Domiziano Cristopharo

Born: 1974-06-22

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 film festival presentations. Domiziano Cristopharo has frequently been compared as a perfect mix between Fellini and Dario Argento: Cristopharo's aesthetic has a vintage quality: he is simultaneously extreme in style, shocking, and yet classic. ​ To those who define him "pornographic," he responds by quoting Picasso: "Art is never chaste and we should keep her away from pure ignorants. It it were chaste, it wouldn't be art at all."   In his career he worked also with/for: Carlo De Mejo (City of living Dead), Maria Rosaria Omaggio (Nightmare city), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Frank Laloggia (Lady in white), Venantino Venantini (Ladyhawke), Giovanni Lombardo Radice/John Morghen (Cannibal Ferox), Mariagrazia Cucinotta (El dia de la bestia), Stefano Cassetti (Roberto Succo), Romano Scavolini (Nightmare in a damaged Brain) ​​Director   2014 E.N.D. (episode REVENIENS) 2014 THE TRANSPARENT WOMAN 2014 P.O.E. 3 "Pieces Of Eldritch" 2014 DOLL SYNDROME 2013 PHANTASMAGORIA (episode "a snake with a steel tongue") 2012 LOVECRAFT'S 2 Left Arms  2012 Red Krokodil​ 2012 BELLEROFONTE 2012 P.O.E. 2 Project of Evil (episode "TARR&FETHER) 2011 SHOCK -  My Abstraction of Death 2011 P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie (episode "Maelzel's Chess-Automaton") 2010 HYDE'S SECRET NIGHTMARE 2010 BLOODY SIN - Oltretomba 2009 The MUSEUM of WONDERS 2008 HOUSE of Flesh Mannequins


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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

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Released: 2025-09-18

Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened?...

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Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films

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Released: 2019-10-26

Delves into the history of the most extreme and shocking films that have ever been made....

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Hyde's Secret Nightmare

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Released: 2012-01-13

An erotic horror movie dedicated to Joe D Amato, Hyde's Secret Nightmare combines the two genres...

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Reveries of a Solitary Walker

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Released: 2015-11-09

Three characters in three different ages are united by a dream of freedom and a small...

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Not for the Faint of Heart

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Released: 2021-05-01

A documentary about the extreme films released from the 1970's-today with interviews from the...

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Penny Pinchers 2: Scenes from the Underground

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Released: 2018-11-03

Go deeper and darker into the world of micro-budget horror as some of the genre's leading...

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Phallacies

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Released: 2024-10-10

11 international directors, 11 short stories and one protagonist: the PENIS. The penis as you...

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The House Guest

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Released: 2020-05-23

Moving into a new apartment might seem like a good idea at first, but as Daniel is about to find...

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