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Massimo Pupillo is a Director, Writer and Producer Italien born on 7 january 1929 at San Severo (Italie)

Massimo Pupillo

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Nationality Italie
Birth 7 january 1929 at San Severo (Italie)
Death 12 december 1999 (at 70 years)

Massimo Pupillo (January 7, 1929 - ) is an Italian film director.

Pupillo is best known for his work as a horror film director in the 1960s and 1970s. His three most famous horror films were all made in 1965. He directed Terror-Creatures from the Grave (aka "Five Graves For A Medium") in 1965 which starred Barbara Steele. Pupillo also directed two other horror films that same year, Bloody Pit of Horror (starring Mickey Hargitay) and "The Revenge of Lady Morgan".

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Filmography of Massimo Pupillo (4 films)

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Bloody Pit of Horror, 1h27
Directed by Massimo Pupillo
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Actors Barbara Nelli, Mickey Hargitay, Nando Angelini, Alfredo Rizzo, Femi Benussi
Rating45% 2.25832.25832.25832.25832.2583
A group of individuals including the writer Rick (Walter Bigari), Daniel Parks (Alfredo Rizzo) his publisher, and his secretary, Edith (Luisa Baratto), their a photographer Dermott (Ralph Zucker) and five young models enter a seemingly deserted castle to take photos for a horror photonovel. The castle is actually occupied by a former actor Travis Anderson (Mickey Hargitay). Anderson initially desires to send the group away, but recognizes Edith who was once his fiancée and changes his mind but places the dungeon as off limits for the group. The group ignores this warning and proceed to take photos there. This angers Anderson, who dons a costume and takes the identity of the Crimson Executioner who was hanged centuries earlier for the crime of having his own private torture chamber. Anderson eventually kills each member of the group until Edith and Rick remain. Anderson succombs to his own torture devices and is killed by the poisoned barbs on the "Lover-of-Death" machine. Edith and Rick then escape with their lives.
Terror-Creatures from the Grave, 1h26
Directed by Massimo Pupillo
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Actors Barbara Steele, Riccardo Garrone, Alfredo Rizzo, Luciano Pigozzi, Ennio Balbo, Ignazio Dolce
Rating55% 2.7570252.7570252.7570252.7570252.757025
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways.
Lady Morgan's Vengeance, 1h28
Directed by Massimo Pupillo
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Erika Blanc, Barbara Nelli, Gordon Mitchell, Paul Müller
Rating62% 3.139433.139433.139433.139433.13943
Écosse, 1865. Susan Blackhouse, 20 ans, est la dernière représentante d'une noble lignée. Elle en est l'héritière avec son vieil oncle, Sir Neville. Alors qu'elle est courtisée par un nobliau moins riche qu'elle, Sir Harold Morgan, elle lui préfère Pierre Brissac, un architecte français, dont elle est amoureuse. Un amour est réciproque mais il doit repartir en France. Il lui promet de l'épouser lorsqu'il sera de retour.

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Terror-Creatures from the Grave, 1h26
Directed by Massimo Pupillo
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Actors Barbara Steele, Riccardo Garrone, Alfredo Rizzo, Luciano Pigozzi, Ennio Balbo, Ignazio Dolce
Roles Producer
Rating55% 2.7570252.7570252.7570252.7570252.757025
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways.