Directing
Ruggero Deodato
Born May 7, 1939 · Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Died December 29, 2022 · aged 83
Ruggero Deodato (7 May 1939 - 29 December 2022) was an Italian film director. He has worked in a wide variety of genres, but is best known for his horror and exploitation films, and particularly for directing the controversial cult classic "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980).
Known For
Cannibal Holocaust · 1980Cannibal Holocaust
★ 6.31980
MovieHorror
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Hostel: Part II · 2007Hostel: Part II
★ 5.92007
MovieHorror
Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
Django · 1966Django
★ 7.21966
MovieActionWestern
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.
The Barbarians · 1987The Barbarians
★ 5.41987
MovieAdventureFantasy
Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.
Last Cannibal World · 1977Last Cannibal World
★ 5.81977
MovieAdventureHorror
An oil prospector escapes from capture by a primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippine rain forest and heads out to locate his missing companion and their plane to return home.
Raiders of Atlantis · 1983Raiders of Atlantis
★ 4.91983
MovieScience FictionAction
A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and bring in an expert to make some sense of it. But while attempting to raise the sub, radioactive leakage from its missles triggers the re-emergence of Atlantis, and the resulting tidal wave destroys the platform and leaves only a small group of survivors. Rescued by two Vietnamvets-turned-heavies who are out relaxing after their latest job, their boat eventually runs aground on a Carribean island nearby where, upon going ashore, it is discovered that everything has been destroyed and everybody killed. The culprits, a vicious group of well-armed raiders, and their leader, Crystal Skull, are descendants of Atlantis' original race who set about reclaiming the world and adding the survivors to the list of victims as they struggle to stay alive and defeat the raiders and send Atlantis back to the ocean floor.
House on the Edge of the Park · 1980House on the Edge of the Park
★ 5.91980
MovieThrillerCrime
A posh couple experience car trouble on their way to a villa party and stop into a local mechanic's shop for assistance, unaware of his shady background. After he and his mentally challenged assistant fix the car, the couple invite them to the party to return the favor, leading to an evening of mayhem.
The Hellbenders · 1967The Hellbenders
★ 6.51967
MovieWestern
A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
Filmography
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Navajo Joe · 1966Navajo Joe
★ 6.21966
MovieWestern
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife.
Assistant Director
Totò sexy · 1963Totò sexy
★ 5.21963
MovieComedy
Two strange street musicians end up in jail and exchange sexy stories to while away time.
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