TheSkull
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Are any of these lesser known directors good? i'm not too familiar with their movies...
Lenzi
Jacopetti
Prosperi
Climati
Morra
Cavara
Margheriti
Mattei
D'Amato
Martino
Tarantini
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Giallo Gore
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Are any of these lesser known directors good? i'm not too familiar with their movies...
Lenzi
Jacopetti
Prosperi
Climati
Morra
Cavara
Margheriti
Mattei
D'Amato
Martino
Tarantini
I don't have time to give a detailed answer right now, but Sergio Martino is definitely one of my favorite giallo directors!
Check out these two flicks he did with the very gorgeous actress Edwige Fenech - "All The Colors Of The Dark" & "The Strange Vice Of Mrs. Wardh"!!!
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Zeroillusion
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Are any of these lesser known directors good? i'm not too familiar with their movies...
Lenzi - Some good stuff Nightmare City is my personal fave of his work. Also see Cannibal Ferox, Eyeball, Man from Deep River, and Spasmo.
Jacopetti
Prosperi
Climati
Morra
Cavara
Margheriti - Def. worth checking out see Cannibal Apocalypse and Castle of Blood.
Mattei - If you're desperate, study nude anthropology, or are a card carrying member of the Ed Wood fan club, you should check him out. I may have exaggreated a bit, he's not too bad, if you go in looking for a bit of something fun, but not much else.
D'Amato - More porn, than horror. I've only seen a few films, I can definently recommend Beyond the Darkness, the same can't be said about Killing Birds. I've been trying to pick up a copy of Emmanuelle and the Last Cannibals, and I've heard that one's alright.
Martino - Awesome stuff, see Torso, and All the Colours of the Dark.
Tarantini
You also might want to check out Pupi Avati's films like House of Laughing Windows, and Zeder.
Also, Aldo Lado's stuff. Esp. Night Train Murders, and Short Night of Glass Dolls.
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LifesMundane
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My favorite Director of all time is Dario Argento. I can't believe how underrated of a director he is. He definitely is on a level with Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Taratino, Romero, Kubrick. Dude has literally directed some of the best films the Horror Genre ever produced. If you haven't seen any I insist you get a DVD COLLECTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wKppxpwK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_ZiWHFbnQ
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Zeroillusion
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My favorite Director of all time is Dario Argento. I can't believe how underrated of a director he is. He definitely is on a level with Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Taratino, Romero, Kubrick. Dude has literally directed some of the best films the Horror Genre ever produced. If you haven't seen any I insist you get a DVD COLLECTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wKppxpwK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_ZiWHFbnQ
Argento is a fantastic director, don't get me wrong, I love his work. However, I think he is far from underrated. His work has been seen the world over, and appreciated outside of the horror genre.
Argento WAS probably one of the finest directors Italian horror had to offer, but since Opera his films have been severely lacking. The only decent one was Stendhal Syndrome, and that wasn't close to being on par with his output from '71-'87.
I would say Mario Bava is the greatest, and most cinematic of the Italian horror directors from the golden age of Italian horror. Argento has come close on occasion (Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Suspiria), but has still never surpassed Bava.
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Grok
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Are any of these lesser known directors good? i'm not too familiar with their movies...
Lenzi - Some worthwhile films. Sleazy, gory, nasty. Hitcher in the Dark is a favorite of mine. Man from Deep River is very much worth a watch too.
Jacopetti & Prosperi - Mondo-Documentary masters, but hard to recommend. Mondo Cane is classic if a bit dull and tame by today's standards. The uncut Africa Addio though has some stomach churning moments. IMO their most important film is Goodbye Uncle Tom. It's also one of the nastiest films ever made.
Margheriti - I can only recall Cannibal Apocolypse off the top of my head, and I consider a must see for fans of crazed veteran flicks and cannibal lovers.
Mattei - Strictly bad, but a low-rent favorite for me. Hell of the Living Dead, The Other Hell or Rats: Night of Terror can make for a good cheese and sleaze movie night.
D'Amato - I have to be honest, I'm not much of a fan. I think you have to wade through too much boredom to get to anything all that great. Even the much lauded Antropophagus doesn't really watch as well as the reviews read. But I can't deny 2020 Texas Gladiators and Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals. Great stuff.
Martino - One of my favorite Italian directors. 2019: After the Fall of New York, Island of the Fishmen, All the Colors of the Dark, Mountain of the Cannibal God, and the fantastic Torso are all great places to start depending on taste.
Tarantini - Massacre in Dinosaur Valley is a fun, guilty pleasure, but of special note is Women in Fury, my second favorite and one of the sleaziest WIP films I've seen.
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