Michele Soavi
Popularity:3.005
Known For:Directing
Birthday:1957-07-03
Place of Birth:Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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StageFright (1987)
While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.
Cemetery Man (1994)
Cemetery watchman, Francesco Dellamorte, is tasked with dispatching the recently deceased when they rise from their graves.
The New York Ripper (1982)
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing...
City of the Living Dead (1980)
A woman seemingly dies of fright after participating in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church...
Little Lips (1978)
A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his...
Aquarius Visionarius - Il cinema di Michele Soavi (2018)
Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985)
Documentary on horror/mystery filmmaker Dario Argento. Features an in-depth interview with Argento and covers his work from 1969 to 1985.
The Church (1989)
In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of...
Endgame (1983)
A telepathic mutant recruits a post World War III TV game show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
Phenomena (1985)
A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability...
Raiders of Atlantis (1983)
A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient...
Demons (1985)
A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one,...
Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008)
This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom...
Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
A group of cave explorers are confronted in an underground cavern by a mysterious living rock. Little do they know that it bears home to deadly,...
The Black Cat (1989)
When a horror film based on the same source material as Suspiria and Inferno goes into production, the evil witch the story is based upon manifests...
The Sect (1991)
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and...
Day of the Cobra (1980)
An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and...
A Blade in the Dark (1983)
Bruno, an up and coming film composer, has been hired to write the score to a new horror movie. After moving into a secluded villa, life begins to...
The Mask of Satan (1989)
Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to...
Blastfighter (1984)
An ex-cop, fresh out of prison, returns home to find it ruled by violent rednecks and must fight to protect himself and his daughter, using his...
Dario Argento: Panico (2024)
This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the...
Caligula: The Untold Story (1982)
An insane young emperor finds his love of brutality and degradation surpassed only by his hunger for enslaved virgins, cruel vengeance, extreme acts...
Men or Not Men (1980)
In Milan, in the winter of 1944, the ruthless Cane Nero leads the fascists against the partisans. Enne 2, one of the leading figures of the C.N.L.,...
Hanging Shadows (2007)
Offers a critical appreciation of Italian horror cinema, pioneered by directors such as Dario Argento and Mario Bava, a genre that influenced...
Il mistero della cattedrale (2017)
A retrospective look at the making of Michele Soavi's "The Church" including interviews with cast and crew.
Dream Time (2023)
Spaghetti westerns, giallo, mondo... are the legacy of a golden age in Italian genre filmmaking, which began in the sixties and came to an end in the...
Dario Argento: Master of Horror (1991)
A documentary about the films of Italian horror director Dario Argento. Included are clips from many of his films and interviews with friends, actors...
Death Is Beautiful: Michele Soavi Directs Dellamorte Dellamore (2006)
A brief overview of the inspiration and process behind making Cemetery Man.
FantastiCozzi (2016)
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Milan – Palermo: The Return (2007)
Turi Leofonte is released from prison after eleven years and asks for the surviving members of his old security detail to escort him back in Sicily...
Omega Rising: Remembering Joe D'Amato (2017)
Delves into the career of the notorious Italian filmmaker, Aristide Massaccesi aka Joe D'Amato, the infamous director behind the legendary Video...
The Biggest Battle (1978)
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
The School Teacher (1975)
A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is about to become a teacher, because his son needs...
Fulci for Fake (2019)
«Fulci for Fake» is the first biopic on Lucio Fulci. Lucio Fulci is an enigma. The mystery that surrounds Fulci is linked in part to his...
Absurd (1981)
A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the...
Opera (1987)
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Tenebre (1982)
A razor-wielding serial killer is on the loose, murdering those around Peter Neal, an American mystery author in Italy to promote his newest novel.
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess (2021)
Who was Joe D'Amato aka. Aristide Massaccesi? A genius of horror in the USA, a master of eroticism in France, the king of porn in Italy. A man with a...
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000 (1991)
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno (2013)
Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno (2013)
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head (2018)
Sabbath (1989)
Exploring perspectives on witches from different angles, ranging from historical accounts to popular folklore, shedding light on the complex...
Sabbath (1970)
In post–World War II Italy, genius industrialist Adriano Olivetti oversees the creation of the first all-Italian electronic calculator while...
Sabbath (1970)
Weed smoking, foulmouthed Rocco Schiavone is an offbeat Deputy Commissioner of the State Police. For disciplinary reasons he is transferred to the...
Sabbath (1970)
November 12, 2003. A terrorist attack kills 24 Italian soldiers deployed in Nasiriyah, Iraq for a peace-keeping mission as part of "Operation Ancient...
Sabbath (1970)
Saverio Lamanna, a journalist turned spokesman for an influential government politician, is fired after committing imprudence at work. Defeated both...
Sabbath (1970)
Monica Grossi wakes up after four months from a coma without remembering anything about the last eight years of her life. With the help of Stefano,...
Sabbath (1970)
In post–World War II Italy, genius industrialist Adriano Olivetti oversees the creation of the first all-Italian electronic calculator while...
Sabbath (1970)
November 12, 2003. A terrorist attack kills 24 Italian soldiers deployed in Nasiriyah, Iraq for a peace-keeping mission as part of "Operation Ancient...
Sabbath (1970)
After the shocking assassination of a labor lawyer, an Italian anti-terrorism unit races against time to stop the new incarnation of the Red Brigades...
Sabbath (1970)
After the shocking assassination of a labor lawyer, an Italian anti-terrorism unit races against time to stop the new incarnation of the Red Brigades...
Sabbath (1970)
Blanca Ferrando is a young woman who became blind at the age of twelve, due to a dramatic fire in which her older sister Beatrice died and which was...