Joe D'Amato

[vincenzo]

I'm not sure of the point of The Grim Reaper. It was missing the above scenes but left in the quite bloody shot of the guy on the beach with the axed head.

[Philleh]

The scene where the woman seemingly looses her skin from her face baffles me! lol

[herman]

The anthro \Ive got is the shriek show 2 disc with docu etc

it may be incomplete but seems to have the juicy bits present and correct.

the film is worth the money for the scene in the well alone, I love that scene - full of suspense.

[Sam@Cult Labs]

I picked up a copy of the German language edition of Em in America for 3 bucks in my local game station a couple of years back. not bad for a limited rlease of 3000, so if any german speaking smut fans would care to translate, I'd be gratful!

It's like going through a blender when you watch it. It swings wildly from soft core swimming scenes to full on hardcore to the worst kind of fake snuff horror then implies that some poor women has jerked off a horse. What a classic! the gore scenes are horrific, easily besting modern efforts like Hostel in their nastiness.

[Philleh]

Lol, I have the Blue Underground release that shows all the horse wanking, cock sucking and burning oil drinking in it's uncut glory! - NOICE!

You don't really need to know much about the story, as there isn't one!

[Peter Neal]

An alternative to the German/Austrian "Antro" DVDs is the Italian 2 disc reelase from "Beat Records", which is noteworthy for a) containing also an English language track WITH the original music score (unlike most German releases which offer English audio, they usually seem to be taken from the "Grim Reaper" track.), b) offers an interesting and subtitled interview with George Eastman and some tunes from D'Amato's flicks on Disc 2 (as well as a trailer for the movie with the alternate title of "Savage Island") and c) is basically fully intact if you don't count a few totally forgettable extra frames of unspectacular scenes.
I should know, I own the Austrian NSM 2 discer with the German audio commentary and the extra frames, too.
Avoid the former "Astro" and "Laser Paradise" releases of the flick like the plague, though!

Yeah, the "Ban the Sadist Videos" documentaries are really great. Essential viewing for anybody, who wishes to get an idea about the video witchhunts of the 80's and believe me: It played out pretty much the same way in Germany during that era

[Someone Weird]

Originally Posted by Philleh

Okay, I admit it - I'm a huge fan of the sleaze-meister known as Joe D'Amato ,real name Aristide Massaccesi and a billion other aliases.

So... What are yours? Are you a fan? Do you wish the man never lived?

My top 5:

Anthropophagus: The Beast
Buio Omega
Absurd
Emanuelle In America
Images in a Convent

Have you got the booklet 'AKA: Joe D'Amato'? Lists every film the great man ever made with cast/crew info etc. Very nice...and yes, I am a big fan of his work. My top 5 D'Amato flicks are:

Emanuelle in America
Emanuelle Around the World
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Anthropophagous the Beast
Caligula...The Untold Story

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Just recieved PAPAYA......that'll be interesting....

[Philleh]

Clearly you didn't like it! lol

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Utter shite-a real disappointment from Joe Sleaze-WHO WANTS IT?