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Summary: Chilling Italian Horror Film! Would give it 3 1/2 stars...
Review: THE GRIM REAPER is an Italian film (AKA: ANTHROPOPAGUS), about some travelers who are suddenly stalked by a giant madman who slashes his victims to death and then eats their flesh. There is even a gruesome scene where he kills a pregnant woman and reaches into her crotch, pulling the fetus out and taking a bite out of it. Now, for some of you, this may turn you off the film, but not to fear-- any copy of the film entitled THE GRIM REAPER instead of ANTHROPOPAGUS is edited, and does not contain that scene. This may discourage those "purists" out there who want the film in it's entirety, but for most of us, THE GRIM REAPER is good enough. I love this film; it is too bad I cannot give it 3 1/2 stars, or I would. The DVD contains no extras,and not even a menu, and this may be another setback for the potential buyer. My advice is-- if you haven't already seen the film, DON'T buy it. Chances are, you won't like it. But, definately buy it if you HAVE seen it. If you really do love the film that much, you won't care about the fact that there is no extras. All in all, THE GRIM REAPER is a fantastic film. It might not be my favorite, and this may be an edited version, but at least be thankful that the film actually GOT on DVD!
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Summary: Grim Looking
Review: The Reaper was stuck in a lifeboat with his "wife and son" and to keep from starving decided to eat his dead "son" and then accidentally kills his wife, when she tries to stop him. This must have driven him insane and cannibalistic. The Grim Reaper is probably one of the few movies of its time that is all gore and no sex. The picture quality of the DVD is not too bad; there are no extras, not even scene selections.
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Summary: NOT THE UNCUT VERSION!
Review: This film is titled "Anthropophagus/Savage Island, etc.." in other versions which are UNCUT with all the gore missing from THIS version, "The Grim Reaper". I got a copy on video from Midnight Video under the original title, "Anthropophagus" and it was great! There are two key scenes that I know for a fact are censcored from the U.S. realese "Grim Reaper". The first scene is the infamous fetus eating scene where George Eastman eats an unborn baby ripped from a woman's crotch. The second scene being the end where the beast gets a pickaxe to the belly, where afterwards he proceeds to eat his own intestines. Bottom line it is a must see film for any gorehound, but beware of ANY version, unless it is titled "Anthropophagus".
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Summary: Heavily Edited!
Review: This is a heavily edited version of Antropophagous made by Joe D'Amato,and its have no menu,and horrible sound.
The Movie very good itself,but keep looking for Antropophagous titled UNCUT version.Available at Xploitedcinema.com
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Summary: Good Film Bad Version
Review: This is sad, because as much as i love this film, i must give it one star. This is probably because of the DVD. This film is cut and censored. My point is the 2 most famous parts (The fetus eating and the eating of the organs) have been completly cut out. I think this was due to the rush of companies to get there movies on DVD. I should have known better when i didnt see the name Anthropopaguhs anywere on the box. Tisa Farrow is so hot and we should really get to see alot more of her in this movie (its done by Joe D'Amato the soft-core gore guy who did Ilsa and Emanuell films and we dont see any nudity at all in this film). I have the uncut version, the sequal Absurd and the lesser more cheap tribute and/or remake Anthropopagus 2000. Wait a while, im sure this will come out uncut some day...
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Summary: Stay Away!
Review: What a pile of poop, this is a very , very boring film, and stripped of the gore scenes, you better save your money for something better, banned in the UK, if you saw this version you would think we were all mad in the UK, uncut version - The Anthropogous Beast - hmmm - quick somebody get the uncut version - Anchor Bay?
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Summary: A Complete Bore and Immature Work by a Hack
Review: What gets me the most is the great reviews this pile of junk gets, this is one of the most boring films I have ever seen. Wasting about 1 hour just to introduce us to the bland characters, who are free loving hippies sailing on some yacht near the Turkish islands of Yalepha, we learn to not care about them at all. Once they land on the island, the suspense should begin but all we are shown is vignettes that are typical, the "sex starved guy", the "screaming girl", etc, etc. This was boring as heck and once the crazy monster, played by some half bald idiot in bad make-up comes on the scream, I had to laugh. The supposedly "wicked scene" was nothing but a plastic baby being devoured by the monster, yeah, that's really gruesome! Of course, the end is also typical, instead of attempting to kill the monster, he comes to the survivors of the slaughter and gets a small spike in his head, why didn't they just shoot him in the first place instead of dragging this worthless film over any longer? Grade F.
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Summary: Why Buy?
Review: Why would anyone even buy this knowing it's the [terrible], heavily-edited version? This makes me sick. All this talk about "freedom" and a silly 80's horror movie cannot even be viewed by adults. When the un-cut version becomes available, then I'll give 5 stars and purchase.
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