
In Antonello Giallo's follow up to the notorious Pleasures of the Damned, private investigator Jack Steele is hired by a mysterious treasure hunter to help find the lost treasure of Marco Polo. Along for the trip is Jack's adopted son, Billy. Their search brings them to an island off the coast of Argentina... and into the clutches of a primitive cannibal tribe, the Yamma Yamma. Alexis Kinkaid, a mysterious recluse who has made his home on the island amongst the cannibals, may... (Full plot summary below)
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In Antonello Giallo's follow up to the notorious Pleasures of the Damned, private investigator Jack Steele is hired by a mysterious treasure hunter to help find the lost treasure of Marco Polo. Along for the trip is Jack's adopted son, Billy. Their search brings them to an island off the coast of Argentina... and into the clutches of a primitive cannibal tribe, the Yamma Yamma. Alexis Kinkaid, a mysterious recluse who has made his home on the island amongst the cannibals, may hold the key to unlocking the island's secret... if they don't end up in the belly of a savage first! Isle of the Damned, originally released in Italy in 1980, brought Giallo under fire yet again by the Italian government, who were outraged by the shocking and real scenes of primitive tribal rituals and cannibalism portrayed in the film. The film has been long out of print, but is presented here in a digitally remastered form.
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| User ReviewJustin PIf you've ever watched Cannibal Holocaust or any of the other Italian made cannibal exploitation flicks of the 70's and 80's you'll LOVE this film. The film is a send up of that sub genre of horror film, complete with "scratches" on the film and purposely bad dubbing. For example, the main character is a white guy with blond hair, a mustache and wears aviators (that he seems to NEVER take off) the "dubbed" voice they gave him, sounds like a black guy with a really deep voice (think Barry White level deep) and the rest of the cast are just as ridiculous with equally as silly voices. Being a cannibal themed movie, it does have violence and gore...but it's like early Peter Jackson level gore...which is still pretty gory. LOL It's clear that the director was trying to make this film more of a comedy by making it an homage to that genre of film even giving the name of the director a nod to Itilian horror "Antonello Giallo" If you like your films gory, and VERY cheezy...you'll love this film...I can't even tell you how much i laughed throughout this whole film...Check it out! |
| User ReviewVincent PWalks a fine line between surprisingly clever and pants-shittingly awful. |
| User ReviewRobert BI have to give this terrible movie a little bit of credit for a few laughs (mostly due to the horrible voice-over work) and the occasional bit of solid gore (he took his face... off!). Other than that, what the hell is this? If's a serious horror movie, it's far too silly. If it's a parody, it's funny for all the wrong reasons. Although it's possible that everything is as intended, in which case... bravo? |
| User ReviewPaul EDespite the very misleading title,the was absolutely no footage of the legendary UK punk band The Damned nor indeed the happy talking spin-off fellow Captain Sensible.Very disappointing!! |