A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree.
Practical Effects
Jaw-dropping DIY gore effects that outshine the budget.
Score
Pulsing synth that desperately wants to be Carpenter.
Acting
George Eastman's hulking, silent killer presence.
Director
Joe D'Amato
George Eastman
Mikos Stenopolis
Annie Belle
Emily
Charles Borromel
Sgt. Ben Engleman
Katya Berger
Katia Bennett
Ted Rusoff
Dr. Kramer
Edmund Purdom
Father
Cindy Leadbetter
Peggy (uncredited)
Lucia Ramirez
Woman on TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michele Soavi
Biker (uncredited)
Goffredo Unger
Machine Shop Worker (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as Rosso sangue in Italy, it was seized in the UK during the 'video nasty' moral panic and banned until 1983.
Joe D'Amato shot this back-to-back with Antropophagus using the same crew and George Eastman as monster—pure exploitation efficiency.
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