Roberto Curti is freelance writer and film historian specialized in Italian and European genre cinema, and has published a number of books in Italy, Spain and the United States, including Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980, Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969, Tonino Valerii: The Films and Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker.
He is a contributor to “Il Mereghetti. Dizionario dei film” (Italy’s best selling film dictionary, edited by film historian Paolo Mereghetti, currently on its tenth edition) and editor of the monthly magazine “Blow Up. Rock e altre contaminazioni”.
He has been a regular contributor to the cult magazine “Nocturno Cinema” and has taken part in a number of International publications on Italian and European genre cinema, as well as monographic volumes dedicated to various filmmakers (Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Walerian Borowczyk, Jesús Franco, Lucio Fulci, Carlo Lizzani, Guy Maddin, Paolo Sorrentino, Roger Vadim, Agustí Villaronga…), in Italian, Spanish and English language. He lives in Cortona, Italy.
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Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 (McFarland, 2013) -
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 (McFarland, 2015) -
Tonino Valerii: The Films (McFarland, 2016) -
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970-1979 (McFarland, 2017) -
Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker (McFarland, 2017) -
Bracali and the Revolution in Tuscan Cuisine (McFarland, 2018) -
Mavericks of Italian Cinema: Eight Unorthodox Filmmakers, 1940s-2000s (McFarland, 2018) -
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 (McFarland, 2019) -
Blood and Black Lace (Liverpool University Press, 2020) -
Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker (McFarland, 2021) -
Italian Giallo in Film and Television: A Critical History (McFarland, 2022) -
Proibito!: A History of Italian Film Censorship, 1913-2021 (McFarland, 2023) -
The Films of Jesús Franco, 1953-1966 (McFarland, 2024) -
I Vampiri (PS Publishing, 2024) -
Marco Ferreri: The Films of an Italian Provocateur (McFarland, 2024)
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| Title | Year | IMDb Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | ||
| *** The Laughing Woman | 1969 |  |
| 1971 | ||
| *** The Designated Victim | 1971 | |
| *** An Ideal Place to Kill | 1971 | |
| 1979 | ||
| *** The Killer Nun | 1979 | |
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