Directing

Bruno Mattei

Born July 30, 1931 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died May 21, 2007 · aged 75

Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor who directed exploitation films in many genres, including women in prison, nunsploitation, zombie, mondo, cannibal, and Nazisploitation films. Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida…

Known For

Rats: Night of Terror

Rats: Night of Terror · 1984

Rats: Night of Terror

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere.

Count Dracula

Count Dracula · 1970

A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

Black Cobra

Black Cobra · 1976

MovieDramaThriller

After a swift courtship, wealthy bachelor Judas Carmichael invites a topless dancer to live with him and his abundant collection of exotic snakes.

Women's Prison Massacre

Women's Prison Massacre · 1983

Women's Prison Massacre

MovieActionCrime

Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.

99 Women

99 Women · 1969

MovieThrillerDrama

Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators · 1983

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

MovieAdventureAction

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

Caligula and Messalina

Caligula and Messalina · 1981

Caligula and Messalina

MovieRomanceHistory

When the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 · 1988

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

MovieHorrorAction

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.

Filmography

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Rats: Night of Terror

Rats: Night of Terror · 1984

Rats: Night of Terror

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere.

Director

Count Dracula

Count Dracula · 1970

A faithful adaptation of the classic tale portrays Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.

Editor

Black Cobra

Black Cobra · 1976

MovieDramaThriller

After a swift courtship, wealthy bachelor Judas Carmichael invites a topless dancer to live with him and his abundant collection of exotic snakes.

Editor

Women's Prison Massacre

Women's Prison Massacre · 1983

Women's Prison Massacre

MovieActionCrime

Emanuelle is framed by a corrupt D.A. while investigating a drug smuggling operation and has to tough it out under lock and key, dealing with a strict warden and abusive guards.

Director

99 Women

99 Women · 1969

MovieThrillerDrama

Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island prison. When an escape attempt goes awry, the fugitives discover that escaping can be as dangerous as remaining in the prison.

Editor

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators · 1983

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

MovieAdventureAction

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

Director

Caligula and Messalina

Caligula and Messalina · 1981

Caligula and Messalina

MovieRomanceHistory

When the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.

Director

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 · 1988

Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

MovieHorrorAction

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.

Editor

The French Sex Murders

The French Sex Murders · 1972

The French Sex Murders

MovieHorrorMystery

After a French prostitute is found dead, one of her regular clients is tried and convicted for her murder. He is eventually sentenced to death but dies in a high speed pursuit after attempting to escape custody. Soon, the witnesses that testified against him end up being systematically murdered by a mysterious killer wearing black gloves.

Editor

Violence in a Women's Prison

Violence in a Women's Prison · 1982

Violence in a Women's Prison

MovieActionThriller

Laura Kendall, also known as Emanuelle, arrives at a remote prison with a long, fictional rap sheet that will allow her to go undercover to report on the cruelties behind bars.

Director

Sexy Night Report

Sexy Night Report · 1977

Sexy Night Report

Laura 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.

Director

Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2 · 1978

Emanuelle and the Porno Nights of the World N. 2

MovieDocumentaryDrama

Emanuelle hosts this peculiar sexploitation Mondo film that looks at several examples of bizarre sexual behavior.

Director

Monster Shark

Monster Shark · 1984

MovieActionHorror

A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.

Second Unit

Cruel Jaws

Cruel Jaws · 1995

MovieHorrorThriller

A tiger shark bred by the Navy as a killing machine is wreaking havoc in the sleepy tourist town of Hampton Bay.

Director

Night of the Zombies

Night of the Zombies · 1980

Night of the Zombies

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A rat causes a chemical leak at a Papua New Guinea research facility, leading a group of eco-terrorists to demand the closure of all facilities. When a team of Interpol commandos are enlisted to eliminate the terrorists, they find themselves embroiled in a zombie outbreak.

Director

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park · 1984

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park

Hanna is a girl completely abandoned to herself, is not at all inhibited sexually, and is attracted to the attention of unscrupulous people like Miguel, who takes advantage of Hanna, turning her to prostitution to obtain her drug fix. Until she meets Alex, a young man with a sincere affection for Hanna.

Editor

Black Velvet

Black Velvet · 1976

MovieDramaRomance

Crystal, a wealthy, scorned woman living in a massive Egyptian palace with her daughter Magda, finds commiseration in a dried-up Hollywood expat who surrounds himself with singing children.

Editor

Shocking Dark

Shocking Dark · 1989

MovieActionScience Fiction

In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.

Director

The True Story of the Nun of Monza

The True Story of the Nun of Monza · 1980

The True Story of the Nun of Monza

Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Said convent turns out to be a veritable hotbed of sinful carnality and depravity. Debauched priest Don Arrigone and lecherous womanizer Giampaolo Osio plot to seduce sister Virginia. But will their wicked and lustful actions continue to go unnoticed?

Director

Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power

Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power · 1982

Nero and Poppea - An Orgy of Power

MovieDramaHistory

As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.

Director

Night Killer

Night Killer · 1990

MovieHorrorThriller

Melanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Krueger-esque mask and claw. Despite having seen the killer's face, Beck has blocked it from her memory. Becoming suicidal, she tries to kill herself on the beach but is saved by Axel, another rapist sleazeball who keeps her locked in his hotel room. All this builds to a mind blowing conclusion.

Director

Private House of the SS

Private House of the SS · 1977

Private House of the SS

Top Nazi officials, intent on rooting out traitors and those in the military who may be plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, recruit and train a group of beautiful prostitutes whose mission is to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer.

Director

The Jail: The Women's Hell

The Jail: The Women's Hell · 2006

The Jail: The Women's Hell

MovieHorrorCrime

Three women are sent by steamboat to an undisclosed jungle prison called "The Home of Lost Souls". Here they experience the usual beatings, whippings, cat fights and humiliations. The butch warden has a deal on the side with a local pimp who forces them to dance in bikinis at a nightclub and sexually service the patrons. Tired of cages, rape, torture and rats, the girls kill the resident snitch and escape into the jungle.

Director

Emanuelle and Françoise

Emanuelle and Françoise · 1975

Emanuelle and Françoise

MovieDramaHorror

Emanuelle is out to avenge her sister, who committed suicide after escaping from her sadistic lover Carlo. So she chains Carlo up in her basement, drugs him, and forces him to watch her having sex. As Carlo begins to hallucinate all kinds of bloody horrors and cannibalistic doings, he decides he has to break free and kill Emanuelle.

Writer