Anthropophagous (1980)
Anthropophagous (1980)
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tisa Farrow
Julie
Saverio Vallone
Andy
Serena Grandi
Maggie
Margaret Mazzantini
Henriette 'Rita'
Mark Bodin
Daniel
Bob Larson
Arnold
Rubina Rey
Ruth Wortmann
Simone Baker
First Victim
Simone Baker
First Victim
Mark Logan
Second Victim
George Eastman
Klaus Wortmann
Zora Kerova
Carol
Joe D'Amato
Director
Antonio Benetti
Still Photographer
Christian Alexander Morán
Post-Production Manager
Enzo Frattari
Assistant Camera
Daniele Tommaso
Continuity
Oscar Santaniello
Producer
Marcello Giombini
Composer
Giovanni Ferrucci
Production Secretary
Giuseppe Ferranti
Special Effects
Ornella Micheli
Editor
Donatella Donati
Assistant Director
Goffredo Salvatori
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 7, 1980
Original NameAntropophagus
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsGreece
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This Movie Is About.
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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 and co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, who stars as a cannibal. The film also features Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini and Mark Bodin.
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 were prosecuted in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, and the "controversy greatly aided its cult reputation" as well.