Directing

Dennison Ramalho

Born July 25, 1974 · Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (age 52)

Dennison Ramalho (born July 25, 1974 in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and editor widely recognized as one of the prominent voices in modern Brazilian horror and genre cinema. Having studied film at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP), Ramalho built an international reputation with his visceral and atmosphere-driven short films, notably "Amor…

Known For

ABCs of Death 2

ABCs of Death 2 · 2014

ABCs of Death 2

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

The Nightshifter

The Nightshifter · 2019

The Nightshifter

MovieThrillerHorror

Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.

Carcereiros: O Filme

Carcereiros: O Filme · 2019

Carcereiros: O Filme

MovieDramaCrime

Adriano is an honest prison guard who is averse to violence. He tries to keep the prison peaceful, even though he is struggling with major family problems. The arrival of Abdel, a dangerous international terrorist, increases the tension in the prison, which is already experiencing days of terror due to the fight between two criminal factions. Now, Adriano will have to face a rebellion and control Abdel's every move.

Rio de Sangue

Rio de Sangue · 2026

MovieDramaThriller

After leading a failed operation, a policewoman under a death threat leaves São Paulo in search of safety and to reconnect with her daughter, who works as a doctor for a non-governmental organization and was kidnapped in the interior of Pará by illegal gold miners.

Embodiment of Evil

Embodiment of Evil · 2008

Embodiment of Evil

MovieHorrorThriller

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.

Ninjas

In crisis after killing an innocent during action in the favela, a police officer is introduced into the unit of the "Ninjas" - extermination group that is dedicated to sadistically eliminating suspects of violent crimes.

Nocturnu

Nocturnu · 1998

Hell on earth, devilish gods, Lucifer emerge from the bowels of a ship in search of human flesh and blood as food.

Love from Mother Only

Love from Mother Only · 2003

Love from Mother Only

Filho is a miserable bastard. He's divided between the duty of nursing his fanatic mother and his obsessive lust for Formosa - a whore of Satan . His dilemma casts him into an abyss of violence, witchcraft, death and demonic trance.

Filmography

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ABCs of Death 2

ABCs of Death 2 · 2014

ABCs of Death 2

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Director

The Nightshifter

The Nightshifter · 2019

The Nightshifter

MovieThrillerHorror

Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.

Director

Carcereiros: O Filme

Carcereiros: O Filme · 2019

Carcereiros: O Filme

MovieDramaCrime

Adriano is an honest prison guard who is averse to violence. He tries to keep the prison peaceful, even though he is struggling with major family problems. The arrival of Abdel, a dangerous international terrorist, increases the tension in the prison, which is already experiencing days of terror due to the fight between two criminal factions. Now, Adriano will have to face a rebellion and control Abdel's every move.

Writer

Rio de Sangue

Rio de Sangue · 2026

MovieDramaThriller

After leading a failed operation, a policewoman under a death threat leaves São Paulo in search of safety and to reconnect with her daughter, who works as a doctor for a non-governmental organization and was kidnapped in the interior of Pará by illegal gold miners.

Writer

Embodiment of Evil

Embodiment of Evil · 2008

Embodiment of Evil

MovieHorrorThriller

Released from the Mental Health Wing of São Paulo State Penitentiary after forty years, the sadistic undertaker Zé do Caixão is back on the streets, haunted by ghostly visions and spirits of past victims but still set upon the goal that sent him to prison in the first place: finding a woman who can give him the perfect child.

Writer

Ninjas

In crisis after killing an innocent during action in the favela, a police officer is introduced into the unit of the "Ninjas" - extermination group that is dedicated to sadistically eliminating suspects of violent crimes.

Director

Nocturnu

Nocturnu · 1998

Hell on earth, devilish gods, Lucifer emerge from the bowels of a ship in search of human flesh and blood as food.

Screenplay

Love from Mother Only

Love from Mother Only · 2003

Love from Mother Only

Filho is a miserable bastard. He's divided between the duty of nursing his fanatic mother and his obsessive lust for Formosa - a whore of Satan . His dilemma casts him into an abyss of violence, witchcraft, death and demonic trance.

Director

God Knows Who...

God Knows Who... · 2011

God Knows Who...

Can jealousy and a person from the past tear this couple apart?

Director

Um Homem Sério

Um Homem Sério · 1996

Um Homem Sério

MovieDramaComedy

Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.

Producer's Assistant

The Double Of Five

The Double Of Five · 2009

The Double Of Five

MovieCrimeMystery

Diomedes is both a detective and a failure, who never solved a single case and plunges headlong into the bizarre world of the Great Circus, a famous circus in the past, today just a ghostly place, more like a burlesque madhouse, to find Enigmo, the magician who transformed water in wine, at the request of the pessinous Hermes.

Director

Basement

Basement · 2012

Just sounds from the basement, sneak a peek.

Director

Small Gauge Trauma

Small Gauge Trauma · 2006

Small Gauge Trauma

Hand-picked by Fantasias Mitch Davis, SMALL GAUGE TRAUMA is an extraordinary collection of 13 award-winning shorts from 8 countries. It represents some of the strongest and most eccentric highlights from the festivals trailblazing history with the form and is a veritable must-have for lovers of the unusual, aficionados of the fantastic and anyone with an interest in world cinema.

Director

Sangue Marginal

Sangue Marginal · 2013

Sangue Marginal

MovieDocumentary

Carcereiros

Carcereiros · 2017

SeriesCrimeDrama

Inspired by the work of Dráuzio Varella, the Cannes-award-winning series presents the perspective of prison guard Adriano, who lives amidst walls, bars, weapons, and threats.

Creator

Supermax

Supermax · 2016

SeriesCrimeMystery

Twelve people are confined together in an abandoned maximum security prison in the middle of the Amazon forest, and end up having to fight for their lives against unknown creatures and supernatural odds.

Writer

Perfect Days

Perfect Days · 2025

SeriesCrimeDrama

Téo, a solitary medical student burdened by the care of his paraplegic mother, becomes infatuated with Clarice, an aspiring screenwriter he meets at a barbecue. When she rejects his advances, he resorts to an extreme measure: drugging and kidnapping her. He forces Clarice—sedated and trapped as his passenger—on a road trip through the very locations she scripted in her screenplay, attempting to awaken her love through repetition and manipulation.

Writer