Joe D'Amato Archives

The Antichrist (1974)

Rating: ★★

Aug 20, 2014Possession and Exorcism Film

An Italian-made ripoff of The Exorcist. Probably the most lavishly produced of all Exorcist ripoffs, this soon slips into lurid shock theatrics. Star Carla Gravina should get full marks for going beyond the call of duty

Director: Alberto de Martino

Actors: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Alida Valli, …

Category: Horror

20 August 201424 November 2025 by Roog

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)

Rating: ★★

Jul 8, 2013Erotica/Italian Cannibal Film

A bizarre cross between the softcore Emmanuelle films and the Italian cannibal film. It seems perverse to be watching beautiful bodies one minute and next showing their insides being spilled

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Susan Scott, Donald O'Brien

Category: Horror

8 July 201325 June 2026 by Roog

Blue Holocaust (1979)

Rating: ★★★½

Mar 12, 2019Man's Necrophiliac Obsession

Italian horror cinema of the 1970s/80s had some of the most extreme material put on screen. Here Joe D'Amato directs a film about a young man with a necrophile obsession and pushes the material to extremes that take you back

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi

Category: Horror

12 March 20191 August 2026 by Roog

Anthropophagus (1980)

Rating: ★★

Feb 12, 2025Cannibal Killer

From the notorious 1970s/80s period of Italian cinema, this was listed as one of the notorious Video Nasties. This features a lone cannibal killer amok on a Greek island amid plentiful gore

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Tisa Farrow, Zora Kerova, Serena Grandi, George Eastman

Category: Horror

12 February 202518 November 2025 by Roog

Porno Holocaust (1981)

Rating: ★★

May 20, 2026Zombie Erotica

From cult director Joe D’Amato, this throws together hardcore erotica and gory zombie film in a conceptually bizarre mix that leaves you scratching your head

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Mark Shannon, Lucia Ramirez, Annj Goren, George Eastman

Category: Horror

20 May 202610 August 2026 by Roog

Endgame (1983)

Rating: ★★

Nov 18, 2020Post-Holocaust Action

Joe D'Amato directs one of the numerous 80s Italian Mad Max 2 copies. One of the very first films to depict televised human bloodsports later popularised by the likes of The Running Man and The Hunger Games

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman, Haruhiko Yamanouchi, …

Category: Science Fiction

18 November 202031 January 2026 by Roog

2020: Texas Gladiators (1983)

Rating: ★★

Aug 16, 2023Post-Holocaust Action

One of the numerous Mad Max imitators made in Italy. Directed by notorious adult director Joe D’Amato who pushes the material further than the other entries do

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Al Cliver, Peter Hooten, Sabrina Siani, Harrison Muller, …

Category: Science Fiction

16 August 202323 April 2026 by Roog

StageFright – Aquarius (1987)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 1, 2000Giallo Psycho-Thriller

A Giallo thriller about a series of murders that take place during the rehearsal for a play. Michele Soavi directs a series of vivid suspense set-pieces

Director: Michele Soavi

Actors: Barbara Cupisti, David Brandon, John Morghen, Mary Sellers

Category: Horror

1 August 20006 August 2026 by Roog

Witchery (1988)

Rating: ★★

Jan 6, 2005Haunted Hotel/Retribution from Hell

Italian horror film featuring David Hasselhoff and Linda Blair that has little going for it bar some imaginatively gruesome deaths

Director: Fabrizio Laurenti, Joe D'Amato, Martin Newland

Actors: David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Hildegard Knef, Annie Ross, …

Category: Horror

6 January 200511 June 2025 by Roog

Frankenstein 2000 (1992)

Rating: ★

Mar 29, 2016Modernised Frankenstein

Supposedly a modernised version of Frankenstein, although what a story about a woman in a coma who uses psychic powers to resurrect a slow-witted handyman to exact revenge has to do with Mary Shelley's classic is anybody's guess

Director: Joe D'Amato

Actors: Donald O'Brien, Cinzia Monreale

Category: Horror

29 March 201610 May 2026 by Roog