Michele Soavi

Michele Soavi

Born: July 3, 1957
in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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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.

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Dream Time
Title: Dream Time
Character: Sé stesso
Released: April 17, 2024
Type: Movie
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.
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Dream Time
Title: Dream Time
Released: October 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Spaghetti western, giallo, mondo... are the legacy of a golden age for Italian genre cinema, which began in the sixties and came to an end after the eighties, but not before leaving behind some latest masterpieces. This film asks, a few decades later, what became of those filmmakers and films. Some of the most famous survivors of Italian horror cinema will help clarify what happened.
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Dario Argento: Panico
Title: Dario Argento: Panico
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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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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Fulci for Fake
Title: Fulci for Fake
Character: Himself
Released: September 3, 2019
Type: Movie
«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.
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Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi
Title: Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi
Character: Himself
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
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Il mistero della cattedrale
Title: Il mistero della cattedrale
Character: self
Released: October 2, 2017
Type: Movie
A retrospective look at the making of Michele Soavi's "The Church" including interviews with cast and crew.
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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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FantastiCozzi
Title: FantastiCozzi
Character: (archive footage)
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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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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Milan – Palermo: The Return
Title: Milan – Palermo: The Return
Character: Shotgun Hitman
Released: November 23, 2007
Type: Movie
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.
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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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Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore
Title: Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore
Released: March 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A brief overview of the inspiration and process behind making Cemetery Man.
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Cemetery Man
Title: Cemetery Man
Character: Man in City Square (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1994
Type: Movie
Cemetery watchman, Francesco Dellamorte, is tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves.
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The Sect
Title: The Sect
Character: Magician on TV (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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The World of Dario Argento 2: Master of Horror
Title: The World of Dario Argento 2: Master of Horror
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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The Black Cat
Title: The Black Cat
Character: Carl - film director (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1989
Type: Movie
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.
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The Church
Title: The Church
Character: 1st Policeman at Lisa's House
Released: March 10, 1989
Type: Movie
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.
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The Mask of Satan
Title: The Mask of Satan
Character: Bebo
Released: January 2, 1989
Type: Movie
In this loose remake of Black Sunday (1960), a group of skiers in Northern Italy land in a huge crevasse where they find the body of a long dead girl covered by a mask. Out of curiosity and nothing better to do they remove the mask and start playing games with it. Turns out this dead girl is the witch Anibas who had been condemned to die by burning and the mask put on her face to prevent her return.
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Title: Sabbath
Character: Bebo
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: TV
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Opera
Title: Opera
Character: Inspector Daniele Soave (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
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StageFright
Title: StageFright
Character: Young Cop (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1987
Type: Movie
While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
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Demons
Title: Demons
Character: Man in Black / Jerry (Horror Film)
Released: October 4, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Phenomena
Title: Phenomena
Character: Kurt, Geiger's Assistant
Released: January 25, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Dario Argento's World of Horror
Title: Dario Argento's World of Horror
Character: Himself (Archive)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.
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Blastfighter
Title: Blastfighter
Character: Pete
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Former cop Jake 'Tiger' Sharp returns to his old hometown after having been in prison for the murder of his wife's killer. Illegal hunting seems to be widespread and inbred rednecks control the city with an iron fist. Jake manages to make himself an enemy to hillbillies and he and his newly found daughter had to flee for their lives. Fortunately, Jake a GAT that can shoot grenades and rockets ...
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Raiders of Atlantis
Title: Raiders of Atlantis
Character: James
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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Endgame
Title: Endgame
Character: Gold Carrier
Released: November 5, 1983
Type: Movie
A telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
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A Blade in the Dark
Title: A Blade in the Dark
Character: Tony Rendina
Released: August 6, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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Tenebre
Title: Tenebre
Character: Maria's Boyfriend / Man Walking with Girl on Beach (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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The New York Ripper
Title: The New York Ripper
Character: Newspaper Buyer (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Caligula: The Untold Story
Title: Caligula: The Untold Story
Character: Domitius
Released: February 2, 1982
Type: Movie
The deranged Roman emperor Gainus 'Caligula' (Little Boots) Caesar (12-41 A.D.) rules Rome with an iron fist and has anyone tortured and exectued for even the slightest insubordination. Mostly set during his last year of his reign, as Caligula loses support due to his brutal and crazed excess, a young Moor woman, named Miriam, becomes his lover while ploting to kill him to avenge the murder of a friend which Caligula was responsible for. But Miriam is torn between her personal vandeda against Caligula and her own personal feelings towards him despite his madness and debauched lifestyle of orgies and bloody torture murders.
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Absurd
Title: Absurd
Character: Biker (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Men or Not Men
Title: Men or Not Men
Released: September 8, 1980
Type: Movie
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
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Day of the Cobra
Title: Day of the Cobra
Character: Leo Kandinsky (uncredited)
Released: August 12, 1980
Type: Movie
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
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City of the Living Dead
Title: City of the Living Dead
Character: Tommy Fisher
Released: August 11, 1980
Type: Movie
A reporter must race against time to prevent hordes of rotting corpses spewing forth from the gates of hell.
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Alien 2: On Earth
Title: Alien 2: On Earth
Character: Burt
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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Little Lips
Title: Little Lips
Character: The acrobat
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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The Biggest Battle
Title: The Biggest Battle
Character: Ted Foster (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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The School Teacher
Title: The School Teacher
Released: July 11, 1975
Type: Movie
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.