Video: D'Amato shot this one on 16mm stock and had it blown up for 35mm presentations and with that in mind, Anthropophagus doesn't look to bad in this 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen presentation. Some of the brighter colors look just a little bit washed out but not so much as to be really distracting. Grain and print damage are present but they're kept in check and don't overpower the image. Black levels remain pretty stable and although there is some mild edge enhancement and some mild aliasing present there aren't any problems to report in terms of mpeg compression artifacts. This transfer isn't going to blow anyone's mind but it looks as good if not slightly better than any of the other home video releases the film has seen in its rather scattered history.

Sound: You've got your choice of watching the film in either Italian or English, both languages in Dolby Digital Mono mixes with optional English subtitles provided. The weakest part of this presentation, the audio is flat and muffled sounding making it difficult to understand some of the dialogue at times. While the movie has sounded like this in the past and it's not surprising to hear it sound as poor as it does on this presentation, it's definitely a disappointment to find that there wasn't much of, if any, improvement in this area. That being said, once you adjust your volume you should be able to make out what everyone is saying easily enough, and the score sounds pretty decent here.

Extras: Shriek Show has delivered Anthropophagus to DVD in a feature packed two disc set. Unfortunately, quantity doesn't always equal quality and this is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of how the supplements have been delivered and prepared. The first disc includes three different theatrical trailers for the feature and one home video promo spot for the film, as well as trailers for four other Shriek Show DVD releases.

Moving onto the second disc we start off with Joe D'Amato – Totally Uncut Part Two (in Italian with English subtitles) which is the second part of the documentary that began as an extra feature on the two disc Images In A Convent release that came out in 2005. Here's where the mixed bag portion of the extras comes into play – while this is an excellent piece that gives us an in depth look at D'Amato and his work, splitting up what was a feature length piece and spreading it out over two different releases kind of shafts those who don't necessarily want to own both releases. Having seen the documentary in its full form, it's a little jarring to see it split up like this and a lot of the context that was provided in the first part presented on the other release is missing here which makes it less effective than it would have been otherwise. That being said, there is some great interview footage and some interesting clips involving D'Amato that should please fans of his work regardless. D'Amato talks about his horror movie output and some of his exploitation and action movies, and also includes interview clips with George Eastman, Al Cliver, even Ivan Rassimov who shows up for a minute or two.

George Eastman also shows up alongside Zora Kerova to talk about Anthropophagus for a little bit in front of the camera. They reminisce about the shoot, talk about some of their co-stars, and discuss working with the late D'Amato quite fondly. It's interesting to hear in Eastman's own words how much and why he really doesn't like Anthropophagus, despite it being one of his most popular roles.

Rounding out the extra features on the second disc are the alternate US Grim Reaper opening scene, alternate opening title screen and credits as The Savage Island, a decent sized still gallery of promotional material and photographs, trailers for a few other Fangoria International/Shriek Show DVD releases, and an easy to find Easter Egg that delivers a brief clip of Sergio Garrone talking about working with D'Amato. A second Easter Egg reveals a few other trailers for various Joe D'Amato films, most of which are available on DVD from Shriek Show.

Final Thoughts: Audio problems aside, Shriek Show has given Anthropophagus a pretty nice and long overdue uncut release in North America with decent video and some interesting extra features... Recommended, despite the noted problems.