1980 · horror · gore · cannibal
Anthropophagus
Directed by Joe D'Amato1h 32m1980
Tourists 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.
Our read: Anthropophagus (1980) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · gore · cannibal entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / gore, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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