ANTHROPOPHAGOUS (1980) / ABSURD (1981) -- Severin Films, September 25th, 2018

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Joe D'amato's infamous Video Nasties get their U.S. Blu debut from Severin Films this September.

ANTHROPOPHAGOUS (1980)
Joe D’Amato’s Gore Classic
Now Uncut In 2K
For The First Time In America!

It has been called “seriously creepy” (CoolAssCinema.com), “insanely violent” (Nerdist.com) and “truly repulsive” (DVD Talk). It was seized by UK authorities as a ‘Video Nasty’ and accused of being an actual snuff film. Yet even by ‘80s Italian gore-spewing standards, this grueling shocker from sex & sleaze maestro Joe D’Amato (BEYOND THE DARKNESS) still stands as perhaps the most controversial – and extreme – spaghetti splatter epic of them all. Tisa Farrow (ZOMBIE), Zora Kerova (CANNIBAL FEROX) and co-writer/producer George Eastman (STAGE FRIGHT, 1990: BRONX WARRIORS) star in this depraved daddy of cannibal carnage from “Italy’s King of Trash Sinema” (Horrorpedia.com), now featuring a 2k scan from the original 16mm negative – including two of the most gut-retching scenes in horror history – and spurting with all-new Special Features.

Special Features:
* Don’t Fear The Man-Eater: Interview with Writer/Star Luigi Montefiori a.k.a. George Eastman
* The Man Who Killed The Anthropophagus: Interview with Actor Saverio Vallone
* Cannibal Frenzy: Interview with FX Artist Pietro Tenoglio
* Brother And Sister In Editing: Interview With Editor Bruno Micheli
* Inside Zora’s Mouth: Interview with Actress Zora Kerova
* Trailers
* Reversible Wrap

ABSURD (1981)
Joe D’Amato’s Splatter Epic
Now Authorized & Uncut
For The First Time Ever In America!

Toss away those inferior bootlegs and experience sleaze maestro Joe D’Amato’s infamous follow-up to ANTHROPOPHAGOUS like never before: Borrowing heavily from HALLOWEEN, D’Amato unleashes gut-spewing Greek boogeyman (screenwriter George Eastman) into suburban America for a “gruesome as hell” (CinemasFringes.com) and “incredibly sadistic” (ASlashAbove.com) saga of doomed nurses, butchered babysitters, bio-chemical clergy and some of the most insane splatter scenes in Italian gorehound history. Edmund Purdom (FRANKENSTEIN’S CASTLE OF FREAKS, PIECES) and Annie Belle (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, LAURE) co-star in this “violence-soaked bloodbath” (Hysteria Lives) and former ‘Video Nasty’ – also known as THE GRIM REAPER 2, ZOMBIE 6, HORRIBLE and MONSTER HUNTER – now featuring a 2k scan from the original negative and gushing with all-new Special Features.

Special Features:
* Rosso Sangue: Alternate Italian cut (with optional English subtitles)
* The Return of the Grim Reaper: Interview With Actor / Writer / Co-Producer Luigi Montefiore (George Eastman)
* D’Amato on Video: Archive Interview With Director Aristide Massaccesi
* A Biker (Uncredited): Interview With Michele Soavi
* Trailer
* First 2500 copies includes Bonus CD Soundtrack
* Reversible Wrap

Anthropophagous/Absurd Severin Films Trailer - YouTube