(1981)
Director: Joe D'Amato
Writer: George Eastman
Absurd (a.k.a. Horrible, a.k.a. Rosso Sangue, a.k.a. The Monster Hunter, a.k.a. Zombi 6, a.k.a. Anthropophagus II: Anthropophagus Harder) is a fairly paint-by-numbers slasher that could only have come from Joe D'Amato. While not actually a sequel to Anthropophagus (and having absolutely nothing to do with any of the other Zombi films), the film does take a few elements from D'Amato's previous film. It takes place in the United States during Superbowl weekend. Although the fact that everyone at the Superbowl party is eating spagetti and the idea that anyone in the U.S. would refer to the game as "american football" gives it away as being from the mind of someone who has never actually been to the United States. George Eastman reprises his role of a crazed madman, who this time has been driven crazy by Catholic scientific experiments which have left nearly every part of him, minus his brain, completely invulnerable. Absurd and Horrible are in fact very appropriate titles. The film even throws in a few Halloween plot devices with the unstoppable boogeyman terrorizing a babysitter while being tracked by someone who knows how to destroy him, this time a priest.
Absurd does contain quite a few gory kills, but was more than likely added to the video nasties list because of it's association with Anthropophagus. It's pretty entertaining and certainly has a good cheesy slasher vibe to it. I'll admit that I got a bit bored at times, but overall I feel like it was certainly better than Anthropophagus.
Enjoyability: 7 out of 12 beers
Quality: 4 1/2 out of 10 skulls
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