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Oct 2017
Italian director Umberto Lenzi has died. In the early days of VHS, Lenzi became known in the U.S. primarily for some of his horror movies around that same period--MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY (CANNIBAL FEROX), EATEN ALIVE, NIGHTMARE CITY, etc.--though most of them are far from his best work. Lenzi actually worked in every conceivable genre over the years--Westerns, Eurospy pictures, action pictures, gialli, war movies, peplums, crime films, even made a Robin Hood movie once (though I've never seen it). He was 85.
https://www.horrorsociety.com/2017/10/19/breaking-cult-italian-director-umberto-lenzi-passed-away/

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Box_a_Hair says:
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Oct 2017
A damn, but inevitable shame. We don't have many of the greats left. Not that he was great, but he was definitely great by Italy's standards.

My faves are Eaten Alive (1980), Cannibal Ferox (1981), and Nightmare City (1980). What a great era the early 80s was...

RIP Umberto! A pioneer of Italian exploitation.


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Gymnopedie says:
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Oct 2017
I thought GhostHouse was terrific and creepy as hell!


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Tromafreak says:
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Oct 2017 *
Bad news. I haven't seen a shit load of his movies. However, I am one of the few who prefer Cannibal Ferox to Holocaust. Nightmare City, Orgasmo, Eaten Alive, Man From Deep River, Spasmo and Ghosthouse were also pretty great. A gay turn of events, indeed.


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jriddle73 says:
#5, Reply to #3

Oct 2017
He basically invented the Italian cannibal pictures with THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER.


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NoseOfNicko says:
#6, Reply to #5

Oct 2017
That one is really good. Btw, can you edit your title?


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jriddle73 says:
#8, Reply to #6

Oct 2017
No, it seems to be baked in after entry.

(Sorry it took a while--didn't see you'd replied)


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NoseOfNicko says:
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Oct 2017
Shit news. I was a fan. :(

My favorite movies by him:

Cannibal Ferox
Nightmare City
The Man from the Deep River
Ghosthouse
Spasmo
Eaten Alive

R.I.P. Umberto Lenzi.


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RedHawk10 says:
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Oct 2017
Sad news. Cannibal Ferox is kind of a mess but I enjoy it, and Nightmare City is somehow really entertaining despite being retarded on almost every conceivable level.


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