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Old 25th July 2017, 07:27 PM
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Never noticed either and I've watched it twice.

Maybe it's the shabby looking extended cut they're talking about ?
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Old 26th July 2017, 10:38 AM
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I've always preferred ANTHROPOPHAGEOUS to ABSURD.
ABSURD is a fun watch, but ANTHROP has more atmosphere.
I agree.
I used to enjoy Absurd a lot more, when I was younger.
But it could be, because it was the very first Italian gore movie (together with New York Ripper on the same tape), I saw back in my early teens.
Seeing them both now on blu-ray, Anthro sure have better locations (the house looks great), better gore, and more interesting characters.

Absurd spends too much of the running time, with that incredibly boring family, watching football, and that annoying piece of shit kid, who I wish got eaten by Eastman.
Visually it's boring, compared to Anthro.
But I still have a weak spot for the movie, and the scene with the saw, is a highlight

Anthro is insanely slow in the first half, but as soon as they reach the house, and the storm arrives, it actually becomes quite atmospheric.
And thankfully, the hilariously horrible music also calms down a bit, and almost start to sound a little bit like an actual score.
At times, it sounds like someone handed a Casio keyboard, to a bunch of deranged monkeys

So happy with this release
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Old 26th July 2017, 03:15 PM
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No idea what they are, but apparently some new titles have been added to the 88Films sale

https://88-films.myshopify.com/colle...88-summer-sale
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Old 26th July 2017, 03:18 PM
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I think House of Traps was one. There is definitely more but I don't know which haha.
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Old 28th July 2017, 01:53 PM
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Anthopophagous review:

Anthropophagus (The Grim Reaper)

"The remastered 2017 version from 88 Films (which is region free versus the region-locked earlier version), with the same LPCM English or Italian tracks and, in a nice touch, the addition of English SDH subtitles in addition to the English translated subs for the Italian version. The film has undergone some much-needed color correction that makes it a far more robust, impressive viewing experience; the blood is now a vivid red, skies are blue, and flesh tones look dead on. This release also corrects the tendency of several past transfers to try to brighten the film up too much in the middle of the film when the house is supposed to be shrouded in darkness and characters are walking around trying to see by candlelight. Here the day-for-night color timing and black levels are back down to where they logically should be; for instance, one key attack sequence with Eastman striking during a lightning storm should only show him in shadowy glimpses with his eyes and teeth flashing, an eerie effect absent on the previous two discs."



I hope 88 Films gives all Italian films the same treatment, in the future.
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Old 30th July 2017, 06:26 AM
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Coming in November:

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Old 30th July 2017, 09:32 AM
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Coming in November:

Attachment 193235

Also coming from Mondo Macabro in the US.

I'll be purchasing the one which has been properly colour corrected.
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Old 30th July 2017, 09:57 AM
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It annoys me that they did such an awesome job on ANTHRO but such a mess on BEYOND THE DARKNESS.
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Old 30th July 2017, 01:29 PM
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Coming in November:

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Never heard of it.

What is it? Giallo, Eurocrime, rom-com?
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Old 30th July 2017, 02:24 PM
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Never heard of it.

What is it? Giallo, Eurocrime, rom-com?
Giallo
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