Five friends are travelling and planning on touring the islands. They bump into Tisa Farrow who plays Julie and she joins them. They are going to drop Julie off on an island where she is going to meet her weird friend Henriette (Margaret Mazzatini). Once they get to the island things are amiss including a cannibal (George Eastman) who has a bit of a hunger issue.
To me this is an extremely mixed bag. I find that I am not a fan of how director Joe D'Amato and cinematographer Enrico Biribicchi shot this. It seems too close up at times when I think a wider shot would be more effective. Is also filled with some cheap jump scares that do not work.
The two things that do work in the film are the gore is top-notch and for that was added to the infamous "video nasties" in the UK. One scene in particular involving a pregnant victim stapled this title to that list. Another thing that works is George Eastman. In a film filled with 0 performances worth mentioning in almost the first hour of the film Eastman shows up in the 3rd act and is huge, menacing and creepy. He is quite effective in this role. Problem is the gore and Eastman do not make up enough of a difference to make this a fully worthwhile film. Without them this film's rating would be dropped at least a couple points. I understand the concept of not seeing the monster to begin with. It adds tension. Yet in this film it is a snoozefest when Eastman is not on screen. So the film would have worked better in my opinion if he was shown right from the start. Story by D'Amato and Eastman who then penned the screenplay. Both also acted as producers.
To me this is an extremely mixed bag. I find that I am not a fan of how director Joe D'Amato and cinematographer Enrico Biribicchi shot this. It seems too close up at times when I think a wider shot would be more effective. Is also filled with some cheap jump scares that do not work.
The two things that do work in the film are the gore is top-notch and for that was added to the infamous "video nasties" in the UK. One scene in particular involving a pregnant victim stapled this title to that list. Another thing that works is George Eastman. In a film filled with 0 performances worth mentioning in almost the first hour of the film Eastman shows up in the 3rd act and is huge, menacing and creepy. He is quite effective in this role. Problem is the gore and Eastman do not make up enough of a difference to make this a fully worthwhile film. Without them this film's rating would be dropped at least a couple points. I understand the concept of not seeing the monster to begin with. It adds tension. Yet in this film it is a snoozefest when Eastman is not on screen. So the film would have worked better in my opinion if he was shown right from the start. Story by D'Amato and Eastman who then penned the screenplay. Both also acted as producers.