Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato On The Road Of Excess Blu-ray delivers the North American Blu-ray premiere of the definitive documentary on one of European exploitation cinema’s most prolific and controversial figures. Aristide Massaccesi, better known as Joe D’Amato, carved an unmatched career spanning hardcore horror, taboo-breaking erotica, and genre cinema excess, directing and producing cult landmarks like Anthropophagous, Beyond the Darkness, and the Black Emanuelle films. Through an extensive interview with D’Amato himself and commentary from collaborators, admirers, friends, and fellow filmmakers including Michele Soavi, Jess Franco, Eli Roth, Tinto Brass, Roger Corman, and Luc Merenda, Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato On The Road Of Excess Blu-ray traces the filmmaker’s restless creativity, personal contradictions, and relentless output. Also included is D’Amato’s lush 1986 period drama Scandalous Emanuelle, adding further context to a career defined by provocation and excess.
 
directed by: Manlio Gomarasca, Massimiliano Zanin
starring: Joe D’Amato, Laura Gemser, Michele Soavi, Luigi Montefiori, Jess Franco, Eli Roth, Tinto Brass, Roger Corman
2021 / 164 min