This two disc set has some great special features.
Disc 1 has a selection of various trailers for Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper (9 minutes 45 seconds), and under just some of its aliases: Antropophagus, The Savage Island, Anthropophagus the Beast and The Grim Reaper. Disc 1 also has trailers for other Shriek Show films: Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (2 minutes 12 seconds), The Being (1 minute 38 seconds), Just Before Dawn (2 minutes 4 seconds) and Shadow: Dead Riot (2 minutes 35 seconds).
Disc 2 has a great selection of extras.
Totally Uncut 2 (1 hour 7 minutes) which is a continuation of a documentary about D'Amato that started in Totally Uncut, which can be found on the Shriek Show DVD release of Images in a Convent. This is presented in Italian with English subtitles, but there isn't a menu option for English, so you shall finally get to use that little 'Subtitle' button on your DVD remote control. Not a bad little doco, but at times it feels like you have walked in on a conversation halfway, mainly due to its 'Part 2' status. The counter though is that this doco has a lot of footage from other D'Amato films, and most of them feature boobies.
Spilling Their Guts (11 minutes 36 seconds) is a selection of highlights from an interview with George Eastman and Zora Kerova. They talk about their experiences in filmmaking, with Eastman mainly talking about D'Amato while Kerova talks about her experiences in reference to her work with Lucio Fulci.
Alternate U.S. Theatrical Opening features 2 American titles sequences: one for this film titled 'The Grim Reaper' (1 minute 8 seconds, which feels more like the opening sequence of an episode of The A Team, and the second one for 'The Savage Island' (1 minute 43 seconds), which is basically the same title sequence as the film presented on this DVD, but in English.
The Photo Gallery is a slide show of promotional material that runs for 1 minute and 42 seconds.
There are also trailers on this disc for Plaga Zombie: Mutant Zone (2 minutes 16 seconds), Rojo Sangre (1 minute 44 seconds), Choking Hazard (55 seconds) and Hiruku the Goblin (1 minute 41 seconds). Have a look around this Trailers menu, as there may be an Easter Egg that features trailers of other D'Amato films… if you get my drift. |