
Friday the 13th(1980)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.


“Pray you survive the hunt.”
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.

George Eastman
Mikos Stenopolis

Annie Belle
Emily

Charles Borromel
Sgt. Ben Engleman

Katya Berger
Katia Bennett
Kasimir Berger
Willy Bennett
Hanja Kochansky
Mrs. Bennett
Ian Danby
Mr. Bennett

Ted Rusoff
Dr. Kramer

Edmund Purdom
Father

Cindy Leadbetter
Peggy (uncredited)
Absurd is a horror film released in 1981 exploring themes of monster, parent child relationship, sadism, murder, priest, serial killer. Directed by Joe D'Amato, it stars George Eastman, Annie Belle, Charles Borromel. 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.
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