Camillo Mastrocinque

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Camillo Mastrocinque

Born May 11, 1901 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died April 23, 1969 · aged 67

Camillo Mastrocinque (11 May 1901 – 23 April 1969) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 60 films between 1937 and 1968, and is known to horror film fans for directing Terror in the Crypt (1964) starring Christopher Lee, and An Angel for Satan (1966) starring Barbara Steele.

Known For

Eighteen in the SunEighteen in the Sun · 1962
Eighteen in the Sun
★ 5.11962
MovieComedy
An Italian variation on the Frankie & Annette-Gidget beach party movies that were all the rage in North America in the early 60s. Nicole Molino (Catherine Spaak) and Nicola Molino (Gianni Garko) are not related to one another. In fact, they don’t even know each other until both are inadvertently assigned the same hotel room on the island of Ischia. Nicole isn’t interested in any hanky-panky, so Nicola reluctantly promises to keep his hands to himself.
Quel fantasma di mio maritoQuel fantasma di mio marito · 1950
Quel fantasma di mio marito
★ 7.21950
MovieDrama
Gianni Alberti is a journalist who is sent to Palestine. He decides to fake a fatal accident so he can then return home as a hero. But things don't turn out as planned, Gianni end up coming back to Italy, but only as a ghost.
Le vacanze del Sor ClementeLe vacanze del Sor Clemente · 1955
Le vacanze del Sor Clemente
★ 7.01955
MovieComedy
Sor Clemente tries to avoid an underwater fishing trip together with his authoritarian wife's friends and pretends to be ill. Left alone in the villa he's left in the company of a friend and a butler.
Are We Men or Corporals?Are We Men or Corporals? · 1955
Are We Men or Corporals?
★ 6.71955
MovieComedy
These are the years of the Second World War, and Toto is imprisoned in a concentration camp, suffering the harassment of Colonel Hammler, a Nazi cruel and despotic.
Crypt of the VampireCrypt of the Vampire · 1964
Crypt of the Vampire
★ 4.91964
MovieHorror
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.
The Cuckoo ClockThe Cuckoo Clock · 1938
The Cuckoo Clock
★ 5.81938
MovieComedy
The rich banker Rosen of Livorno fear that the Bonapartist will take all his gold, so he is hiding it inside a cuckoo clock.
Toto, Peppino, and the HussyToto, Peppino, and the Hussy · 1956
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
★ 8.01956
MovieComedyRomance
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
An Angel for SatanAn Angel for Satan · 1966
An Angel for Satan
★ 6.41966
MovieHorror
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.

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