Ruggero Deodato

Ruggero Deodato

Date of Birth

1939-05-07

Date of Death

2022-12-29

Place of Birth

Potenza, Basilicata, Italy

Known for

Cannibal Holocaust, Ballad in Blood

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Cannibal Holocaust is getting a six-disc 4K UHD collector’s edition with three cuts of the controversial horror classic

Posted 2 weeks ago

Cannibal Holocaust is getting a six-disc 4K UHD collector’s edition featuring three cuts, a new restoration, documentaries, and more.

WTF Happened to This Horror Movie looks back at the 2007 sequel Hostel: Part II, written and directed by Eli Roth

WTF Happened to This Horror Movie looks back at the 2007 sequel Hostel: Part II, written and directed by Eli Roth

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Hostel: Part II (2007) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 2 years ago

WTF Happened to This Horror Movie looks back at the 2007 sequel Hostel: Part II, written and directed by Eli Roth

The Ruggero Deodato video game Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is aiming for a 2024 release. A game in the style of Cannibal Holocaust

The Ruggero Deodato video game Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare is aiming for a 2024 release. A game in the style of Cannibal Holocaust

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Ruggero Deodato video game Borneo: A Jungle Nightmare aims for 2024 release

Posted 4 years ago

Nearly three years have gone by since it was announced that Fantastico Studio was teaming up with filmmaker Ruggero Deodato for a video game that would serve as a follow-up of sorts to Deodato’s infamous 1980 movie Cannibal Holocaust. Deodato...

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Cool Horror Gear: Grey Matter Art’s Cannibal Holocaust poster

Posted 12 years ago

Earlier this month we hit you with the news that Grindhouse Releasing would be bringing us Ruggero Deodato's controversial 1980 classic CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST to Blu-ray in the near future and now Grey Matter Art's Randy Ortiz has partnered with Grindhouse...

Grindhouse Releasing bringing Cannibal Holocaust and The Beyond to Blu-ray

Posted 12 years ago

Gorehounds rejoice as Grindhouse Releasing have confirmed that they will release Lucio Fulci's 1981 cult film THE BEYOND and Ruggero Deodato's controversial 1980 film CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST on Blu-ray. According to Blu-ray.com, preliminary street dates for these upcoming releases have not...

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You’ve got the touch! Shout Factory brings Transformers: The Movie to a 4K Blu-ray for its 40th anniversary

Posted 1 day ago

Transformers: The Movie celebrates its 40th anniversary with a return to theaters and a new 4K Blu-ray from Shout Factory.

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Gad Gadot calls out DC over Wonder Woman 3 and the treatment of Henry Cavill

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Gal Gadot says DC Studios told her Wonder Woman 3 was happening, and adds that the Henry Cavill situation was "not handled elegantly."

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Fall 2026 Horror Movie Preview: The Scariest Movies Coming This Season

Posted 2 days ago

See the biggest horror movies coming to theaters in fall 2026, from Resident Evil and Godzilla Minus Zero to Clayface and Stiletto

From The Mist to Oldboy, these are the 10 most shocking movie endings of the 21st century, ranked and loaded with major spoilers

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10 Most Shocking Movie Endings of the 21st Century, Ranked

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From The Mist to Oldboy, these are the 10 most shocking movie endings of the 21st century, ranked and loaded with major spoilers

Street Hawk was supposed to be Universal's answer to Knight Rider. Behind the scenes chaos nearly destroyed it

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How Street Hawk went from Universal’s next Knight Rider to a 13-episode failure

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Street Hawk was supposed to be Universal's answer to Knight Rider. Behind the scenes chaos nearly destroyed it

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Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood

Posted 1 week ago

Clint Eastwood may be the face of spaghetti westerns, but these five great movies prove the genre had plenty of other legendary gunslingers.

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Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?

Posted 1 month ago

From 2002 to 2026, we're taking a look at every Live Action Spider-man film and ranking them. Let's see how they stack up!

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VHS Gems: The ’80s Movies We Discovered at the Video Store

Posted 4 weeks ago

We take a look back at some eighties classics that weren't huge theatrical hits but became classics on home video.

Terrible Sequels to Great Movies

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Five Great Movies That Were Followed by Absolutely Terrible Sequels

Posted 2 weeks ago

Developing a sequel to a great movie is always difficult, but unfortunately, for each one that succeeds, there's an absolutely terrible one.

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The 10 Best ’80s Movie Villains: From Biff Tannen to Hans Gruber

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No decade had better movie bad guys than the 1980s, but in a decade full of villains, who were the best?

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The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?

Posted 2 weeks ago

1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.