Absurd 1981 a priest comes to a small town to help get rid of a monster whose blood coagulates very fast. For nine seasons, we thrilled to their lavish escapades and marveled at nolan millers often absurd, though never anything less than dramatic high fashion. Trailer for the 1981 horror film absurd aka rosso sangue, anthropophagous 2. Leave it to joe damato, italian exploitation and porno filmmaker, to take the emerging slasher craze in america and grind the shit out of it for italian audiences. Also included is the films synth drenched soundtrack on a separate cd. Aristide massaccesi and frequent starwriterproducer george eastman luigi montefiore made the wise decision to mount a sequel of sorts with absurd, a mashup of early 80s slasher tropes that quickly ran afoul of the u. Dynasty the complete series aaron spelling, 198189 cbsparamount the carringtons and the colbys. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title absurd. Death waltz recording company is proud to unleash another cult classic from the video nasty era with carlo maria cordios musical score to joe damatos notorious absurd aka rosso sangue. Nov, 1981 will a complete lack of inhibition lead the way to wisdom. The following films probably cover those extremes and everything between. Absurd 1981 has some fascinating ideas along with the familiar ones, there just isnt a lot of plot orbiting around them.
It is not a direct sequel as such, more of remake, come cash in in the wake of that film s, unexpected, success. The list contains the best, new and most relevant absurd movies ordered by relevance. This creates problems as the monster is very hard to kill and then decides to go on a killing spree of its own. The film does slow down somewhat once the action settles at the bennett house. The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highestgrossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. If you cant tell by now, absurd is indeed on the absurd side, so it earns some solid craziness points. Absurd 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Absurd is a strange title for this italian produced movie but then again it bears no relationship to its alternative title anthropopagus 2 as regards the original storyline. Absurd 1981 also known as rosso sangue, anthropophagus 2, horrible, the grim reaper 2 and zombie 6.
Theatrically, absurd was released as rosso sangue in october 1981 in italy. Bringing up the rear is the films theatrical trailer. A pseudosequel to anthropophagus, the film reunited damato with george eastman, star of the previous film, and brought the action from greece to america where the nearinvincible mikos escapes. The halloween lifts, splashy gore, dead eyed eastman, and inexplicable narrative elements ensure that cult film fans should find a lot to like here.
Absurd is a 1981 italian horror film directed by joe damato and written by george eastman. The cambridge introduction to theatre and literature of. Oct 15, 2018 does anyone else think that in empire strikes back when the emperor tells vader we have a new enemy luke skywalker, i have no doubt the boy is the offspring of anakin skywalker paraphrasing i know why didnt vader think hang on you told me my wife died before she could give birth youve been lying to me for about 20 years screw you man. For the bulk of the film about 88 minutes comes from a. May, 20 absurd 1981 is prolific italian director joe damatos real name aristide massaccesi sequel to his earlier horror outing anthropophagous the beast, and i use the term sequel loosely since the only real connection between the two films is that they both starred actorwriter george eastman luigi montefiori playing the part of a. A priest pursues a violent madman george eastman who can heal himself. The basic plot is similar to john carpenters halloween. Lastly, for those who contributed to the campaign, the bluray also comes complete with a nice glossy slipcover of the films original video nasty cover art. Absurd of 1981 is sometimes named a sequel to damatos shocking highlight antropophagus of 1980. Bennetts accessible introduction explains the complex, multidimensional nature of the works and writers associated with the absurd a label placed upon a number of writers who revolted against traditional theatre and literature in both similar and widely different ways. Bromance on film night of the demon s1ep009 by bromance on film.
Absurd 1981 aka rosso sangue, anthropophagous 2, horrible. This is not really true, as while both films star george eastman as the vicious villain, and both films are extremely gory, the story lines have nothing at all to do with each other. Hannibal is currently the highestgrossing film in the u. For the bulk of the film about 88 minutes comes from a clean source. Films 154 comments 0 followers 10 under construction amy berlin tunnel 21 dance craze nobodys perfekt pacific banana this is elvis tuck everlasting king of the mountain sugar babies dirty tricks sphinx comin at ya private lessons riding high eu te amor crocodile tulips moon mask rider. The film has been relentlessly compared to halloween over the years due to its seemingly indestructible antagonist stalking a babysitter and her charges, with one of them constantly looking in the shadows for the. Cordio augments the riff in interesting and varied ways, sometimes going down the goblin route with the big and impactful percussion and the funk beats, with a healthy dose of synth, or going for a bit of a chilled out protolethal. To put it another way, can inner peace be achieved by methods that, on the surface, appear absurd. It is not a direct sequel as such, more of remake, come cash in in the wake of that films, unexpected, success. George eastman, edmund purdom, annie bell, charles borromel, katya berger. Sep 26, 2018 absurd, his faintly familiar remix of john carpenters halloween complete with babysitters and a towering person in the role of the shape, is yet another collaboration between himself and actorwriter george eastman and, yet again, they somehow manage to screw it up. Monster hunter is an italian horror film considered to be an unofficial sequel to the anthropophagus beast. Before the film, there is a disclaimer that explains that two sources were used to make this the most complete version.
In one of the films stranger developments, that mysterious man from the opener actually turns out to be a greek. The 15 best movies influenced by the philosophy of albert. The recommendation service has sorted out absurd, humorous, not serious, clever, funny and cult film films and tv shows about with dialogue, storytelling, brutality, chase, parody, violence, mentor, vengeance, disorder and fantasy world plots mostly in comedy, horror and scifi genres shot in usa, uk. As with anthropophagous before it, absurd is one hell of a gore drenched thrill ride. Directing under his most well known pseudonym of damato there is the genre mashup of 1977s emanuelle in america. Absurd, a term used in logic to describe a contradiction. A priestdoctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree. Directed by joe damato and starring george eastman. Absurd soundtrack from 1981, 1982, composed by carlo maria cordio. The complete 1981 film guide list movies list on mubi. A killer is on the loose, but this is no ordinary manic, instead mikos george eastman is a lumbering, seemingly unkillable force of nature. Absurd 1981 absurd is the halloweenesque sequel to 1981 s insomniacs dream anthropophagus. After scoring his most notorious international hit with anthropophagus known to u.
Life at an ashram, search for inner peace the new york. Monster hunter, horrible and the grim reaper 2 is a 1981 panamanianitalian horror film directed, lensed and coproduced by joe damato and starring george eastman, who also wrote the story and screenplay. The plot is styled more after halloween ii than the. With george eastman, annie belle, charles borromel, katya berger. Next of kin 1982 complete movie guide on movies database by vintage movies. Will a complete lack of inhibition lead the way to wisdom. See the full list of absurd cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Overall, this is another outstanding release from 88 films, amounting to one of the more impressive restorations in their ongoing italian film collection. Their work focused largely on the idea of existentialism and expressed what happens.
Absurd is the followup to anthropophagous 1980, joe damatos gutmuncher literally. The added gore including an ultratorturous scene involving an oven and cool electronic music score is. Carlo maria cordios score is centered around a versatile sevennote piano riff that gets an amazing amount of use without ever feeling too stale or repetitive. May 27, 2015 absurd soundtrack from 1981, 1982, composed by carlo maria cordio. Sep 30, 2018 bringing up the rear is the films theatrical trailer.
Absurd, in some ways, is a more interesting film than anthropophagous, despite neither really having anything to do with each other. Some cite similarities to halloween ii, but if release dates are correct, halloween ii came out in october of 1981 and absurd was released in italy in october of 1981, so anything in common is just a coincidence. In honor of hot tub time machine 2 and the continued use of its timetraveling bathing appliance, we take a stroll down a very weird memory lane. This incorporated softcore pornography, hardcore sequences as well with most infamously a naked woman giving a horse a handjob and the last act features realistically gritty and disturbingly intense faux snuff film footage. Dec 31, 2014 absurd 1981 and the hack ideals of joe damato the hack ideals of joe damato these are examples of great auteurs of italian genre cinema mario bava, dario argento, lucio fulci and sergio martino. Dynasty the complete series aaron spelling, 198189 cbs. Its here where the most tense moments occur, only these would be more effective if some fat had been shaved off in the editing room. George eastman, annie belle, edmund purdom, charles borromel themes. Some cite similarities to halloween ii, but if release dates are correct, halloween ii came out in october of 1981 and absurd was released in italy in october of. George eastman, annie belle, cristiano borromei, katya berger, ted rusoff, kasimir berger, edmund purdom, hanja kochansky, ian danby, freddy unger, michele soavi, mark shannon, dirce funari. It was directed by joe damato, was written by george eastman, and it was on the video nasties list in the early 1980s. All tracks edited on this release has been previously recorded and used in 1981 for the score of the film absurd aka antropophagus ii aka horrible aka rosso sangue.
This time around damato brings to us a sense of pace, making absurd much more enjoyable. Absurd 1981 aka rosso sangue, anthropophagous 2, horrible, the monster hunter by kat ellinger on may, 20 0. The 15 best movies influenced by the philosophy of albert camus posted on october 14, 2015 september 22, 2019 by luca badaloni if you consider absurd to be whatever is without any meaning, or not connected to any meaning, youre probably in the wrong list, but if you consider absurd to be a lack of sense, logic and rational. Absurdity, general and technical usageassociated with extremely poor reasoning, the ridiculous, or. Dynasty the complete series aaron spelling, 198189. I cannot think why this was originally on the banned nasties list back in 1984 when you consider the modern gorefests are far more graphic and explicit but maybe back then anything mentioning cannibals or slasher serial. Absurd, his faintly familiar remix of john carpenters halloween complete with babysitters and a towering person in the role of the shape, is. Released by death waltz recording in 2015 containing music from pieces 1982, absurd rosso sangue horrible 1981. Aristide massaccesi directed this gory sequel to antropophagous under the pseudonym peter newton, although he is best known as joe damato. As for the film, its a fun slasher with some nice gore scenes.
While the film does its darnedest to emulate any number of slasher pics you can name, it still doesnt make a lick of sense. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the. On vhs, the film was released by avo and cinemanetwork. Life at an ashram, search for inner peace the new york times. Absurd 1981 absurd is the halloweenesque sequel to 1981s insomniacs dream anthropophagus.
Monster hunter and probably a thousand other titles. The complete 1981 film guide list by jerome magajes. Absurd band, german metal band from the 1990s absurd song, 1997 song by fluke theatre of the absurd, art form utilizing the philosophy of absurdism. Only joe damato could be so absurd as to disguise a shameless ripoff of john carpenters halloween as a sequel to anthropophagous, but severin films bluray presents the film at its best.
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