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Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa(1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film La vera storia della monaca di Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Hell of the Living Dead"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats - Notte di terrore (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombi 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995) (TV), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health becan to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75.
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03 February 1970
The soldier Alessio escapes from the horrors of the war. He meets a young woman and hide in her home.
01 January 1975
The sexually naive Daniela returns home from boarding school only to realize that her family is involved in an excess of bed-hopping and sexual perversion.
13 September 2002
A beautiful American music teacher arrives in Venice and encounters a licentious artist who leads her into the squalid underbelly of the ancient city into a dangerous world of sexual promiscuity.
01 May 2006
Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations.
29 July 1955
Cinematic version of Rossini's opera in which Count Almaviva wins the heart of beautiful Rosina with the help of Figaro, the barber of Seville.
01 January 1962
Italian mondo documentary
06 May 1983
Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.
17 May 1975
Emanuelle is out to avenge her sister, who committed suicide after escaping from her sadistic lover Carlo.
01 January 2005
A couple in crisis sets off for the East in the hope of rediscovering their lost harmony.
02 November 1984
Hanna is a girl completely abandoned to herself, is not at all inhibited sexually, and is attracted to the attention of unscrupulous people like Miguel, who takes advantage of Hanna, turning her to prostitution to obtain her drug fix.
17 December 1981
When the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.
26 November 2016
A look into the films and career of cult film director Bruno Mattei.
23 February 2017
A journey through the customs and traditions of Eros around the world, both the more morally acceptable and the less talked about.
15 June 1972
After a French prostitute is found dead, one of her regular clients is tried and convicted for her murder.
03 April 1970
A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
05 May 1995
A tiger shark bred by the Navy as a killing machine is wreaking havoc in the sleepy tourist town of Hampton Bay.
04 August 1976
After a swift courtship, wealthy bachelor Judas Carmichael invites a topless dancer to live with him and his abundant collection of exotic snakes.
06 March 2008
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?".
18 March 1977
A prisoner is forced to serve as a doctor's assistant, giving her a front row seat for the horrible goings-on.
26 November 1964
The ten gladiators are hired to travel to Arbela, a small country on the outskirts of the Roman Empire to learn if Parthia is planning to war with Rome.
01 January 1968
In the wake of the black comedy episodes in vogue in the mid 60s, the film consists of three episodey
17 November 1980
A rat causes a chemical leak at a Papua New Guinea research facility, leading a group of eco-terrorists to demand the closure of all facilities.
31 July 1983
A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village.
18 March 1982
As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.
20 May 1966
The island paradise of San Felipe has undergone a revolution! The charismatic General Siqueiros has assumed control!
03 August 1984
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands.
01 January 1988
A group of commandos heads into the jungles of Venezuela on a highly classified mission and encounters a robotic killing machine.
01 June 1988
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.
19 March 1959
Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family, is brought into service by autocrat Cesare Borgia.
03 August 1990
Melanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Krueger-esque mask and claw.
11 January 2005
American sexologist Nicole Wilson travels with her female Asian assistant, Jane Dimao, to the Far East after being invited by a local professor, George Woo, to help him analyze the local women's sex fantasies.
09 September 1982
Laura Kendall, also known as Emanuelle, arrives at a remote prison with a long, fictional rap sheet that will allow her to go undercover to report on the cruelties behind bars.
17 May 1978
Emanuelle hosts this peculiar sexploitation Mondo film that looks at several examples of bizarre sexual behavior.
19 May 1976
Leonidas, of noble lineage but poor, serves in the house of Count Aristide Of the Fava Dongo, waiting patiently for his death to arrive.
01 January 1983
Franco and Ciccio in "Uno storico pasticcio" is a 2000 montage film conceived and directed by Bruno Mattei and Chiara Peritore , with scenes taken, at least for the most part, from the film Satiricosissimo by Mariano Laurenti , released in 1970 and starring the comic duo.
07 September 1984
A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
26 August 1987
The sole survivor of a Vietnam mission is ordered by his commanding officer to photograph Soviets.
01 June 1970
A soldier runs away from the horrors of war, finds love with a virgin farm girl and a mistreated housewife, and will find that it is difficult to survive the battles of sex and love.
16 March 2004
The network where the famous anchorwoman Grace Forsyte works, is collapsing and she would do everyths
01 May 2007
A group of treasure hunters got lost in a fog bank and in the morning they notice what appears to be a deserted island.
20 June 1969
A sexually unsatisfied wife on the Greek island of Lesbos for a vacation meets a self-confident blonde lesbian who tries to seduce her.
06 August 1976
Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.
26 August 1987
This film is based on a true story of an Irish baby brought up by the Colorado Apaches. When a group of outlaws attack and destroy a wagon train, the only survivor gives birth to a baby, whom the Indian chief, White Bear brings up as his son and calls him Shining Sky.
06 October 1969
Following the death of her grandfather, Valentina settles with her husband Pierre, a sculptor, in the old family villa which she partly inherited (half of it belongs to her cousin Marta, who already resides there).
20 December 1977
Laura Gemser, as Emanuelle, takes viewers on a worldwide perv vacation and introduces footage of bizarre sexual behavior and performances in the style of a Mondo movie.
23 December 1957
The Mighty Crusaders (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is a 1957 film about the First Crusade, based on the 16th-century Italian poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso.
22 January 1981
A priest investigates paranormal activity at a nuns' convent where a deep, dark secret is about to resurface in the guise of murder! Could the devil be behind this, or is that just what Mother Superior wants everyone to believe?
17 March 1989
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them.
01 January 1969
Tony Carrera is a successful race car driver who was also a great safe-cracker. He gets roped into doing one more big job but finds out too late he's been double-crossed by the big Boss and his beautiful assistant.
14 October 1987
The commander of a Texan fort in the Civil War refuses to surrender to the Northerners, and tries to buy the local Indian tribe chief's daughter.
05 March 1969
Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison.
07 December 2009
With this documentary, you'll find the answer to the question you've always wondered: do cannibals really exist? On a journey between the past and present in unknown lands, we'll visit tribes that have never before encountered civilization as we know it.
21 September 2005
Louise, an up and coming model, will do anything it takes to become a top model. Along the way she finds herself involved in the nastier side of the business.
01 January 2005
Once finished her studies and the stage in the U.S.A., Jane Dimao returned to her town in Asia, to start her profession as psychologist with the specialization in woman's sexual pathologies.
01 May 2007
A woman floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific. She was found by a rescue team and taken ashore.
04 October 1955
A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.
01 January 1994
A homicidal maniac known as the 'tail', dressed in a clown mask, raping and killing a number of girls who work in erotic phone lines.
03 July 1980
Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Said convent turns out to be a veritable hotbed of sinful carnality and depravity.
01 January 1994
Giovanna Dei, a young cartoonist, works on the violent comic strip "Doctor Dark". Unfortunately, young women are being killed in the style of the comic strip character and she becomes the main suspect.
