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Renato Polselli

Renato Polselli

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Biography

Renato Polselli (1922–2006) was an Italian film director and writer. Born in Arce, Lazio on 26 February 1922, Polselli began directing films in Italy in the early 1950s. He is best known for directing and writing the film The Vampire and the Ballerina. Polselli's film work since the 1970s was sporadic, and included work on horror film productions that remained unfinished. His later film works were often pornography made with his frequent collaborator Bruno Vanni. Polselli died in Italy on 1 October 2006. In his book on Italian horror film directors, Louis Paul described Polselli as being "a bit of a mystery" due to the rarity of films surrounding his work and that his work in horror films were "some of the most original, hallucinatory and sleazy, low-budget productions in the genre". Paul described his early efforts such as The Vampire and the Ballerina and The Vampire of the Opera as following the trends of Italian horror films of that era, with overtly sexual themes and being influenced by Hammer Horror films of the era.

Known For

Oscenità
7.1

A group of people come up with provocative or downright nasty sexual scenarios like rape, bestiality, tree branch masturbation, candle masturbation, corncob masturbation, whipping, lesbian orgies, toe masturbation, and bathtub assault.

Oscenità

1980
Eurotika!
8.0

Eurotika is a Channel 4 documentary film on European exploitation cinema. The documentary is similarly themed to Pete Tombs's book Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984. During the 1960s and 1970s, European low-budget films went kinky, emerging as a new type of cinema that blended eroticism, surrealism, horror, and over-the-top atmospherics.

Eurotika!

1999
Marina and Her Beast 2
7.0

A perverse woman "works" on the corruption of a young girl who serves as her maid.

Marina and Her Beast 2

1985
The Vampire and the Ballerina
5.8

A troupe of beautiful dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister castle, not knowing it is home to a group of vampires.

The Vampire and the Ballerina

1960
Psychout for Murder
6.2

Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.

Psychout for Murder

1969
Adventure at the Motel
4.3

A series of sketches about people who have illicit affairs in a motel: among them a starlet and a pilot, two bit Casanovas, an industry manager and his secretary.

Adventure at the Motel

1963
I Love You
6.5

During an air trip, Prince Tancredi, a well-known abstract artist, gets to know air hostess Judy and is charmed by the young woman. When he asks her to pose for him Judy accepts. Following a few negative remarks on her part about his work Tancredi is driven to question himself artistically. Now, Judy has to leave but she promises to see Tancredi again, which they do. Their mutual attraction soon turns into a burning passion.

I Love You

1968
Son of a Gunfighter
4.7

A young man stalks his mother's killers.

Son of a Gunfighter

1965
Lust
2.9

A sexually adventurous couple finds their sordid affairs may ultimately be their undoing in director Jones Brown’s lurid thriller. Emotionally starved and desperate to experience new thrills, a bored housewife gets what she asked for when her bored husband begins pimping her out to the wealthy and powerful. But when the seeds of deceit are planted, paranoia takes hold and plunges their fantasy world of pleasure into a bottomless pit of darkness.

Lust

1979
Delirium
4.8

A respected doctor becomes the prime suspect in a series of gruesome murders.

Delirium

1972
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1
6.0

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

2008
Black Magic Rites
4.3

Isabel is a dead vampire and witch whose body is hanging in a basement while the owner tries to kidnap virgins for a sacrifice that could mean Isabel’s resurrection. But doing this won’t be easy as the women aren’t gonna give in very easily.

Black Magic Rites

1973
Winchester Bill
6.5

A gang of Mexican bandits make trouble for the owner of a gold mine, so he hires on a gunfighter.

Winchester Bill

1967
The Sheriff Won't Shoot
10.0

A sheriff is reluctant to take on a murderous gang because his brother is the gang's head.

The Sheriff Won't Shoot

1965
Police Intervene in the House of Love
4.0

Three young hobby archeologists witness a satanic ritual in a secluded villa. Instead of helping poor female victims they decide to secretly document the events.

Police Intervene in the House of Love

1978
Crazy World... Crazy People!
8.0

A group of young musicians organize a show that will turn out to be a hodgepodge, yet still manage to entertain the audience with their cheerful lighthearted songs.

Crazy World... Crazy People!

1966
Mania
5.5

Professor Brecht, a renowned scientist, is obsessively experimenting in his isolated villa. The object of his studies is "apparent death", with the intention that the human body in a cataleptic state can be cured more easily. He lives with his wife Lisa and several other people: his twin brother Germano; Katia, the waitress; Lailo, his assistant and young student Erina. Having discovered his brother's affair with Lisa, Brecht sets up a plan to kill Germano and take his place. The shock makes Erina dumb. Bercht's persecution of Lisa soon turns the woman mad, while Lailo, wandering in the villa's surroundings, vainly tries to find the key to the mystery. A psychiatrist, Louis, firmly believes Lailo's madness is caused by her inner anguish and seems confident in her recovery. But he's wrong: the demented woman kills Katia and then throws herself out of a window. Brecht takes back his own identity, but his actions will have further tragic consequences...

Mania

1974
Delitto al luna park
10.0

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Delitto al luna park

1952
The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband)
6.5

Lorenzo is an industrialist married in Argentina to a cruel woman who manages to have all her husband's assets seized, to throw him out of the house and to be awarded the two children born of the unhappy marriage. The desperate industrialist repairs in Italy, where he takes with him the children he has kidnapped and the affectionate secretary. But even in Italy the law is against him.

The Seven Vipers (The Latin Husband)

1964
The Truth According to Satan
4.8

A man wants to commit suicide due the coldheartness and egoism of his fiancee. After he plays russian roulette a few times without the intentioned effect, he calls his wife and tells her he wants to kill himself. She visits him without knowing what awaits her.

The Truth According to Satan

1972