Video Nasties on DVD/BD

Original title: Antropophagus
Manufacturer: Shriek Show
Uncut, anamorphic

Must be the most politically incorrect of the Italian naziploitation titles, a pubic hair eating monster is all it takes. Forget Barry Man!

The US dvd is OOP, which is a fact that I'm not sure many are weeping over. The printed lobbycards and the poster are a nice extra. This is not an actual video nasty.

An underrated film, for a reason. But they never compared it to Golden Temple Amazons!

OMG this is dull... The background story of the original is admittedly quite potential, but it doesn't quite catch the big fish, nor any small fish for that matter... You feel like you are stoned while watching this and become more interested in your own reactions than the movie. Hey, maybe that was intentional? Who knows, but it's a lot of turd. The "sequel" is a big joke. Culled scenes from #1 added with bad straight-to-video baseline... I think the biggest flaw is the slow rhythm. You kinda know everything before it even happens, because it takes so long to happen!

A mediocre film, the US dvd is OOP, but there are copies available...

The infamous cannibal "classic" is available in anamorphic, widescreen presentation uncut. Too bad the film is not that great...

The best of the cut-munching genre. The soundtrack is excellent. This is the uncut version of the film.

A curious tale of a meatcutter with sideburns going berserk and killing everyone and making it a stench problem. An interesting case indeed! A forgotten arthouse classic.

A weird cheapo very similar to Jesus Franco's Cannibals, even some of the actors are the same. At times it even seems like a far-out art movie - the action just doesn't seem from this world... Ha ha... Severin have made a good job with the restoration - extrawise the release is a bit blunt, we only get a saucier version of a scene and a cheesy trailer.

OMG the f/x are BAD! HOW small were the tv screens exactly back in the 80s? Or the movie screens? The plot in itself is inventive.

A bad film directed by the bad boy Jess Franco. A somewhat psychedelic experience. I sometimes find it hard to believe it was the same guy who directed such classics as FEMALE VAMPIRE or VAMPYROS LESBOS! Or maybe he went for a lunch just then..

A sick opening scene saves a lot, but the rest of the film is total waste of everyone's time.

See my review. A film that is amateurish in every possible way but the gore f/x are surprisingly effective, excluding the final scene which is rubbish. A film I cannot recommend nor trash. A film you will grow to like after surviving it, much like war thus.

The adorable Linnea Quigley in a very bad and twisted movie. Something went wrong - really wrong. Who financed this?

It seems nothing really happens in this film... It is mindnumbingly boring. The UK dvd is uncut, but who cares?

A truly disturbing movie with its obvious let-downs, but as far as atmosphere goes, this is a bloody effective movie! The Another World Entertainment released this one-disc-version. There is also the 2-disc version released by Dark Sky. And hell yeah, there were more reasons for the British censors to be appalled than its director being known for TCM! In many ways, this is more disturbing than TCM. The kills are absolutely brutal.

The Casablanca of horror movies gets a release it deserves! What can I say that hasn't been said already, like zillions of years ago? Dude! Did you know that the Finnish VHS prior to the certification system was edited (read: cut) by Renny Harlin, who directed stuff like DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER or LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (which, by the way is one of the more intriguing Harlin films)... ? However, this release is not that cut Finnish version, in fact it is not a Finnish version at all. Why can't they all be like this???

In fact many of the titles on the Video Nasty list ARE nasty. If you ask me, the question of censorship is not about whether something is art or "gratuitous", but it is simply locking films up. Whenever you feel the film is not fulfilling the standards of normality, it is cuddly bye bye behind bars... This has nothing to do with gratuitous content. It is just easier to cope with. I Spit on Your Grave is a very effective movie, and its problem is not that it is gratuitous, but that it is NOT. It is the very example of a movie that - when you release it - it will contradict every single one of your censorship policies! It is a good film too! The Finnish OOP DVD is very good, and there are many good releases around. This was #1 most rented title in the early 1980s in Finland...

Did anyone actually BUY a copy of this dvd? I am still waiting for the FoD Ultimate Collector's Edition, even with the unofficial sequals. This film caused a mild havoc with a few faked scenes, including the monkey-brain-eating. The habit is real, but the scene was fake. I enjoyed the satanic mass scene, what a bliss!

A tiresome effort, a Bill Cosby Show on acid.

A Weird One. Andy Warhol presents a gore movie? I don't think so. The film has been praised a lot, but I think I should watch it again - the last time I saw it was when I was 15. Then I thought it was a waste of time.

A pretty successful little frightener. A good film despite many a critique.

The completely uncensored version in an anamorphic print! This film is at times well above the usual standard of Italian naziploitation genre and at times well below in outright obscenity, especially the scene of group cannibalism is appalling to say the least. At times the film tends to be a bit too boring compared to your usual naziploitation adventures.

Avoid at all costs.

This MYA release wasn't that bad after all, although some of the material is from a VHS quality source. Anthropohagous and this were never too dear to me, but nevertheless films definitely standing from the crowd.

David Hess acts once again a nasty guy. This is a success of a film, shocking of course, but you cannot mention it in the same sentence with the likes of The Slayer or The Ghastly Ones.

A Dario Argento classic often thought inferior to his other classics, but I think it is just different.

A somewhat pathetic film starring Anita Ekberg as a psychotic nun.

Uncut in the UK.

My absolute favourite.

The US dvd is uncut, too bad the film is so lousy.

Crappy and perverse, a shameless exploitation title that you would like to send to the outer space.

This collection is here because of the film MAN FROM DEEP RIVER. The rumours were that it was the cut British version, but it is the uncut version!

A somewhat muddled performance? C'mon, it's only a movie! There are not many cannibal movies I can say I truly like. In fact, I can't think of any! However, the pristine DVD release leaves little to wish for. This is one of those movies I'd like to like, but don't know how.

A rerun on the Last House on the Left. In many ways, this is better and more believable than its predecessor. Yet somehow boring, too much drama for an Italian film!

Not a video nasty, but remembered as one. This is an uncut release of this amalgamation of the Japanese series. To many this American edit is actually preferred to the long and winding Japanese versions. Cut to the chase already!

Crap.

For the sheer promise of completion, a video nasty collector needs to suffer through this piece of garbage. This has to be the WORST 'nasty' and watching this will make you believe that it is actually a pretty important job to ban these movies... If you are not a video nasty completist, forget it.
The dvd is culled straight from a VHS source.

Again a classic in the European cinema. Indeed, the 1980s were an interesting era; some of the core foundations of cinema were declared "nasty". It is an interesting history to anyone who understands cinema, but such a peculiar one. How, for one thing, can such things happen outside George Orwell's novels? The film, it is often declared, launched the whole FRIDAY THE 13TH phenomenon. It is one those films that looks a bit different every time you watch it - depending on the surroundings and mood of the viewer! The Italian RARO DVD release is, at least to me, a precious gem.

Although quite frozen most of the time, the eerie atmosphere saves the cake. The British DVD is uncut and the print quality is pretty sharp, notwithstanding some minor flaws. The audio quality is not that sharp. There are no extras.

A pretty desperate Alien clone with poor f/x, poor plot and poor soundtrack. Not that many redeeming qualities, especially since the thrash value is poor too. At least, it has that early 80's flavour to it.

A delirious film with its obvious shortcomings, a wonderful release with an uncut presentation from the best possible sources.