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Emanuele Taglietti (artist)
Emanuele Taglietti (born in Ferrara, January 6, 1943) is an Italian designer, illustrator and painter. Born to an artistic father, Emanuele Taglietti graduated from his local art institute, then moved...
View ArticleThe Vampire (short story collection)
The Vampire is a short story collection, first published in Britain in 1965 by Pan Books. It is an adaptation of a 1960 anthology, I vampiri tra Noi that was published in Italy. The book is...
View ArticleZombies: The Beginning
Zombies: The Beginning is a 2007 Italian horror film – original title: Zombi: La creazione – directed by Bruno Mattei (Hell of the Living Dead, The Other Hell) as Vincent Dawn from a screenplay by...
View ArticleCruel Jaws (aka Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws)
Cruel Jaws, also known as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws and The Beast is a 1995 Italian mockbuster originally title Fauci crudeli, based on the 1975 blockbuster Jaws and its sequels. It was directed by infamous...
View ArticleThe Embalmer
The Embalmer is the English release title for Il mostro di Venezia, a 1965 Italian horror film written and directed by Dino Tavella from a story by Antonio Walter. It was filmed in Trieste and...
View ArticleEmanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals – released in the USA as Trap Them and Kill Them – is a 1977 Italian erotic horror film, directed by Joe D’Amato (Aristide Massaccesi). The film is part of a loose...
View ArticlePhantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria is a forthcoming 2015 Italian anthology horror film directed by Mickael Abbate, Domiziano Cristopharo, and Tiziano Martella. The stories are written by Mickael Abbate, Davide Chiara...
View ArticleHorrorpedia Facebook Group (social media)
Open up your mind for everyone’s dissection and delectation! There is now a Facebook Group for Horrorpedia users/followers. Sign up and have your say about all things horror related! Post anything and...
View ArticleHotel Inferno
Hotel Inferno is a 2013 action/crime/horror film written, produced and directed by Giulio de Santi. Review: This will probably be easier if I transcribe the film’s description direct from their...
View ArticleHell of the Living Dead (aka Zombie Creeping Flesh; Night of the Zombies)
Virus – l’inferno dei morti viventi is an Italian zombie film, made in 1980 by prolific hack Bruno Mattei, under his ‘Vincent Dawn’ pseudonym. As with most of the Italian zombie films of the era, the...
View ArticleOrror (comic)
Orror is an Italian adult comic book (known as “fumetti” in Italy) that was published by Edifumetto in two volumes in the late seventies. Initially, twenty one issues were published between June 1977...
View ArticleFrankenstein’s Castle of Freaks
Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (originally: Terror! Il castello delle donne maledette – “Terror! The Castle of Cursed Women”) is a 1974 Italian horror film produced and directed by exploitation...
View ArticleDavid Hess (actor)
David Alexander Hess was an American actor, musician and songwriter, best known for his appearances in a trio of extreme horror films in the 1970s, in which he played a variety of psychotic sex...
View ArticleZombies: The Beginning
Zombies: The Beginning is a 2007 Italian horror film – original title: Zombi: La creazione – directed by Bruno Mattei (Hell of the Living Dead, The Other Hell) as Vincent Dawn from a screenplay by...
View ArticleAenigma (film)
Aenigma is a 1987 Italian horror film. It was directed by Lucio Fulci and stars Jared Martin, Lara Naszinsky, and Ulli Reinthaler. Plot teaser: Kathy is an outcast at an elite New England boarding...
View ArticleCannibals (aka White Cannibal Queen)
Italian Locandina Cannibals (also known as Mondo Cannibale, Die Blonde Gottin, White Cannibal Queen and Barbarian Goddess) is a 1980 French/Spanish/Italian cannibal film by prolific Spanish...
View ArticleThe Washing Machine
The Washing Machine – Italian title: Vortice Mortale, translation: “Deadly Vortex” - is a 1993 French/Italian/Hungarian horror thriller directed by Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust). It stars...
View ArticleA Lizard in a Woman’s Skin
US One Sheet ‘Biting, gnawing terror claws at your brain!’ A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin – Italian title: Una lucertola con la pelle di donna; released as Schizoid in the US – is a 1971 Italian giallo...
View ArticleLes Baxter – composer
Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer. Although he is best know as a practitioner of exotica music, he also scored several films, many of which were...
View ArticleGhouls, Gimmicks, and Gold – book
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953 – 1968 is an academic book written by Kevin Hefferman and published by Duke University Press in 2004. In the first...
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