Absurd (film)

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Movie
German title Absurd
Original title Rosso sangue
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1981
length 83 (cut version) minutes
Age rating FSK unchecked, indexed, confiscated nationwide
Rod
Director Joe D'Amato
script George Eastman
production Joe D'Amato
Donatella Donati
music Carlo Maria Cordio
camera Joe D'Amato
cut George Morley
occupation

Absurd (also the result of Hell or Antropophagus 2 ) is a 1981 horror film directed by Joe D'Amato .

action

A man escapes from a top-secret research laboratory in which biological experiments on humans are carried out. He is forced to brutally kill other people. The modifications made to him in the test laboratory allow him to regenerate on his own if he is injured. While fleeing, he is wounded and admitted to an American provincial hospital, from which he escapes after he has healed himself. Now he is going back to his lust for murder in the surrounding small town. Both the scientists who experimented on him and the police have pursued him. Ultimately, he ends up at the Bennett family home, where he kills the housekeeper and babysitter of the paralyzed daughter. Before the murderer can kill the girl, she manages to get up despite her paralysis, poke out her eyes with a pair of compasses and then behead her.

criticism

"A brutal thriller that confuses tension with unhesitatingly lined-up sadisms and bloody excesses."

- Lexicon of international film :

production

Filming for the film began in May 1981. It was shot in Fiano Romano .

The film was marketed internationally as a sequel to Antropophagus . Although originally planned by Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi), the two films have neither content nor form in common. The revised script was written by lead actor Luigi Montefiori under a pseudonym (George Eastman) free of charge with the condition that he played the lead role because he had rejected the original script, which was more based on the original film. The sole reason for this was the fact that he did not like the original film Antropophagus, as he "found the film and its performance as not convincing."

Frames

VHS

In the early 1980s, several small labels evaluated the film Absurd for the rental business. The first edition was published by the provider Heeres Video ; Another release of the label C&T Video followed , which was reissued at a later date by Power Video (a kind of successor label to C&T ). All of these versions were shortened by a few dialog scenes; however, contained all scenes of violence. In October 1987, the versions of C&T Video and Power Video were confiscated nationwide; the version of Army Video followed in June 1989 . Video collectors appreciate that not many of these old cartridges exist these days. A large part of the already very small edition was confiscated and destroyed as part of the confiscations; many of the remaining copies may no longer be playable for reasons of age. In the 1990s there were a few unlicensed reprints of the films, e.g. B. from the labels Divisori and JPV Austria . In 1999 the label Astro Records & Filmworks released a licensed new edition, which was also cut by a few dialogue scenes (a total of 8 minutes). An uncut new edition was released in 2001 by the Braunschweig program provider X-Rated Kultvideo .

DVD

The label Laser Paradise released the film shortly after the turn of the millennium as part of their Blood Edition uncut on DVD. Due to the legal history of the film, Laser Paradise decided not to include the label's name on the cover. Only the logo of Astro Records & Filmwork , which acted as licensor, can be seen on the back . Due to a mistake in the press shop at the time, a large part of the edition has become unusable (about two years after publication, adhesive leaked from the sides of the DVD). The specimens still on sale today should no longer have this error.

There is also an uncut version of Astro Records & Filmwork . The film was released under the title Antropophagus II - The Beast Returns .

The provider Best Entertainment also released the film at a later date under the title Antropophagus II . There is a special uncut version that contains the same cut version as other DVD editions and a very heavily cut FSK 16 version that was produced for sale in department stores. The Special uncut version includes, as it did the DVD by Laser Paradise no indication of the manufacturer. Only the logo of the licensor Astro Records & Filmwork was printed on the cover.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Absurd. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Luigi Montefiori in an interview with Manlio Gomarasca, Nocturno, Milan.