Domiziano Cristopharo

Domiziano Cristopharo

Born: June 22, 1974
in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Domiziano Cristopharo, an independent film director from Rome, has been the first Italian director in years to try and revive the erotic/horror film genre.  Four years ago he obtained enormous audience and critical acclaim with HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS (starring international horror actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice).   HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS won six international awards and eight international film festival presentations. Domiziano Cristopharo has frequently been compared as a perfect mix between Fellini and Dario Argento: Cristopharo's aesthetic has a vintage quality: he is simultaneously extreme in style, shocking, and yet classic. ​ To those who define him "pornographic," he responds by quoting Picasso: "Art is never chaste and we should keep her away from pure ignorants. It it were chaste, it wouldn't be art at all."   In his career he worked also with/for: Carlo De Mejo (City of living Dead), Maria Rosaria Omaggio (Nightmare city), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Frank Laloggia (Lady in white), Venantino Venantini (Ladyhawke), Giovanni Lombardo Radice/John Morghen (Cannibal Ferox), Mariagrazia Cucinotta (El dia de la bestia), Stefano Cassetti (Roberto Succo), Romano Scavolini (Nightmare in a damaged Brain)

​​Director   2014 E.N.D. (episode REVENIENS) 2014 THE TRANSPARENT WOMAN 2014 P.O.E. 3 "Pieces Of Eldritch" 2014 DOLL SYNDROME 2013 PHANTASMAGORIA (episode "a snake with a steel tongue") 2012 LOVECRAFT'S 2 Left Arms  2012 Red Krokodil​ 2012 BELLEROFONTE 2012 P.O.E. 2 Project of Evil (episode "TARR&FETHER) 2011 SHOCK -  My Abstraction of Death 2011 P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie (episode "Maelzel's Chess-Automaton") 2010 HYDE'S SECRET NIGHTMARE 2010 BLOODY SIN - Oltretomba 2009 The MUSEUM of WONDERS 2008 HOUSE of Flesh Mannequins

Movies for Domiziano Cristopharo...

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Title: The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Character: Horror Film Expert
Released: October 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and balance them with the current horror?
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Not for the Faint of Heart
Title: Not for the Faint of Heart
Character: Himself
Released: May 1, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary about the extreme films released from the 1970's-today with interviews from the creators.
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The House Guest
Title: The House Guest
Character: Postman
Released: May 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Moving into a new apartment might seem like a good idea at first, but as Daniel is about to find out, it is not always the case.
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Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films
Title: Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films
Character: Himself
Released: October 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the history and sub-culture of red films.
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Penny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the Underground
Title: Penny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the Underground
Character: Interviewee
Released: November 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Go deeper and darker into the world of micro-budget horror as some of the genre's leading underground creators discuss their craft.
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Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Title: Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Character: Edgar Bacci
Released: November 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Three characters in three different ages are united by a dream of freedom and a small masterpiece of literature. A journey through the mysterious and timeless aspirations, sufferings and 'Reveries' of a poet, of a young student and a child lost in the woods.
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Hyde's Secret Nightmare
Title: Hyde's Secret Nightmare
Released: January 13, 2012
Type: Movie
An erotic horror movie dedicated to Joe D Amato, Hyde's Secret Nightmare combines the two genres and mixes them in equal parts. Cross-cut erotic and horror scenes are kept together by a thread of dramatic force bordering on obsession, paranoia, phobia, perversion, and lack of self-acceptance. Everything unfolds in an extreme world where sex seems the only way to attain a state of well-being.