JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Eroi all’inferno (1974)
Written, directed and filmed by Joe D’Amato — using the name Michael Wotruba — this film wasn’t seen much in the U.S. until Lightning Video released it in 1985 as Heroes In Hell. Look, I saw the poster and I know that this was the second movie in a row that D’Amato made with Klaus Kinski, […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Passion’s Flower (1991)
I would not advise you to watch sixty Joe D’Amato movies in a week. In fact, I don’t know why I do these things to myself, yet here we are, a finish line is somewhat close and I am both happy and sad and somewhat relieved that this is all nearly done. What we have […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Predators of the Antilles (1999)
Predators of the Antilles was released in the U.S. as Sexy Pirates and it’s the last non-adult film that D’Amato would direct. So how strange that this film is a throwback to old school swashbuckling with barely dirty nudity and sex scenes for a man who just spent five years filming Rocco Siffredi’s yam bag up close. […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: The Hyena (1997)
When an ex-model named Emy (Cinzia Roccaforte) is left alone by her husband (Jason Saucier, who ends up in a lot of late D’Amato movies like Top Model and The Crawlers, as well as Lenzi’s Hitcher in the Dark), she decides to make a cocktail and watch Antropophagus because, look, this movie is based in the reality of a […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Sesso Nero (1980)
Black Sex is also known as Sexy Erotic Love and Exotic Malice. That last title is probably best, because this is the scuzzier side of D’Amato, backed up with a script by George Eastman. One of the first — if not the first — adult films to be shown in mainstream Italian theaters, this movie was made […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Novelle licenziose di vergini ogliose (1973)
Giovanni Boccaccio is considered the greatest European prose writer of his time (1313-1375, in case you’re interested) and he’s best known for The Decameron, a series of short stories that pretty much define much of the Italian literary tradition. Joe D’Amato made Porno Holocaust. Six hundred years later, the cinema was referring back to Boccaccio with […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Christina (1986)
“Wealthy but neglected wife Christina is seduced by a close friend of her husband and introduced to new erotic experiences.” Yes, this IMDB listing really could be any erotic film released after Just Jaeckin’s Emmanuelle. Also known as Voglia di guardare (The Pleasure of Watching), the real story here is that Christina, played by Jenny Tamburi […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Two movies with George Eastman
EDITOR’S NOTE: While we just covered these movies on October 1, 2021 and October 31, 2021, you can’t do a week of Joe D’Amato without bringing up two of his most transgressive — and to be honest somewhat boring — movies. Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (1980): I work in my basement from when I […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Buio Omega (1979)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Joe’s big directing bid and its lack of reaction pushed him into only caring about more commercial films (porn). It’s a shame because this is a work of sheer weird art made by a maniac. We originally wrote about this movie on October 5, 2020. There’s also a cocktail recipe based […]
JOE D’AMATO WEEK: Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D’Amato (2017)
Created by Eugenio Ercolani (Aenigma: Lucio Fulci and the 80s, Banned Alive! The Rise and Fall of Italian Cannibal Movies) and Giuliano Emanuele (Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Italian Exorcist Rip-offs), this film was originally included with the 88 Films release of Buio Omega. Thanks to interviews with George Eastman, Michele Soavi, Claudio Fragasso, Ruggero Deodato, […]
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