Sergio Stivaletti
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Biography: Sergio Stivaletti is most certainly one of the greatest European experts in the field of special effects and make-up to which he has been dedicated for over 20 years. Born in Rome in 1957, he has collaborated during his career with some of the genre's most important Italian directors, like Dario Argento, Michele Soavi, Lamberto Bava, Gabriele Salvatores. He debuted in feature film directing in 1997 with Maschera di cera.
Department: Crew
Place of Birth: Roma
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Birthday: March 15, 1957
Age: 68 years old
Gender: Male
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Dogman's Rabies: Underdog
Overview: Inspired by one of the most savage and violent crimes committed in Rome in the 1980s, "Rabbia Furiosa" is the story of Fabio, a small-time neighborhood crook, known as “Er Canaro” (the Dog Man) who suffers years of abuse and mistreatment from Claudio, a local boss of the criminal underworld. When he is driven to desperation and the brink of madness, he will carry out a terrible and bloody act of vengeance...
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-06-07
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Sick-o-pathics
Overview: Anthology horror film with three tales consisting of a killer sex doll, a killer handbag and a parody of Joe D'amato's Anthropophagous.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-06-01
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Fulci Flashbacks: Reflections on Italy's Premiere Paura Protagonist
Overview: This documentary is featured on Arrow Video's 2011 DVD & Blu-ray releases for The Beyond (1981).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-14
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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 - The Exhibit
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-11-01
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The Wax Mask
Overview: Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes. A young man bets that he will spend the night in the museum but is found dead the morning after. Soon, people start disappearing from the streets of Rome and the wax museum halls begin filling with new figures...
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-04-04
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Of Flies and Maggots
Overview: Feature-length documentary including interviews with co-writer/producer/director Dario Argento, and many of the cast and crew members.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-05-08
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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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The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
Overview: Documentary about Dario Argento, "Profondo Rosso" shop in Rome, and most important works throughout his career.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Fulci in the House: The Italian Master of Splatter
Overview: Lucio Fulci documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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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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Tempus fugit
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
Overview: Five of the main players behind Dario Argento's classic horror shocker Phenomena (1985) sit down to take viewers through this exclusive, epic-sized, 52 minute making of feature documentary. This was compiled and created for the nationwide Arrow UK DVD and Blu Ray release of the film, which hit all British home video stores on March 7th 2011.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-07
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Special Effects: Sergio Stivaletti
Overview: Special effects Sergio Stivaletti discusses the unique special effects that he created for Dario Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-09-25
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The Grand Opening
Overview: Interviews with the filmmakers behind the 1996 film Wax Mask.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-24
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Dario Argento: My Cinema
Overview: Documentary on the films of Dario Argento from his debut "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" up until "The Phantom of the Opera".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-01-13
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Masters of Mayhem
Overview: For decades Italian genre cinema dominated the world and before changing beyond recognition it went to unthinkable places. Giants don't die quietly however and this is the story of an industry's most absurd, extreme, blood-soaked fight for survival. Through dozens of brand new interviews, and never-before-seen archival materials, with the men and women who were there during one of the most unique moments in film history, MASTERS OF MAYHEM tells their stories of scandal, contradictions, drama and outrage.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Overview: Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-30
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Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
Overview: This documentary is featured on the Limited Edition DVD for Opera, released in 2001.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-17
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