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![]() | Guglielmo FavillaInterview Guglielmo Favilla (born 1981, in Livorno) is an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. A graduate of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, he has worked across theater, film, and television. Known for his versatility, he gained recognition in the horror genre with "Eaters" (2010), "Extreme Jukebox" (2013), "Stellastrega" (2018), and Dario Argento’s "Dark Glasses" (2022), where he played Jerry. Also active as a voice actor and writer, Favilla moves effortlessly between dramatic and comedic roles. He continues to collaborate with independent filmmakers and Italian productions,... Read More |
![]() | The Manetti Bros.Interview The Manetti Bros., the pseudonym of Marco Manetti (Rome, January 15, 1968) and Antonio Manetti (Rome, September 16, 1970), are Italian brothers, film directors, screenwriters, and producers. They made their debut in 1994 with “Consegna a domicilio” and gained attention with “Torino Boys” (1997). Moving between cinema and television, they directed films such as “Zora la vampira” (2000), “Piano 17” (2005), and the cult TV series “L’Ispettore Coliandro” (since 2006). Passionate about genre cinema, they also ventured into horror: they directed “Paura 3D” (2012), a claustrophobic horror-thriller set in an isolated villa, and... Read More |
![]() | Mattia RiccioInterview Mattia Riccio, born in 1992, is a director, screenwriter, editor, and producer from Rome. Since 2015, after specializing in directing and editing and earning his diploma from the DAM Academy in Rome, he has created a music video for Warner Music Italy and ten short films, some of which have been regularly distributed on RaiPlay and Amazon Prime Video. In recent years, he has worked as a director for La7 in the news division, and as a maker and assistant director for Mediaset Rete 4. His first feature film, La Figlia del Bosco, produced by Vinians Production, was distributed in Italy and abroad in 2025 by Minerva Pictures and The... Read More |
![]() | EMANUELE SCARINGIInterview EMANUELE SCARINGI (screenwriter, director and producer) He made his feature film debut with "La Profezia dell'armadillo", based on the graphic novel by Zerocalcare, in official competition at Venice 2018, with which he participated in over 50 festivals. His second film, the horror Pantafa, had its international premiere at Raindance. He wrote and directed the TV series Bangla (Silver Ribbon for Best Comedy, finalist at the Mipcom Cannes Diversify TV Awards and at the Festival de la Fiction de La Rochelle) and directed the episodes "Il corriere colombiano" and "Il Maestro di nodi" of the series... Read More |
![]() | Rocco FasanoInterview Rocco Fasano (born in Potenza on February 21, 1993) is an Italian actor, model, and musician. After dropping out of medical school, he trained in acting and music, graduating from the Gesualdo da Venosa Conservatory. He made his debut in 2014 with the film Tender Eyes and appeared in several productions, including La sorpresa, Il ragazzo della giudecca, La differenza, Aperion, A-Mors, and Terapia di coppia per amanti. He gained popularity in 2018 for his role as Niccolò Fares in the web series Skam Italia. Horror films: Non mi uccidere (Don't Kill Me) – (2021) plays Robin: a supernatural horror/thriller with dark... Read More |
![]() | Simona VannelliInterview Born in 1968, she began her career in independent horror cinema in 2013, participating in the anthology film Catacomba, directed by Lorenzo Lepori. In the episode Alien Lover, she played Tamara, the female lead, while in The Masque of the Red Death she portrayed Ligea. The film was released on DVD in 2016. In 2018, she starred in Notte Nuda, again directed by Lorenzo Lepori, where she played a dual role: that of a vampire and a wife, alongside actor Pascal Persiano. In 2019, she had a small role in the film Beyond the Omega – Il tuo sepolcro la nostra alcova, directed by Mattia De Pascali and Lorenzo Lepori. The following... Read More |
![]() | Lorenzo RenziInterview Between Light and Shadow, an Actor Crossing the Borders of Reality. Lorenzo Renzi, born in 1977, is an Italian actor from Feltre who trained at Michael Margotta’s Actor’s Center. From the very beginning, he has demonstrated remarkable versatility, moving effortlessly between classical theatre, auteur cinema, television, and, more recently, the unsettling realms of thrillers and horror. With a solid background and a powerful stage presence, Renzi is one of those actors capable of giving body and voice to deeply human characters—even when they inhabit dark and disturbing worlds. In horror films, where emotion is often built more... Read More |
![]() | Federico ZampaglioneInterview Federico Zampaglione (Rome, 1968) is a multifaceted artist: singer-songwriter, director, screenwriter, and frontman of the band Tiromancino, with which he has created some iconic tracks in the Italian music scene. Alongside his musical career, he has also ventured into auteur cinema, directing works ranging from emotional dramas (Nero Bifamiliare) to psychological thrillers and horror films—his chosen territory in recent years. With movies like Shadow, Tulpa, and the recent The Well, he has established a personal cinematic language marked by unease, visual tension, and dark atmospheres. His style blends the evocative influence of... Read More |
![]() | Francesco TassaraInterview Francesco Tassara was born in La Spezia (Italy) in 1985. He studied Graphic Design and then Cinema at the University of Pisa. Since 2010, he has been working with video and photography, mainly in theatre and cinema. As a photographer, he has held solo and group exhibitions and created research projects such as "#Otium." He prefers travel reportage photography and urbex exploration. He has directed short films in the drama and horror genres and has conducted theatre and video workshops in schools and prisons, from which the documentary films L'alfabeto del mondo and Senza porte né finestre were born. He contributed to... Read More |
![]() | Najarra Townsend the new beautiful face of horror moviesInterview Najarra Townsend was born on December 5, 1989, in the USA. She is known as an actress and producer. She is famous for her roles in Contracted - Phase I (2013), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), and Tru Loved (2008). |











