Joe D'Amato's Anthropophagous Finally Comes to 4K UHD in North America
By Lio Renwick
Severin Films is releasing Anthropophagous (1980) on 4K UHD Blu-ray in June, marking the North American UHD premiere of Joe D'Amato's notorious Video Nasty. The film is scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and is the first time the film has been available on 4K in North America.
D'Amato's 1980 cannibal horror was condemned as a Video Nasty in the UK and accused at the time of being an actual snuff film. The film stars Tisa Farrow (Zombie) and Zora Kerova (Cannibal Ferox), alongside co-writer and producer Luigi Montefiori, who acts under the name George Eastman and whose credits include The Great Alligator and Absurd.
The Three-Disc Collection pairs one UHD disc with two Blu-rays and gathers multiple versions of the film, the same configuration Severin used for its worldwide UHD premiere of Lucio Fulci's The Black Cat (1981).
Disc 1 and Disc 2 include both the original theatrical Italian version and an extended Italian cut that incorporates a never-before-seen sequence obtained through Rome underworld contacts. The third disc adds the U.S. theatrical cut, released as The Grim Reaper. The theatrical and extended Italian versions each run 92 minutes, while The Grim Reaper runs 82 minutes.
The transfer was scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and frames the film at its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio. Audio options include English Mono and Italian Mono, with closed captions and English subtitles.
The Blu-ray disc with the main feature comes with a substantial set of new interviews. Director Joe D'Amato appears in Speaking Of Man-Eaters, and Montefiori discusses his dual role as writer and star in Don't Fear The Man-Eater. Actor Saverio Vallone is featured in The Man Who Killed The Anthropophagous, and Zora Kerova looks back on the production in Inside Zora's Mouth. Editor Bruno Micheli contributes Brother And Sister In Editing, while FX artist Pietro Tenoglio breaks down the film's gore in Cannibal Frenzy. Film professor Aaron AuBuchon provides a video essay, They Eat Their Own, and a trailer is also included. The UHD disc itself adds a trailer.
Anthropophagous releases June 26, 2026 during Severin's Summer Sale. The UHD is region free while the Blu-rays are coded for Region A.
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