Man-Eater - The man eater
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Man Eater - The man eater |
| Original title | Antropophagus |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian , German |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joe D'Amato |
| script |
George Eastman Joe D'Amato |
| production |
Oscar Santaniello George Eastman Joe D'Amato |
| music | Marcello Giombini |
| camera | Enrico Biribicchi |
| cut | Ornella Micheli |
| occupation | |
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Man Eater - The man eater (also Man-Eater or man eater , original title Antropophagus ) is an Italian horror film from 1980 by Joe D'Amato .
action
A couple is on vacation on a beach. Both are cruelly killed.
A group of young people, among them a spiritist, are sailing on a boat in the Aegean Sea. You moor on a small island, which appears deserted on an exploration tour. On a large homestead they meet a blind girl. This tells of an eerie creature who lives here and is responsible for terrible deaths. Meanwhile, this creature - the man-eater - strikes and kills the two people who remained on the boat. Then it loosens the anchor chain, forcing the rest to stay on the island; it is slowly becoming clear that the being is a shipwrecked man who had to eat his wife and child in order to survive himself. Since then he has followed his cannibalistic instincts. In the end, only Julie of the group survives, while the man-eater eats his own intestines, injured.
criticism
"Cheapest type of cannibalism orgy."
"Inconceivable repugnance and excruciating boredom characterize d'Amato's cannibal film: the madness under the hot sun is palpable."
Background and production
Filming for the film began in April 1980. According to the director, this took about a month. The production company for the film was PCM International - Filmirage , which was founded by Aristide Massaccesi and Donatella Donati .
The film was shot on Kodak 16 mm film, which was later "blown up" to the 35 mm cinema format .
The film was shot in Athens , Rome (including the 1907 villa of the Conservatorio di San Eufemia , where the Fondazione Arts Academy and the Accademia Internazionale di Musica are based), in the ruins of Canale Monterano , in the Old town of the holiday resort Sperlonga , in the catacombs of Santa Savinilla in Nepi , as well as the places Sutri and Sacrofano .
The cinema premiere was in Italy on August 9, 1980.
Directed by Massaccesi under the pseudonym Joe D'Amato . Massaccesi considered the low-budget film to be his most unsuccessful horror film because his attempt to build tension had failed; he understood more about Gore .
D'Amato's 1981 film Absurd or Ausgeburt der Hölle (originally Rosso Sangue ) was marketed internationally as Antropophagus 2 , although its content has nothing to do with Antropophagus . The script was also written by Luigi Montefiori .
Subsequently, D'Amato concentrated more on making adult films and withdrew from the horror genre until the early 1990s. In addition, Andreas Schnaas made a remake called Anthropophagous 2000 in 1999 .
Man-Eater has been the target of numerous censorship measures since its appearance in Germany. The indexing decision of the federal inspection agency for writings harmful to minors caused a sensation, as the inspectors did not rule out a complaint for bodily harm . The consumption of the film led to nausea and physical discomfort, according to the indexing report of February 23, 1982. The film has been confiscated nationwide for glorifying violence . In addition, a version shortened by around five minutes was launched on the German market, which was rated for ages 16 and over.
According to the director , the infamous scene depicting the eating of an embryo was realized with a skinned rabbit. This sequence was still included in the German theatrical version and the Super 8 version, but was severely shortened in the video version. It is integrated again in the German-language uncut DVD versions that are now available on the gray market .
Two scenes were removed in advance during the cut, including a scene in which the man-eater of the character played by Zora Kerova cuts the throat with a knife and then collapses dead between half-decayed corpses. This scene was removed due to technical problems with the special effects, and a filmed alternative scene was integrated into the film instead.
The movie poster showing the ogre eating his own intestines was indexed shortly after publication by the Federal Testing Office for writings harmful to minors (indexed September 10, 1981). The then distributor Eurovideo used the movie poster as the cover for the first release on VHS .
The poster was removed from the indexing list in August 2006.
Web links
- Man-Eater - The ogre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 16 - Unchecked , BBFC 18 / R-Rated - Unrated , EuroVideo VHS - Unchecked by Man-Eater - The man eater at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Man-Eater - The man eater . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2005 (PDF; test number: 52 002 DVD).
- ↑ Man-Eater - The man eater. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Unofficial ANTROPOPHAGUS fan page ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interview in Palmerini & Mistretta: Spaghetti Nightmares , Fantasma Books 1996, 78
- ↑ order of seizure u. A. des AG Tiergarten dated April 26, 2002, Az .: 351 Gs 1749/02
- ↑ Manlio Gomarasca & Davide Pulici Nocturno Dossier Number 78. Joe D'Amato. Guida al cinema estremo e dell'orrore Milan, Nocturno Cinema, January 2009. page 38
