Bruno Mattei misunderstood genius or hack?

[TALL DUDE]

Originally Posted by Dunc

Bruno Mattei is amazing and the world would be a much more boring place without his film. Yes, they're terrible, but they're simultaneously fantastic. Show me one true comedy film that's funnier than Rats (other than This Is Spinal Tap, obviously).

That ending in rats is pant wettingly funny. How the actors kept straight faces is beyond me.
Ahh,we miss you bruno.
On a similar note,anyone seen one of mattei's last completed films,snuff trap?

[snipsmovies]

Just managed to obtain (*cough) a dubbed version of his Phillipino lensed 'Zombies: The Beginning'. Watching it tonight, so I'll let you guys know how it was !

[Philleh]

How is it snips? Last Mattei films I watched were Land of Death and Snuff Trap (or something like that :S)

[snipsmovies]

Well - it was watchable. Dubbing - which was to be expected was absolutely dire. Luckily for a portion of the film the lead cast members wore balaclava's, which masked the situation. No pun intended.

The gore is typical Mattei, some understated, but the majority very excessive ! which is good The thing that hampers this though is the really cheap make-up for the zombies which is woefully unconvincing.

Storyline is fine up until the final 20 minutes where it takes a turn for which the term 'bizarre' comes nowhere near to describing it.

Acting is dodgy, but hey - who ever saw a Bruno Mattei film for the performances.

Overall - I'd give it a 3.5/10. I'll stick it in my collection now, but I really doubt I'll re-watch it within the next 5 years or so. It would make a decent appetiser for a Bruno Mattei appreciation night perhaps !

[DeadAlive]

I haven't got around to any of his films yet, but I'm inspired to add "Rats" to my rental list.

[Pete]

I ordered Mattei's Caligula and Messalina from CDWOW recently. Cant wait to see it.

[Pete]

I never thought Mattei could make a worse movie than Zombie Creeping Flesh until i saw Caligula & Messalina. I couldn't wait for it to end, it was soooo boring. If you like seeing Donkeys and Horses having sex then go out and buy it, everyone else steer well clear.

[vincenzo]

I once saw a heavily cut version of Caligula & Messalina on the cinema and most of the audience walked out by the halfway mark.

[Pete]

The Another World disc that i have is cut, it runs for 97 minutes. There is a longer version running 108 min.

[Gigantor]

I LOVE Mattei ,While I like the flicks RATS,WOMANS CAMP119,PORNO HOLOCAUST ,SCALPSand etc. My absolute favorite would be CRUEL JAWS