Product Details

• Actors: Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Van Johnson
• Directors: Joe D'Amato
• Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Mya Communication/Ryko
• DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001WB6MDU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,613 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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A man is running, followed by a priest. He comes across a house but the tall gates are locked so he begins to climb them, however he slips at the top and impales himself on the spikes. Injured to death he's taken to an hospital. Once there, the doctors discover that this man has an amazing regenerative power and his blood coagulates very quickly, making him almost indestructible. Sergeant Ben Engleman is put on the case, and he finds out that the priest has the answers: this man, Mikos Stenopolis, is the result of a nuclear scientific experiment gone wrong. He's now completely insane and will kill everybody who crosses his path, showing no mercy.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Joe D'Amato-Horrible Director, August 2, 2009

By	Stanley Runk "Runkdapunk" (Camp North Pines) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Horrible is Italy's answer to Silent Rage, only no Chuck Norris to save the day. In some places it's known as Anthropophagus 2, but aside from having the same star and director, it's not a sequel.
It's about a silent hulking killer(George Eastman of course!) running about making things terribly unpleasant for those he crosses. He's a bitch to kill since he's able to heal himself quickly. Some shady science experiment(overseen by a priest!) has made it possible for Eastman's blood to coagulate very fast, but it's also made him crazier. The only way to kill the brute is to destroy his brain. I'm no doctor and don't claim to have a bunch of medical knowledge, but simply having blood that coagulates quickly wouldn't just make you downright invincible, would it?
Anyway, Eastman is pursued by the priest who had a hand in the experiment. After injuring himself, being rushed to the hospital and escaping, Eastman goes wandering around and killing folks. The streets are nearly deserted as everyone is indoors glued to the screen for the big Rams/Steelers game.
Eastman ends up at the home where he was injured in the beginning of the film. From there, D'Amato seems very influenced by Carpenter's Halloween, as there are many scenes that feel inspired by that movie. Hell, there's even a young "Tommy Doyle"- type kid who is trying to warn everybody about the presence of the "Boogeyman", but no one believes him.
All in all, not a bad Italian horror film. Like Anthropophagus, it's slower paced. It's also not as gory as you'd believe it'd be. It has a few moments, but most of D'Amato's other horror films are gorier(except maybe Porno Holocaust, but then again, gore wasn't really the focus for that film).
Not the best work he's done, but certainly a must for D'Amato fans and Italian horror fans in general.
The MYA DVD is bare bones and featureless, but a good job is done in restoration. It's one of those deals where it was pieced together from different sources, so there are a few scenes that have a very washed out, grainly look to them, but thankfully there aren't all that many.

3.0 out of 5 stars Horrible (The Uncut 'n' paste version), November 11, 2009

By	B. D. Ansell " The Nasties Nut" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Joe D'amato's 'Horrible' finally arrives on DVD after years in the video nasty wilderness. Actually more commonly referred to as 'Absurd' in the UK or 'Monster Hunter' in the USA, Horrible is actually the French title of the film. Made as a cash in on the success of the notorious 'Anthropophagous the beast' but not a sequel as such although both star D'amato regular George Eastman as the killer. Absurd is actually not bad of it's type ditching the cannibal exploits of Anthro for a more conventional Slasher type flick. Eastman on the run after escaping an asylum impales himself on a spiked gate and ends up as a guinea pig for a new drug that regenerates body tissue which in turn makes him extra strong and seemingly impervious to anything other than a shot to the brain. Ok the stories a stinker and doesn't make a lick of sense but that's not what your paying for. Our resident psycho then goes on a killing spree drilling a nurse through the skull, using a bandsaw to give a hospital orderly a nice middle parting and most gloriously a long 7 minute sequence where he shoves a babysitters head in an oven and waits patiently for her face to fry. He meets his match in a couple of terrible child actors, one who stabs him in the eyes with a compass and eventually a young disabled girl who axes his head off (The 80's, gotta love em) There's the usual time filling sub plot of the cop on the killers tail and there's a renegade priest who on the original usa poster seemed to be the monster hunter referred to in the title (frankly, he's rubbish at it) D'amato's movie ended up on the uk's infamous video nastie's list so is ultimately going to be bought by loads of people needing to fill that gap in their collections and compared to most of the stuff on the list of 72 it's actually very entertaining. The acting is bad and it's typical Italian monster fare but it's paced well and the gore scenes are actually quite good especially the nasty oven scene. MYA's transfer is however not so hot as like alot of these lost classics the film has been sourced from different masters so although the bulk of the movie has been cleaned up quite well compared to the early Pre cert tapes there are several instances that have been sourced from VHS so you can instantly see a huge drop in quality, luckily it's only to a few odd scenes that seem to have no relevance to the movie and bearing in mind at one point it seemed this movie was going to languish in legal hell forever it's a small price to pay. Horrible (Absurd) is no classic but as a shining example of Italian gore pics from the early 80's is as good as you would expect it to be. Pointless but rather fun, loads of blood and bad acting but all the better for it and for the nasties completists another tick on the list.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Monster Hunter? Monster Found, August 4, 2009

By	Cory Howard (Isom, KY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I find the title of this movie unfortunate. Over the years, it's been known as Zombie 6, Absurd, Grim Reaper 2, Anthropophagus 2 and many others including my favorite, Monster Hunter. This film and Nightmare City were the very first Italian horror films I ever saw (rented on old VHS tapes years ago), and I have been waiting for this title to come to DVD ever since; considering all I owned was a recorded VHS copy that I paid a king's ransom for online a few years back. It sucks that this movie has no special features, it deserves better, and had it been handled a bit more properly it would have. It sucks that Shriek Show or a company like that didn't release this title, it would have at least have a bunch of trailers or something. All in all, I enjoy this guilty pleasure of a movie (especially the soundtrack and the scenes with the oven and the saw), and yes, it is similar to Halloween, but at least it's not a complete rip off like Offerings is. For fans of the genre I would recommend a viewing, especially for George Eastman's powerful presence, he really is huge. Slow, boring and nonsensical at times, it has its flaws but is enjoyable as well.
Oh, and by the way, where the heck was Laura Gemser to be found in this flick???