Adam Chaplin

WHat a strange moody fun movie. Italy is again King of the low budget horror gore, this is on par or better then the best of the Japaneses extreme, if you like things such as Machine Girl or Tokyo Gore Police, I can highly recommend this movie.

Effects where way over the top in blood and gore, a 12 out of 10. The acting was good or better, the make up effects great, the style, something often lacking in the low budget moves was really we done. The was a continuity of bizarre, slightly off normal throughout the movie that really worked.

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I hope Emanuele De Santi does many more.

A homage to hyperviolent wuxia anime, supernatural vengeance flicks, and grindhouse, this bukkake of blood delivers more splatter for the platter than the filthiest gokkun fest. The directorial and acting debut of one Emanuele De Santi, this supernatural revenger flick plays out like some twisted hybrid of The Crow and Fist of The North Star, surpassing the live-action version of the latter in terms of sheer spectacle. A colourful cast, including some monstrous yet oddly sympathetic villains, help keep things ticking over between the bloodjaculatory set pieces. A testament to the fact that one can stretch a tight budget a long way. Hopefully, this'll not be the last seen of Santi.

A musclebound drifter named Adam Chaplin (Emanuele De Santi, also the director) wanders through Heaven City looking for the man who killed his girlfriend. Pushing him in his quest is a small demon that crawls out of a upside down crucifix scar on his back. His target, a deformed guy named Denny who runs the city and survives on the chemical Neurocril 3, hires a bunch of goons to take this threat out before he can reach him. Existing like some kind of live action anime film, this is a total 180 from the film reviewed above. De Santi obviously had limited funds, but goes above and beyond to infuse his SOV film with a sense of style. It also helps that it might be one of the bloodiest movies I've ever seen. The action is pretty much non-stop and keeps getting crazier and crazier until the finale where Chaplin is making heads explode in gory-soaked scenes that would make Ricky Oh faint. It is going to change your life or challenge THE EXORCIST as an all-time horror great? No. But if you are looking for some insane skull smashing, this is the champ.

Having watched some much unbearable rubbish on the indie horror front these days it was a joy to find a film that actually had some imagination put into the way it looked ... More than some ... A lot ... It was inventive and looked good ... The story was minimal, but that has never been a problem if it isn't insultingly stupid ... Which, OK, its mental but it doesn't talk down to you :)) The demon is cool and love the way it always appears ... No price effect and so effective Don't know much about the guy who made it ... Amazing body ... Frightening hairstyle ( please tell me that was a wig !!! ) ... But I'll be interested to see what he does next And has made me go and look at his music too ... Soundtrack works very well Good luck Mr De Santi and thank you for providing me with an indie horror that didn't just get thrown straight in the bin :))

An indie film with stylized anime-like action & LOTS & LOTS of punches & blood everywhere. The problem is it drags a bit much but still an okay watch for a B-grade action/horror film & a must for splatter fans.