick . but it the movie fiercely pronounce and unapologetic element of deep seat sickness which give the proceeding an extra rough and scuzzy edge while the mean and morbid atmosphere be so powerfully render that it sure to make you squirm . a worthwhile italian horror splatter item .