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Domiziano Cristopharo

Born June 22, 1974 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (age 52)

Domiziano Cristopharo, an independent film director from Rome, has been the first Italian director in years to try and revive the erotic/horror film genre.  Four years ago he obtained enormous audience and critical acclaim with HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS (starring international horror actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice).   HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS won six international awards and eight international f…

Known For

PoernPoern · 2015
Poern
★ 3.12015
MovieDramaHorror
Four experimental short movies, based on the following Poe tales and poems, are told: “Alone”, “Song”, “The Black Cat”, “William Wilson” and “Ligeia” (which is combined with another Poe tale, “Morella”). Each sequence is introduced by the sensual and international PornStar Roberta Gemma, who also appears (as a 3D generated character) in the last segment.
Penny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the UndergroundPenny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the Underground · 2018
Penny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the Underground
2018
MovieDocumentary
Go deeper and darker into the world of micro-budget horror as some of the genre's leading underground creators discuss their craft.
HOUSE 6HOUSE 6
HOUSE 6
MovieHorror
Freely Inspired by the murders of the most infamous serial killer of Australia: Katherine Mary Knight Katherine Mary Knight (born 24 October 1955) is an Australian murderer and the first woman in the country's history to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. She was convicted for the murder of her partner, John Charles Thomas Price, in February 2000, and is currently imprisoned at the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre in New South Wales. Knight stabbed Price to death, skinned him, and then put his skin on a meat hook, which she had recently installed. She then cooked his head and parts of his body with the intention of feeding them to Price's adult children, but was stopped by police after an employee of his went to check on him after he had not been at work that day.
The ObsessedThe Obsessed · 2019
The Obsessed
★ 4.22019
MovieHorror
A body horror freak-out based on the manic descent of Bjork’s stalker.
Doll SyndromeDoll Syndrome · 2014
Doll Syndrome
★ 4.72014
MovieHorrorThriller
A mentally disturbed ex soldier tries to start a new life and get a new job after a nightmarish experience during the war.
Hyde's Secret NightmareHyde's Secret Nightmare · 2012
Hyde's Secret Nightmare
★ 4.52012
MovieHorror
An erotic horror movie dedicated to Joe D Amato, Hyde's Secret Nightmare combines the two genres and mixes them in equal parts. Cross-cut erotic and horror scenes are kept together by a thread of dramatic force bordering on obsession, paranoia, phobia, perversion, and lack of self-acceptance. Everything unfolds in an extreme world where sex seems the only way to attain a state of well-being.
House of Flesh MannequinsHouse of Flesh Mannequins · 2009
House of Flesh Mannequins
★ 3.72009
MovieDramaHorror
A loner artist with a history of abuse meets a beautiful woman who takes an interest in his life and work; leading to a chilling path of tragedy.
Deep Web XXXDeep Web XXX · 2018
Deep Web XXX
★ 9.52018
MovieHorrorFantasy
New horror anthology that explore the morbid side of the deep and dark web.

Filmography

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HOUSE 6
MovieHorror
Freely Inspired by the murders of the most infamous serial killer of Australia: Katherine Mary Knight Katherine Mary Knight (born 24 October 1955) is an Australian murderer and the first woman in the country's history to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. She was convicted for the murder of her partner, John Charles Thomas Price, in February 2000, and is currently imprisoned at the Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre in New South Wales. Knight stabbed Price to death, skinned him, and then put his skin on a meat hook, which she had recently installed. She then cooked his head and parts of his body with the intention of feeding them to Price's adult children, but was stopped by police after an employee of his went to check on him after he had not been at work that day.

Director of Photography

AnalogiesAnalogies · 2026
Analogies
2026
MovieHorror
A daring horror-anthology film built from seven segments, each by a different director, unified under the theme of taboo, the body and the repressed. The collection turns its gaze toward the most demonised and fetishised frontier of bodily representation — the anus — and uses this “hidden” territory to explore anxiety, identity, desire, repression and liberation. The stories vary in tone and style—some digital-age allegory, some dream-like psychological journeys, some extreme body-horror—but all form a choral fresco: each segment maintains its individual voice while entering into a dialogue with the others. The project positions itself not simply as provocation but as a political, aesthetic dissection of the obscene, asking where cinema’s boundaries lie, and what is suppressed, shown or revealed.

Director

Shock: My Abstraction Of DeathShock: My Abstraction Of Death · 2013
Shock: My Abstraction Of Death
★ 4.72013
MovieHorrorThriller
A pair of twisted tales from two filmmakers that are quickly emerging as the next generation of Italian Horror directors. Episode One: Celeste and her husband rent a country house for the holidays. An earthquake recently destroyed part of the small town, and the house seems to have been recently renovated ... but with much haste. Often alone in the house, Celeste begins to experience horrible visions that seem to emerge from the cracks in the walls. As her mind begins to slip away,she continues to see and hear things that can't be explained, especially to her skeptical husband. Episode Two: Yuri and Max have been friends for a lifetime, spending their evenings drinking and discussing their lives. But this particular evening will be their last.

Producer