Absurd

Absurd (1981) (also known as Rosso Sangue, Anthropophagus 2, Horrible, The Grim Reaper 2 and Zombie 6: Monster Hunter) is an Italian Horror Film considered to be an unofficial sequel to The Anthropophagus Beast. It was directed by Joe D'Amato, was written by George Eastman, and it was on the Video Nasties list in the early 1980's.

The plot concerns a nearly invincible man known only as Mikos whose blood coagulates incredibly fast. The rapid coagulation is a gift that has made him insanely homicidal. A priest pursues Mikos to try to destroy him, knowing that the only way to do so is to destroy the brain. Naturally, given the movie's reputation, things are pretty much required to get worse before they get better.

This movie inspired the name of German black metal band Absurd, a national socialist band who committed murder in 1993.

Tropes used in Absurd include:

• The Alcoholic: Shawnessy.
• An Axe to Grind: A decorative one is used to behead Mikos.
• Annoying Younger Sibling: Willy.
• Badass Longcoat: The priest.
• Badass Preacher
• Badly-Battered Babysitter: Emily.
• Barrier-Busting Blow
• Big Damn Heroes: Subverted. The priest shows up, gun in hand, but is quickly strangled by Mikos.
• California Doubling: Set in America, but filmed in Italy.
• Car Fu: Mikos is accidentally run over by Mr. Bennett.
• Cassandra Truth: Willy.
• Chekhov's Gun: The drafting compass.
• Cut Phone Lines
• Death by Mocking: The biker.
• Decapitation Presentation: "Look, Willy, you don't need to be afraid anymore."
• Decoy Protagonist: Emily.
• Dolled-Up Installment: Anthropophagus 2, The Grim Reaper 2 and Zombie 6: Monster Hunter.
• Eagle Land: You can tell the setting is America and totally not Italy because of how awesome everyone is always saying football is.
• Evil-Detecting Dog
• Eye Awaken
• Eye Scream: Mikos getting a drafting compass in the eyes.
• Facial Horror: Emily gets her face burnt off in an oven.
• Fantastic Catholicism
• Final Girl: Katia.
• Follow the Leader: Kind of a blatant Halloween copycat.
• Gorn
• Gross Up Close-Up
• Healing Factor: Though it evidently isn't very quick acting.
• Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: It appears to be Super Bowl Sunday.
• Immune to Bullets
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Nurse Thelma gets drilled through one side of the head and out the other.
• Impromptu Tracheotomy: Emily's death.
• Improvised Weapon: Emily grabs some scissors to use as a weapon (and is killed with them) while Katia stabs Mikos in the hand and eyes with a drafting compass.
• Murderer POV
• My Car Hates Me: The motorcycle of the biker victim breaks down near Mikos.
• Never Found the Body: After Nikos was riddled with bullets in Europe, and fell into the sea.
• No Name Given: Most of the characters, including the priest.
• Noodle Incident: Whatever it was that gave Mikos his Healing Factor.
• Off with His Head: Mikos's death.
• Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Emily turns on the light in a room, revealing Peggy's body.
• Powerful Pick: Peggy gets stabbed in the head with one.
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: "So this is the team, eh? A priest, a detective near retirement, and a young moron rookie of a cop. Terrific, just terrific."
• Reaction Shot: We get several shots of Willy's bizarre facial contortions.
• Red Shirt: Most of the victims are incidental and unnamed people, like the machine shop owner, and the biker.
• Removing the Head or Destroying the Brain: The only way to destroy Mikos.
• Shirtless Scene: Mikos.
• Slasher Smile
• Spiritual Successor: To The Anthropophagus Beast.
• Stealth Hi Bye: Shawnessy.
• The Stoic: Mr. Bennett is a pretty apathetic guy, not really caring that he ran over a man, and showing little interest when his wife tells him about Mikos being disemboweled on their fence.
• Things That Go Bump in the Night: Lots of comparisons to the boogeyman.
• Throwing Off the Disability
• This Is a Drill: Nurse Thelma's death.
• Title Drop: "It's absurd, completely absurd."
• Token Minority: Jim, and the deputy.
• Video Nasties
• The Voiceless: Mikos.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: "I would say that he does not regenerate cells perfectly, that he is... insane."
• X Meets Y: The Anthropophagus Beast meets Halloween.
• Zombie Gait: What Mikos is reduced to after losing his eyes.