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Spasmo
''Spasmo'' is a 1974 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Robert Hoffmann and Suzy Kendall. Plot A young couple on their nightly hormonal romp decide to go to the beach, where they first meet a mysterious man who is parked there. After asking for a light, the couple make their way to some nearby ruins, where in the midst of their passion, they discover a hanging woman. Upon investigation, it turns out to be a brutalized mannequin. The mysterious man peels off in his car before they can ask him questions. Exit couple number two, Christian and a first girlfriend, who also decide the beach is a good place for a little afternoon delight. They too come upon a woman's body - this time face down, just above the surf. However, it turns out she is a real person, who is in fact not dead. Introducing herself as Barbara and not really explaining how she got there, she quickly disappears while Christian is distracted. Despite seemingly being involved with the girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi (6 August 1931 – 19 October 2017) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist. A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unreleased, while his official debut happened in 1961 with ''Queen of the Seas''. Lenzi's films of the 1960s followed popular trends of the era, which led to him directing several spy and erotic thriller films. He followed in suit in the 1970s making ''giallo'' films, crime films and making the first Italian cannibal film with ''Man from the Deep River''. He continued making films up until the 1990s and later worked as a novelist writing a series of murder mysteries. Biography Early life Umberto Lenzi was born on 6 August 1931 in the Massa Marittima province of Italy. Lenzi was a film enthusiast as early as grade school. While studying law, Lenzi also created film fan clubs. Lenzi eventually put off studying law and began pursuing the technic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann (30 August 1939 – 4 July 2022) was an Austrian actor, best known to British audiences for his title role performance in ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964). Hoffmann was born in Salzburg. ''Crusoe'' was his screen debut, but he later worked in film (including a number of giallo horror-thrillers) and TV throughout Europe, in Germany, Italy, France the UK, and appeared in films by directors such as Marcel Carné, Antonio Pietrangeli, Robert Siodmak, and Robert Enrico. In 1997, he was interviewed by the BBC for TV and radio when the ''Robinson Crusoe'' series was first released on video. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'' (1964, TV miniseries) * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) * ''Up from the Beach'' (1965) * '' I Knew Her Well'' (1965) * ''Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (1965) * ''Neues vom Hexer'' (1965) * '' The Gentlemen'' (1965) * ''Wake Up and Die'' (1966) * ''How I Learned to Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzy Kendall
Suzy Kendall (born Freda Harriet Harrison; 1 January 1937 ) is a British retired actress best known for her film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Personal life Born in Belper, Derbyshire, Kendall attended Derby & District College of Art where she studied painting and design. She was a fabric designer at British Celanese and then became a photographic model before becoming an actress. She initially appeared in supporting roles before progressing to female leads in a number of British films in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, she appeared in several Italian ''giallo'' thrillers before returning to Britain and played supporting roles in a few more films until her retirement from screen acting in 1977. In 1968, Kendall married pianist, comedian and actor Dudley Moore, and though they divorced in 1972, they remained friends until Moore's death in 2002. Following the divorce she remarried shortly afterwards to musician Sandy Harper, whom Moore also befriended. Moore was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Rassimov
Ivan Rassimov (Born Ivan Đerasimović; Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Ђерасимовић) (7 May 1938 – 14 March 2003) was an Italian film actor of Serb descent who appeared in many horror and exploitation films. Biography Born in Trieste to Serbian parents, Velimir and Vera Đerasimović (née Petrijević), he attended the Slovenian scientific lyceum (Gimnazija s slovenskim učnim jezikom) in Trieste. He made his film debut in 1964 after graduating from university and Actors' Studio in Rome. Mostly cast in villainous roles, he appeared in Mario Bava's ''Planet of the Vampires'' (1965), Sergio Martino's ''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'' (1972), Umberto Lenzi's '' Man from Deep River'' (1972) and ''Eaten Alive!'' (1980), Mario Gariazzo's ''The Eerie Midnight Horror Show'' (1974), and Ruggero Deodato's ''Last Cannibal World'' (1977), among many other titles. He retired from acting in 1987 and worked then for a publishing firm in Rome , establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since ''A Fistful of Dollars'', all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since '' Cinema Paradiso'', ''The Battle of Algiers'', Dario Argento's ''Animal Trilogy'', ''1900'', '' Exorcist II'', ''Days of Heaven'', several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy '' La Cage aux Folles I'', '' II'', '' III'' and ''Le Professionnel'', as well as '' The Thing'', ''Once Upon a Time in America'', '' The Mission'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Mission to Mars'', '' Bugsy'', ''Disclosure'', ''In the Line of Fire'', ''Bulworth'', ''Ripley's Game'', and ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio Alabiso
Eugenio Alabiso (born 30 July 1937) is an Italian film editor. He edited ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966) He edited ''The Case of the Scorpion's Tail'' (1971), ''Silent Action'' (1975), and '' The Scorpion with Two Tails'' (1982), directed by Sergio Martino, and '' Face to Face'' (1967), directed by Sergio Sollima. He worked in crime films like '' Long Lasting Days'' (1973), '' Almost Human'' (1974), ''Manhunt in the City'' (1975), and ''From Corleone to Brooklyn'' (1979), directed by Umberto Lenzi. Filmography Films * ''Deadly Kitesurf'' (2008) * ''L'allenatore nel pallone 2'' (2008) * ''Bastardi'' (2008) * ''Nemici per la pelle'' (2006) * ''El khoubz el hafi'' (2005) * ''Taxi Lovers'' (2005) * ''Il monastero'' (2004) * ''L'apparenza'' (2003) * ''Stregeria'' (2003) * ''La bella di Mosca'' (2001) * ''Mozart Is a Murderer'' (1999) * ''Cyberflic'' (1997) * ''La ragazza di Cortina'' (1994) * '' Troublemakers'' (1994) * ''Il giorno del giudizio'' (1994) * ''Craving Desire' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giallo Film
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements. This particular style of Italian-produced murder mystery horror-thriller film usually blends the atmosphere and suspense of thriller fiction with elements of horror fiction (such as slasher violence) and eroticism (similar to the French ''fantastique'' genre), and often involves a mysterious killer whose identity is not revealed until the final act of the film. The genre developed in the mid-to-late 1960s, peaked in popularity during the 1970s, and subsequently declined in commercial mainstream filmmaking over the next few decades, though examples continue to be produced. It was a predecessor to, and had significant influence on, the later American slasher film genre. Literature In the Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Alberti
Guido Alberti (20 April 1909 Birth name: Guido Renato Vittorio Alberti. – 3 August 1996) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1963 and 1993. Selected filmography * ''Wild Love'' (1956) - Sor Alberto (uncredited) * ''8½'' (1963) - Pace, il produttore * '' The Executioner'' (1963) - Director de la prisión * ''Hands Over the City'' (1963) - Maglione * ''Aimez-vous les femmes ?'' (1964) - Mr. Khouroulis * ''Le Grain de sable'' (1964) - Rudolf Kubler * ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'' (1964) - Le grand Mathieu (uncredited) * ''Marvelous Angelique'' (1965) - Le grand Mathieu (uncredited) * ''La fuga'' (1965) - Il padre di Piera * '' Su e giù'' (1965) - Il commendatore Persici (segment "Colpo da leoni, Il") * '' The Camp Followers'' (1965) - Gambardelli * ''Casanova 70'' (1965) - Il monsignore * ''Marco the Magnificent'' (1965) - Pope Gregory X * '' The Dreamer'' (1965) - Uncle Marco * ''Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965) - Player (uncredited) * '' Shoot L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Silva
Franco Silva (18 February 1920 – 10 November 1995) was an Italian actor. Born in Genoa as Francesco Vistarini, Silva moved in Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, from which he graduated in 1938; the following year he made his film debut in ''Ho visto brillare le stelle''. Silva was mainly active between the 1950s and the mid-1960s; he was also active on stage and on television. Silva was the father of actress Mita Medici. and scriptwriter and novelist Carla Vistarini. Partial filmography * ''Ho visto brillare le stelle'' (1939) - Mario * ''Vietato ai minorenni'' (1944) - Lo studento in medicina * ''The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950) * ''Malavita (1951 film), Malavita'' (1951) - Serg. Mario * ''The Wonderful Adventures of Guerrin Meschino'' (1952) - Bayazil * ''Femmina senza cuore'' (1952) - Carlo * ''The Queen of Sheba (1952 film), The Queen of Sheba'' (1952) - Kabaal, commander of the Sheban army * ''The Man from Cairo'' (1953) - Armeno * ''Frine, Courtesan o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giallo Films
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural horror elements. This particular style of Italian-produced murder mystery horror-thriller film usually blends the atmosphere and suspense of thriller fiction with elements of horror fiction (such as slasher violence) and eroticism (similar to the French ''fantastique'' genre), and often involves a mysterious killer whose identity is not revealed until the final act of the film. The genre developed in the mid-to-late 1960s, peaked in popularity during the 1970s, and subsequently declined in commercial mainstream filmmaking over the next few decades, though examples continue to be produced. It was a predecessor to, and had significant influence on, the later American slasher film genre. Literature In the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, military history, and film. In 2007, the ''Mountain Times'' wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year; Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350. List of scholarly journals The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannequins In Films
A mannequin (also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Previously, the English term referred to human models and muses (a meaning which it still retains in French and other European languages); the meaning as a dummy dating from the start of World War II. Life-sized mannequins with simulated airways are used in the teaching of first aid, CPR, and advanced airway management skills such as tracheal intubation. During the 1950s, mannequins were used in nuclear tests to help show the effects of nuclear weapons on humans. Also referred to as mannequins are the human figures used in computer simulation to model the behavior of the human body. ''Mannequin'' comes from the French word ', which had acquired the meaning "an artist's jointed model", which in turn came from the Flemish word ', meaning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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