Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, art director and

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Career

Born in

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, he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wrote some 27 films and TV scripts since 1954. He is primarily known for his work on

Spaghetti Westerns The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most of ...

, Pepla, Euro Crime and to a slightly lesser degree on horror films. Caiano directed (as Allen Grünewald) and wrote the script for ''

Nightmare Castle ''Nightmare Castle'' ( it, Amanti d’Oltretomba) is a 1965 Italian horror film directed by Mario Caiano. The film stars Paul Muller, Helga Liné and Barbara Steele in a dual role. Mario Caiano shot the film in Rome and declared it his tribut ...

'' (''Amanti d'oltretomba'', 1965), which stars

Barbara Steele Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English film actress known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played th ...

. '' Eye in the Labyrinth'' (1972) is a later film in the genre that he directed.

Partial filmography

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* 1933 births Horror film directors Italian film directors Italian screenwriters 2015 deaths Writers from Rome Poliziotteschi directors Spaghetti Western directors Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub