Luigi Batzella

Directing

Luigi Batzella

Born May 27, 1924 · San Sperate, Sardegna

Died November 18, 2008 · aged 84

No biography available.

Known For

The Beast in HeatThe Beast in Heat · 1977
The Beast in Heat
★ 5.21977
MovieHorrorThriller
In a remote village in occupied Europe, the SS pursue their inhuman treatment of captured partisans in efforts to force them to betray their comrades.... while Fraulein Krast, a sadistic biologist, concentrates her efforts on the womenfolk with refined tortures and humiliation, leaving them to the mercy of a sex-crazed half-man, half-beast she has created with experimental injections.... And as advancing Allied forces approach the village, Krast herself becomes a victim of her own fiendish rituals....
The House of the Lost DollsThe House of the Lost Dolls · 1974
The House of the Lost Dolls
★ 3.21974
MovieThriller
A luxurious house stands in a deserted region, contrasting with its surroundings. It is a house of prostitution and its inmates are brought there against their will. One of them, Yvette, is helped to escape by Mr Gaston, a regular customer and she tells the story of her ordeal to the police.
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavereÈ mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere · 1966
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere
★ 10.01966
MovieComedyThriller
Challenge of the TigerChallenge of the Tiger · 1980
Challenge of the Tiger
★ 5.51980
MovieActionAdventure
Two CIA agents, a kung fu master and a suave womanizer, track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.
The Devil's Wedding NightThe Devil's Wedding Night · 1973
The Devil's Wedding Night
★ 5.31973
MovieHorror
The 1800s: scholarly Karl Schiller believes he's found the ring of the Nibelungen, which holds great power. It's at Castle Dracula. His twin, Franz, a gambler, asks if vampires frighten Karl; Karl shows him an Egyptian amulet, which may protect him. Franz takes the amulet and sets out ahead of his brother, arriving at the castle first. There he finds a countess who invites him to dine. Later that night, Karl arrives. Coincidently, it's the Night of the Virgin Moon, a night that falls every fifty years and draws five virgins from the surrounding village to the castle not be heard from again. Can Karl protect his brother, find the ring, and rescue any of the women?
Nude for SatanNude for Satan · 1974
Nude for Satan
★ 4.31974
MovieHorror
Italian Gothic horror that tells the tale of a man who stops at a remote castle hoping to get medical help for an injured woman, only to find the inhabitants mirror the darker sides of the woman and himself.
Achtung! The Desert TigersAchtung! The Desert Tigers · 1977
Achtung! The Desert Tigers
★ 3.81977
MovieDramaThriller
During World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and torturing prisoners. The major organizes an escape attempt using the camp's nubile female doctor as a hostage.
Django's Cut Price CorpsesDjango's Cut Price Corpses · 1971
Django's Cut Price Corpses
★ 3.91971
MovieWestern
The Cortez brothers rob a bank and flee beyond the Mexican border. On their trail are various people, each for a different reason: Sheriff Fulton is sent by the robbed bank to recuperate the money; Django, a head-hunter, is after them for the reward money; Pickwick is after a saddle stolen from him by the Cortez brothers; Pedro and Dolores, saloon owners, also would like to have the loot.

Filmography

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Night of ViolenceNight of Violence · 1965
Night of Violence
★ 6.71965
MovieThriller
Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!

Detective with a mustache (as Paolo Solvay)