This 68-minute documentary covers a lot of interesting and informative ground on the various horror movies that the insanely prolific Joe D'Amato made throughout the 1970's and 1980's. Among the things D'Amato discusses are that Klaus Kinski demanded to be paid money up front for acting in "Death Smiles on a Murderer," "Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals" was made to capitalize on the success of Ruggero Deodato's "Jungle Holocaust," the prosthetic penis that was created for the mutant monster in "Porno Holocaust," using pig skin and offal from a butcher for the autopsy scene in 'Beyond the Darkness," shooting scenes in catacombs for "Anthropophagus" with both real and fake bones, and producing "Stagefright" for director Michele Soavi. Al Cliver, George Eastman, and Donald O'Brien also share fun stories about their experiences working for D'Amato. Recommended viewing for D'Amato fans.
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The Horror Side of D'Amato
Michael_Elliott31 August 2017
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut - The Horror Experience (2017)
**** (out of 4)
If you're a fan of the work by Joe D'Amato then this here will certainly be a must-see. This here is a follow-up to the previous TOTALLY UNCUT documentary, which looked at the Erotic films the director made. This one here pretty much covers everything he did with any sort of horror element. We basically see clips from the films and hear the director share his memories of making them. The film discussed include: DEATH SMILED AT MURDER, EMANUELLE IN America, EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS, EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD, PORNO HOLOCAUST, IMAGES IN A CONVENT, CALIGULA THE UNTOLD STORY, FRANKENSTEIN 2000, ENDGAME, ANTROPOPHAGUS, DEEP BLOOD, ABSURD, KILLING BIRDS and some of the films he produced like Fulci's DOOR TO SILENCE, WITCHERY and BEYOND DARKNESS.
At just 68-minutes there's quite a bit of stuff going on here. Thankfully all of the movies I mentioned are discussed as well as several others. Sadly, D'Amato passed away before we could get countless interviews with him like we were able to do with Jess Franco. What's so great about this interview is that D'Amato is just so fun to listen to and he's so excited to be discussing his film. He even talks about his favorite films as well as some that he doesn't look back on too fondly. There are also interview clips with George Eastman and Al Cliver. There's a great bit of information to be found here and it's great having a pretty darn complete documentary that covers the various films that the director did.
**** (out of 4)
If you're a fan of the work by Joe D'Amato then this here will certainly be a must-see. This here is a follow-up to the previous TOTALLY UNCUT documentary, which looked at the Erotic films the director made. This one here pretty much covers everything he did with any sort of horror element. We basically see clips from the films and hear the director share his memories of making them. The film discussed include: DEATH SMILED AT MURDER, EMANUELLE IN America, EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS, EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD, PORNO HOLOCAUST, IMAGES IN A CONVENT, CALIGULA THE UNTOLD STORY, FRANKENSTEIN 2000, ENDGAME, ANTROPOPHAGUS, DEEP BLOOD, ABSURD, KILLING BIRDS and some of the films he produced like Fulci's DOOR TO SILENCE, WITCHERY and BEYOND DARKNESS.
At just 68-minutes there's quite a bit of stuff going on here. Thankfully all of the movies I mentioned are discussed as well as several others. Sadly, D'Amato passed away before we could get countless interviews with him like we were able to do with Jess Franco. What's so great about this interview is that D'Amato is just so fun to listen to and he's so excited to be discussing his film. He even talks about his favorite films as well as some that he doesn't look back on too fondly. There are also interview clips with George Eastman and Al Cliver. There's a great bit of information to be found here and it's great having a pretty darn complete documentary that covers the various films that the director did.
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