AKA THE JIZZ MAESTRO!
Or Aristide Massacessi. One of the great Italian genre directors and also producer (a fact overlooked by a lot of dudes) who helped keep the genre alive in the late 80's and early 90's through his company Filmirage. Similar in some ways to Corman in the variety of films he made, doing a lot of non-conventional pictures, and helping to launch a few careers in the process. Though he considered filmmaking to be more of a business than an art some of his best films defy this mentality with some truly stunning cinematography on top of that. Also considered to be one of the nicest Eurocult directors with no one involved with him having any bad things to say. A true legend in the B/Exploitation/Horror/Porno genres.
Aristide Massaccessi
1936-1999
My favorites of his films would probably be:
Anthropophagus
Emanuelle in America
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Buio Omega (AKA Beyond the Darkness)
Death Smiles at Murder
Caligula 2: The Untold Story
2020 Texas Gladiators
Images in a Convent (the most well shot Porn EVER)
Absurd
And on that note, before his death D'amato was planning a 3rd Anthropophagus film having seen the response the two films have gotten through the horror fandom. Damn shame he never made it. Lest not forget that he gave Michele Soavi his big break and produced one of the great Eurocult/Slasher films Stage Fright.
Or Aristide Massacessi. One of the great Italian genre directors and also producer (a fact overlooked by a lot of dudes) who helped keep the genre alive in the late 80's and early 90's through his company Filmirage. Similar in some ways to Corman in the variety of films he made, doing a lot of non-conventional pictures, and helping to launch a few careers in the process. Though he considered filmmaking to be more of a business than an art some of his best films defy this mentality with some truly stunning cinematography on top of that. Also considered to be one of the nicest Eurocult directors with no one involved with him having any bad things to say. A true legend in the B/Exploitation/Horror/Porno genres.
Aristide Massaccessi
1936-1999
My favorites of his films would probably be:
Anthropophagus
Emanuelle in America
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Buio Omega (AKA Beyond the Darkness)
Death Smiles at Murder
Caligula 2: The Untold Story
2020 Texas Gladiators
Images in a Convent (the most well shot Porn EVER)
Absurd
And on that note, before his death D'amato was planning a 3rd Anthropophagus film having seen the response the two films have gotten through the horror fandom. Damn shame he never made it. Lest not forget that he gave Michele Soavi his big break and produced one of the great Eurocult/Slasher films Stage Fright.
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