Michele Soavi
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michele Soavi, sometimes known as Michael Soavi (born 3 July 1957) is an Italian filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter best known for his work in the horror film genre, working alongside directors like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michele Soavi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Birthday: July 03, 1957
Age: 67 years old
Gender: Male
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Stage Fright
Overview: While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-02-08
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Cemetery Man
Overview: Cemetery watchman, Francesco Dellamorte, is tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-03-25
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The New York Ripper
Overview: A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-03-04
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City of the Living Dead
Overview: A woman seemingly dies of fright after participating in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-11
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Little Lips
Overview: A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-08
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Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Dario Argento's World of Horror
Overview: Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Church
Overview: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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Endgame
Overview: A telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-11-05
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Phenomena
Overview: A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-25
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Raiders of Atlantis
Overview: A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and bring in an expert to make some sense of it. But while attempting to raise the sub, radioactive leakage from its missles triggers the re-emergence of Atlantis, and the resulting tidal wave destroys the platform and leaves only a small group of survivors. Rescued by two Vietnamvets-turned-heavies who are out relaxing after their latest job, their boat eventually runs aground on a Carribean island nearby where, upon going ashore, it is discovered that everything has been destroyed and everybody killed. The culprits, a vicious group of well-armed raiders, and their leader, Crystal Skull, are descendants of Atlantis' original race who set about reclaiming the world and adding the survivors to the list of victims as they struggle to stay alive and defeat the raiders and send Atlantis back to the ocean floor.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-11-25
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Demons
Overview: A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-10-04
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Overview: This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-06
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Alien 2: On Earth
Overview: A group of cave explorers are confronted in an underground cavern by a mysterious living rock. Little do they know that it bears home to deadly, flesh-eating creatures, intent on wiping out the entire human population. An ultra low-budget, unofficial and unauthorized sequel to the 1979 film Alien, although the plot has little connection to the original film.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-04-11
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The Black Cat
Overview: When a horror film based on the same source material as Suspiria and Inferno goes into production, the evil witch the story is based upon manifests herself and not only begins to terrorise the actress set to portray her on screen, but reveals plans to wreck havoc and bloodshed throughout the world.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-09
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The Sect
Overview: A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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Day of the Cobra
Overview: An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses the opportunity to get even with an old enemy, but soon he finds out he's facing a relentless organization
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-12
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A Blade in the Dark
Overview: Bruno, an up and coming film composer, has been hired to write the score to a new horror movie. After moving into a secluded villa, life begins to imitate art as a vicious killer starts bumping off anyone and everyone who happens to pay him a visit.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-08-06
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The Mask of Satan
Overview: Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to terrifying consequences.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-06-01
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Blastfighter
Overview: An ex-cop, fresh out of prison, returns home to find it ruled by violent rednecks and must fight to protect himself and his daughter, using his combat skills and a powerful grenade launcher.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-14
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Dario Argento: Panico
Overview: This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the director of Suspiria. Using the writing process of his next film as a starting point, Dario Argento Panico immerses us in the mind of the Italian genius, and offers testimonials from other filmmakers who love his work, all key names in today's world of cinema including Gaspar Noé and Guillermo Del Toro.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-14
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Caligula: The Untold Story
Overview: An insane young emperor finds his love of brutality and degradation surpassed only by his hunger for enslaved virgins, cruel vengeance, extreme acts of 'horseplay' and beyond.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Men or Not Men
Overview: In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L., meets Berta, whom he loved three years ago, but Berta refuses to leave her husband for him. Enne 2 is pursued by the fascists of Cane Nero and, instead of running away to Turin, waits for Berta to rejoin him
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-09-08
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Hanging Shadows
Overview: Offers a critical appreciation of Italian horror cinema, pioneered by directors such as Dario Argento and Mario Bava, a genre that influenced filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Takashi Miike.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-09-14
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Il mistero della cattedrale
Overview: A retrospective look at the making of Michele Soavi's "The Church" including interviews with cast and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-10-02
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Dream Time
Overview: Spaghetti westerns, giallo, mondo... are the legacy of a golden age in Italian genre filmmaking, which began in the sixties and came to an end in the eighties, but not without leaving behind a few final masterpieces. This film explores, a few decades later, what became of those filmmakers and their films. A number of the most famous survivors of Italian horror movies will help to shed light on what happened.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-10-05
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Dario Argento: Master of Horror
Overview: A documentary about the films of Italian horror director Dario Argento. Included are clips from many of his films and interviews with friends, actors and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore
Overview: A brief overview of the inspiration and process behind making Cemetery Man.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-06
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FantastiCozzi
Overview: A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Milan – Palermo: The Return
Overview: Turi Leofonte is released from prison after eleven years and asks for the surviving members of his old security detail to escort him back in Sicily to get revenge on his former associates – something the authorities indulge to seize a large stash of Mafia money he claims to have access to.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
Overview: Delves into the career of the notorious Italian filmmaker, Aristide Massaccesi aka Joe D'Amato, the infamous director behind the legendary Video Nasties Anthropophagus: The Beast and Absurd.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-13
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The Biggest Battle
Overview: A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-07
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The School Teacher
Overview: A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs repetitions. The boy, named Franco, is shocked by the physical beauty of the teacher, and so to restrain himself decides to pose as gay. But the deception does not last long, because the sexual impulses of Alfredo explode.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-07-11
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Fulci for Fake
Overview: «Fulci for Fake» is the first biopic on Lucio Fulci. Lucio Fulci is an enigma. The mystery that surrounds Fulci is linked in part to his personal life. The director only rarely spoke about himself in interviews. But he did let his experience be reflected in his films. The setting of the film sees Nicola, a successful actor, agree to play the part of Lucio Fulci in a biopic on the director. Nicola will ask himself probing questions about the real nature of a man who, in his own lifetime, had already rewritten his biography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-04-10
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Absurd
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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Opera
Overview: A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-12-19
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Tenebre
Overview: A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-10-28
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Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Overview: Who was Joe D'Amato aka. Aristide Massaccesi? A genius of horror in the USA, a master of eroticism in France, the king of porn in Italy. A man with a thousand pseudonyms capable of making over 200 films while simultaneously holding the roles of producer, director, author, director of photography and even camera operator. An artisan of cinema as he liked to call himself, capable of working on all film genres. From spaghetti western to post-atomic, decamerotic to glossy eroticism, and blockbuster porn to bloody horror. Guided by the aesthetics of extremes and supported by an undeniable technical ability, Joe D’Amato pushed himself, and the viewer, beyond all limits following with dedication three rigid principles that have become his stylistic code: Amaze, Shock, Scandalize.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-09-05
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Erinnerungen an Lucio Fulci
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Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-10-31
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