Joe D'Amato
Director · 1936 – 1999 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Joe D'Amato, (birth name: Aristide Massaccesi) (December 15, 1936 in Rome - January 23, 1999 in Rome) was a prolific Italian filmmaker who directed roughly 200 films, usually at the same time acting as producer and cinematographer, and sometimes providing the script as well. While D'Amato contributed to many different genres (such as the spaghetti western, the war movie, the swashbuckler, the peplum, and the fantasy film), the majority of his films are exploitation-themed pornography, both soft- and hardcore. He is perhaps most well known for his horror film efforts, many of which went on to become cult movies (such as Anthropophagous and Beyond the Darkness), and for his hastily-produced remakes of popular American films (such as the Ator series, based upon the Conan the Barbarian films), some of which were featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The poor production value of many of his films, combined with his expressed lack of concern for the production quality of his films as long as they proved profitable, have led him to be labeled as "The Evil Ed Wood," despite D'Amato's apparently amiable nature. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe D'Amato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movie6.2WesternAdventureRenegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.
Old Shatterhand
1964 · 85 votes
Movie4.9Science FictionActionA telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
Movie5.6AdventureDramaThe increasingly politicised Emanuelle gets deeper into fighting an international trade composed of sex, violence and high profile players.
Movie7.3DocumentaryWho 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.
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021 · 5 votes
Movie6.7MysteryThrillerAfter several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.
Movie4.8DramaLaura 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.
Movie5.4HorrorTourists take a boat to a remote island, where they find that most of the people have disappeared, and something is stalking them. They find a hidden room in the big mansion on a hill, and an ancient diary, which gives them clues to the source of the terror.
Movie4.9ComedyDramaA Southern Italian family is suddenly faced with AIDS. One of them has it. Which friend or family member could have begun this cycle of infection? The characters include a vain housewife, her straight-laced husband, her gay brother, and her husband's and brother's best friend. Hilarious mayhem ensues.
Sono positivo
1999 · 7 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryThe story of Joe D'Amato, Italian director of sexploitation and gore, narrated by himself.
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Erotic Experience
1999 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
FantastiCozzi
2016 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentary
Movie6.4WesternA bounty hunter wants to catch the Bandit Carson because he has a lot of people in his gang who are worth a lot of money. When he comes into White City he gets his first problems with Carson's son Lucas. After this incident Carson wants this man dead. They can catch him but not for a long time because he can escape with the help of Zoppo who the bounty hunter had helped a couple of days before.
Movie6.5WesternHistoryFourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
Robbery Under Arms
1985 · 6 votes
- Movie7.0Documentary
A portrait of porn actress Laetitia Zappa aka. Shalimar, which also explores the porn industry of the 90s.
Heidi im Pornoland
1996 · 1 votes
- Movie4.5Documentary
An overview over the career of prolific Italian filmmaker Joe D'Amato.
Porno Holocaust - Die Filme des Joe D'Amato
2001 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyInsatiable playboy Marco Donati decides to marry his latest flame, the beautiful Francesca. When the news gets into local newspapers, many of his former lovers are annoyed.
Anima mia
1974 · 1 votes
Movie5.1ComedyHorrorAnthology horror film with three tales consisting of a killer sex doll, a killer handbag and a parody of Joe D'amato's Anthropophagous.
Sick-o-pathics
1995 · 8 votes
Movie4.1ComedyThe story of a group of monks, who are enjoying the forbidden pleasure of sexual adventures.
Sollazzevoli storie di mogli gaudenti e mariti penitenti - Decameron nº 69
More Sexy Canterbury Tales
1972 · 10 votes
Movie5.5DocumentaryDocumentary on various horror movies that Joe D'Amato directed and/or produced in the 1970's, 1980's, and early 1990's.
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
2001 · 2 votes
Movie4.1HorrorA group of castaways wash ashore on a deserted island, unaware that a sex-crazed radioactive monster is also lurking.
Porno Holocaust
1981 · 49 votes
Movie7.0ComedyLuca Damiano’s version of the classic Hamlet, taking some of the most famous and familiar scenes and putting his own sexual twist on it.
Hamlet: For the Love of Ophelia
1995 · 11 votes