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Buio Omega (1979)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 94 mins
Length: 2559 metres
Format: Telecolor Super 16mm
35mm (blow-up)
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: D.R. Comunicazioni di Massa
Production Manager: Oscar Santaniello
Production Supervisor: Silvio Colecchia
SCRIPT
Script: Ottavio Fabbri
Story: Giacomo Guerrini
DIRECTION
Director: Joe D'Amato (real name: Aristide Massaccesi)
Assistant Director: Franco Gaidenzi (?)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Aristide Massaccesi
Camera: Enrico Biribicchi
Assistant Camera: Renato Palmieri
Stills: Giuseppina Di Cola
Labs: Il Fotograpo, Rome
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ornella Micheli
Assistant Editor: Bruno Micheli
MUSIC
Music: The Goblins (Maurizio
Guarini, Agostino Marangolo, Carlo Pennisi, Fabio Pignatelli)
Music Copyright: Grandi Firme della Canzoni
SOUND
Sound Technicians: Roberto Alberghini, Marco Donati
Boom: Guglielmo Smeraldi
Sound Effects: Renato Marinelli
Sound Studio: Nuovo Studio Econ, Rome
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Cesare Biseo
Wardrobe: Mario Paladini
VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles: Videogramma, Rome
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Donatella Donati
Set Designer: Ennio Michettoni
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Marco Rossetti
Production Secretary: Ermanno Mardessio
Administrator: Maria Spera
LOCATIONS
Studio: Cineinternational, Rome
CAST
Kieran Canter (Francesco Willer)
Cinzia Monreale (Anna Vokle / Teodora Vokle)
Franca Stoppi (Iris)
Sam Modesto (Mr Kale)
Anna Cardini (Jan)
Lucia D'Elia (jogging victim)
Mario Pezzin
Walter Tribus
Klaus Rainer
Edmondo Vallini (detective)
Simonetta Allodi (disco lady)
AVAILABILITY
Germany
Video Distributor: Astro Records und Filmworks
Greece
Video Distributor: Rex Films Home Video
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: D.R./Mass Communications
Video Distributor: Lamberto Forni Film
Netherlands
Video Distributor: Midnight Video
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Aquarius Releasing Inc (1984)
Video Distributors: Media Blasters; Thriller Video
DVD Distributor: Media Blasters
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Canada
Rating: R
France
Rating: -16
Italy
Rating: VM18
UK
Rating: banned
USA
Rating: unrated
West Germany
Rating: banned
TIMELINE
1979
October
24: Italy – passed by the ratings board
November
15: Italy – theatrical release
1980
November
14: West Germany – theatrical release
1982
June
30: France – theatrical release
1984
June
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
A fate worse than death!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Beyond the Darkness
Bio Omega - French video title
Blue holocaust – French title
Buried Alive
The Final Darkness - US title
Folie sanglante - French video title
In quella casa... buio omega - reissue title
Sado - Stoß das Tor zur Hölle auf - West
German title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut (1999)
SEE ALSO
Il terzio occhio (1965)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Video Watchdog no.46 pp.20-21 (USA)
review
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits KEYWORDS
acid, disembowelling, dismemberment, eye gouging, gore, necrophilia,
video nasty
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