Bruno Mattei

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birthname = Bruno Mattei
birthdate = July 30, 1931
location = Rome, Italy
deathdate = May 21, 2007 [" [http://www.horrormovie.it/news/leggi_news.asp?id=148 E' morto Bruno Mattei] " it icon]
deathplace = Ostia City, Italy (aged 75)
othername = Vincent Dawn, Pierre Le Blanc, David Hunt, Martin Miller
yearsactive = 1962-2006
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Bruno Mattei (30 July 1931 – 21 May 2007) was an Italian film director and editor who gained a cult following for his bizarre and sleazy exploitation films. He used many pseudonyms, predominantly Vincent Dawn (choosing that surname as a nod to George Romero's "Dawn of the Dead"). Mattei got his start in Italian exploitation cinema by directing several sexy Nazi death camp films in 1977, followed by some porn and nuns-ploitation films. In 1980, he directed two of his most infamous horror shockers, "THE OTHER HELL" and "VIRUS: HELL OF THE LIVING DEAD", followed a few years later by the delirious "RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR" and the ultra-gory "ZOMBIE 3" (which he co-directed with Lucio Fulci in the Philippines), and several torrid Emanuelle sex movies starring Laura Gemser. In all, he made over 50 films, many of them very low budget. However they have attracted a huge cult following. Sadly, Mattei was hospitalized in early May 2007 due to complications from a brain tumor, and lapsed into a coma shortly after. He died on May 21, 2007 at age 75.

Selected Filmography as Director

*"" (2007) sequel to "Virus: Hell of the Living Dead"
*"Island of the Living Dead" (2006)
*"" (2006) aka "Lost Soul"
*"Belle Da Morire 2" (2005) aka "Killing Striptease 2"
*"Mondo Cannibale/ Cannibal World" (2003) aka "Cannibal Holocaust 2"
*"Nella Terra dei Cannibali/ In the Land of The Cannibals" (2003) aka "Cannibal Ferox 3: Land of Death"
*"Snuff Killer-La Morta in diretta" (2003) aka "Snuff Trap"
*"Belle Da Morire" (2001) aka "Killing Striptease"
*"Ljuba" (1996) aka "Body and Soul"
*"Cruel Jaws" (1995) aka "The Beast", aka "Jaws 5"
*"Eyes without a Face" (1994) aka "Madness"
*"Dangerous Attraction" (1994)
*"Desire" (1990)
*"Shocking Dark" (1989) aka "Terminator 2"
*"" (1988) Mattei only co-produced this film
*"Zombi 3" (1988) co-directed with Lucio Fulci
*"Strike Commando II" (1988) aka "Diabolical Trap", starring Richard Harris
*"Robowar" (1988) starring Reb Brown
*"Cop Game" (1988, Crime drama)
*"Born To Fight" (1987, War movie)
*"Strike Commando" (1987) starring Reb Brown & Christopher Connelley
*"Double Target" (1987) starring Bo Svenson & Donald Pleasence
*"Scalps" (1986, Spaghetti western)
*"White Apache" (1986, Spaghetti western)
*"" (1983) written by Claudio Fragasso
*"The Seven Magnificent Gladiators" (1983) Mattei co-directed this with Claudio Fragasso), starred Lou Ferrigno
*"Emanuelle Escapes from Hell" (1983) aka "Women's Prison Massacre"
*"Violence in a Women's Prison" (1982) aka "Caged Women"
*"Caligula and Messalina" (1982) aka "Caligula's Perversions"
*"" (1982)
*"Porno Holocaust" (1981) Mattei co-directed this with Joe D'Amato (but was uncredited)
*"Hell of the Living Dead" (1980) aka "Night of the Zombies", aka "Virus" aka "Zombie Creeping Flesh"
*"The True Story of the Nun of Monza" (1980)
*"The Other Hell" (1980) aka "The Presence", aka "Guardian of Hell"
*"Sexy Night Report" (1977) aka "Mondo Erotico"
*"Emanuelle and the Porno Nights" (1977)
*"Emanuelle's Erotic Nights" (1977)
*"SS Extermination Love Camp" (1977)
*"SS Girls" (1977) aka "Private House for the SS"

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