Horrible

Un slasher italien, empruntant le personnage de l'assassin au classique Anthropophagus, sorti un an avant. Sans son atmosphère et son secret tragique, avec la simple phrase « un monstre en fuite tue ». La bande-son intense et le personnage du prêtre, poursuivant le « croque-mitaine », s'inspirent d'Halloween de Carpenter, mais au lieu de toute invention cinématographique, il joue sur la violence brute, la cruauté et la brutalité gore. Un carnage « eurotrash » de moyenne qualité, mais toujours décent au sein du sous-genre. **1/2 (16/05/2021)

I don’t quite understand how this could get into the list of the cult videonasties. It has only about four brutal scenes that don’t even show that much and there aren’t any scenes with nakedness and sex, for a change. Even modern, more commercial stuff like Hostel or Borders would fit better in such list. The first fifteen minutes may be entertaining thanks to the raw atmosphere (typical for 1970s Euro-horror), but they can’t compensate for the more than one hour that follows. Absurd is lifeless trash and its cult status is truly absurd, I guess. Two stars for the atmosphere, the killer (he should be in another film) and the scene where they roast a head in the oven. (02/09/2008)

I believe that George Eastman, the representative of the bloodthirsty beast, had a lot of fun writing the script and what he produced and made together with D.Amato is "pure" trash. The script and the performances are adequate, i.e. awful, there is no suspense and the scares don't work. However, compared to the poor first one, there is no boundless boredom, the gore is more frequent and more elaborate and the ending is quite good. D’Amato surprised me, so three and a half stars, which is too much for him :) (28/08/2004)

The story is one of those that aren't designed to have a crucial twist, although we do get some sort of revelation. The primary goal is for us to observe what the camera can capture in a way that makes it all believable. Believable and disgusting. This succeeds, even though the characters aren't particularly well-written or exceptionally acted. Absurd belongs to the good Italian gore school and definitely showcases its special effects quality, which is also the reason why it's worth watching. The ending is truly spectacular in terms of special effects. (10/01/2014)