Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato

Born: May 7, 1939
Died: December 29, 2022
in Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).

Movies for Ruggero Deodato...

Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
Title: Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Italian horror fan and academic Calum Waddell speaks with some of the original makers of the controversial horror classic "Cannibal Holocaust" before venturing into the Amazon jungle and surrounding city port, Leticia, to uncover some of the local stories behind the making of the motion picture. What is uncovered, however, leads to a wider and unexpected "true crime" story.
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Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Title: Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2021
Type: Movie
An homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
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Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Title: Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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The Found Footage Phenomenon
Title: The Found Footage Phenomenon
Released: August 30, 2021
Type: Movie
The documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades.
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Title: Cursed Films
Released: April 2, 2020
Type: TV
A documentary series exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen, to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie?
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Deodato Holocaust
Title: Deodato Holocaust
Character: Himself
Released: May 16, 2019
Type: Movie
From the makers of "FantastiCozzi", a new documentary about the life and career of controversial Italian director Ruggero Deodato.
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Me Me Lai Bites Back
Title: Me Me Lai Bites Back
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Documentary on actress Me Me Lai, who's best known for playing native girls in several controversial Italian cannibal jungle adventure movies.
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The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
Title: The Last Supper: The Final Days of the Italian Cannibal Film
Released: August 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Follow-up to "Eaten Alive: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film", this documentary was produced for the 88 Films UK Blu-Ray release of "Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story" and looks at the dying days of the controversial Italian cycle of jungle-based horror-adventures.
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Die Welt der Barbaren
Title: Die Welt der Barbaren
Character: Self
Released: March 22, 2018
Type: Movie
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Cult of Terror
Title: Cult of Terror
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: October 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.
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Macho Man 2
Title: Macho Man 2
Character: Himself
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Macho Man" (1985).
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Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
Title: Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato
Character: Himself
Released: February 13, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Ballad in Blood
Title: Ballad in Blood
Character: Prof. Roth
Released: September 18, 2016
Type: Movie
Jacopo, Duke, and Lenka wake up in the apartment Lenka shares with her roommate Elizabeth to find Elizabeth mysteriously murdered. None of the three has any memory of what happened and they spend a drug-fueled day finding clues and piecing the event together.
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Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Title: Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies
Released: March 1, 2016
Type: Movie
2 1/2 hour-documentary on the rise and fall of one of the most controversial Italian genres every created. Starting with Deep River Savages arriving to the infamous Cannibal Ferox.
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Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Title: Yellow Fever: The Rise and Fall of the Giallo
Character: Himself
Released: February 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Feature-length in-depth documentary by High Rising Productions chronicling the Giallo film genre from its beginnings as early 20th century crime fiction, to its later influences on the modern slasher film genre. Featuring interviews with Dario Argento, Umberto Lenzi, Luigi Cozzi, Richard Stanley, and more.
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Lilith's Hell
Title: Lilith's Hell
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A pair of filmmakers work with Ruggero Deodato, to pull off a horror film based on realism. The producers' family house, where the film is to be shot turns out to have it's own secrets. Secret chambers and ritualistic ceremonies invoking the spirit of Lillith. She who was cursed by God for not obeying Adam in the Garden of Eden.
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H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
Title: H.P. Lovecraft: Two Left Arms
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Carter, an art conservator, arrives in Italy to restore a fresco in an old church. He discovers that the strange locals are hiding something and a mystery relating to a nearby lake that legend says was created by a meteor.
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Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
Title: Faenza: La Pantalla Oculta
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Short documentary about the old Cinema theatre "Faenza", located in the center of Bogotá.
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Chimères
Title: Chimères
Character: Butcher
Released: December 9, 2013
Type: Movie
A young couple, Alexander and Livia, take off on holiday to Romania. Hospitalized after being hit by a car, Alexander must undergo a blood transfusion—with horrifying consequences: upon his return, he seems afflicted with a strange disease.
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I Tarantiniani
Title: I Tarantiniani
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Tarantino reveres them, and for good reason. Welcome to the world of the kings of the Italian B-Movie.
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From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Title: From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Character: Himself
Released: December 3, 2012
Type: Movie
The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators.
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Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
Title: Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich
Released: November 10, 2011
Type: Movie
A team of researchers investigates a European castle that was used for sadistic tortures during the inquisition, as well as horrifying and abominable Nazi experiments on innocent people. Riddled with history, the demonically possessed castle overtakes the crew turning their nightmares into a terrifying reality.
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The Museum of Wonders
Title: The Museum of Wonders
Released: April 1, 2010
Type: Movie
When the beautiful dancer Salome learns that the dwarf circus owner Marcel has just received an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Sansone. When Marcel and fellow performers discover her evil plan, they band together to carry out a brutal revenge.
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Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Title: Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
Character: Self
Released: March 6, 2008
Type: Movie
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.
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Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
Title: Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary about Hostel Part II and tools of torture.
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Hostel Part II: The Next Level
Title: Hostel Part II: The Next Level
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of Eli Roth's horror sequel Hostel 2 (2007).
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Hanging Shadows
Title: Hanging Shadows
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
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.
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Hostel: Part II
Title: Hostel: Part II
Character: Cannibal
Released: June 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
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Hostel: Part II
Title: Hostel: Part II
Character: The Italian Cannibal
Released: June 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
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Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Title: Do You Remember Lucio Fulci?
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary in which Lucio Fulci's friends and collaborators remember him in a wide range of aspects, from the personal to the professional.
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The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist
Title: The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist
Character: Himself
Released: August 9, 2006
Type: Movie
BBC look at whether or not Snuff films really exist. Snuff as defined by the FBI and the film is a film that shows some one being killed which was produced for gratification of the viewer who pays to see the film. The film takes a look at the start of the rumors of snuff films, the latching on by exploitation producers and how the ability of anyone to shoot video with things such as mobile phones and put them up on the Internet have made the existence of a such a film likely. A very good very reasoned film that isn't really that graphic (at least with actual footage) the film looks at the subject with filmmakers and law enforcement officials and relates the chilling tales of the people who actually set out to make a film for themselves. The key element is the profit motive since its clear that killers and other people have been using home video equipment to record their nasty deeds, we just don't know if money has changed hands. A film to make you think.
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Cinema of Death
Title: Cinema of Death
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Both macabre and lyrical, these five experimental short films focus on the darkness and decay of death. Taking their cue from the work of experimental pioneers such as Andy Warhol, these visual meditations explore the limits of avant-garde filmmaking. "Adoration" links love and cannibalism; "Pig" examines the mind of killer; and "Le Poem" melds an autopsy with an Arthur Rimbaud poem. Other entries include "Hollywood Babylon" and "Dislandia."
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Ban the Sadist Videos!
Title: Ban the Sadist Videos!
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2005
Type: Movie
An in-depth analysis of the "Video Nasty" scandal of the early 1980s in Britain.
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Non risponde più
Title: Non risponde più
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
Title: In the Jungle: The Making Of Cannibal Holocaust
Character: Himself
Released: June 22, 2003
Type: Movie
An Italian documentary that gives an inside look at the making of Ruggero Deodato's controversial horror film "Cannibal Holocaust".
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The Washing Machine
Title: The Washing Machine
Character: Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Three sisters - voluptuous Vida, Maria (nicknamed "Sissy"), and Ludmilla - live together in a run-down apartment building in Budapest. The sisters all vie for the attentions of Yuri Petkov, a dubious middle-aged pimp who plays them off against each other. One evening, Ludmilla claims to have found Yuri's body stuffed into their washing machine, but when Inspector Stacev arrives to investigate the body has disappeared. The good-looking young inspector attempts to discover the truth but in doing so becomes drawn into the sisters' bizarre sex games...
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Mom I Can Do It
Title: Mom I Can Do It
Character: Street photographer in yellow hat (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A young boy is forced to join a group of street urchins after his mother is wrongfully arrested for smuggling in which he tries to find the real culprit.
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Dial: Help
Title: Dial: Help
Character: Man in phone booth
Released: November 10, 1988
Type: Movie
A psychic finds herself tapping into the "energy" of a deceased phone operator. She also finds that her friends soon begin dying mysteriously. An investigator determines to track down the cause.
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Raiders of Atlantis
Title: Raiders of Atlantis
Character: Oil Rig Assistant
Released: November 25, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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Cannibal Holocaust
Title: Cannibal Holocaust
Character: Man Sitting in NYU Campus (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
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Concorde Affair
Title: Concorde Affair
Character: Man in Nicole's Restaurant (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
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The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Title: The Long Road Back from Hell: Reclaiming Cannibal Holocaust
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In this fascinating and well executed documentary film theorist and cult expert Xavier Mendik places "Cannibal Holocaust" in a broader context.
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Film and Be Damned
Title: Film and Be Damned
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Interview with Carl G. Yorke and Ruggero Deodato