Ernesto Gastaldi

Writing

Ernesto Gastaldi

Born 1934-09-10 · Graglia, Piedmont, Italy

Acting credits

Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo poster
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Vamos a Matar - Storia e storie del western mediterraneo

2025

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7.0

An analysis of Italian director Sergio Martino's Giallo films of the 1970s.

Jet Set Giallo

2018

Spaghetti alla Martino poster
NR

The film documentary by Daniele Ceccarini and Francesco Tassara tells the prolific career of the Italian director Sergio Martino.

Spaghetti alla Martino

2019

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8.0

Documentary about the making of the early Giallo "Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion".

Private Pictures

2018

All the Colors of Giallo poster
6.9

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. "But be warned," says Gizmodo.com, "Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed."

All the Colors of Giallo

2019

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti poster
6.0

Documentary on the life and films of Antonio Margheriti.

The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti

2013

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Screenwriter Gastaldi reflects on his career in the crime film-writing business, including a look at Death Walks at Midnight;

Crime Does Pay

2017

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres… poster
8.0

French documentary on the Spaghetti Western genre, with numerous interviews.

Django, Sartana, Trinita' et les autres…

2014

...E Continuano a mangiare Fagioli poster
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...E Continuano a mangiare Fagioli

Dark Fears Behind the Door poster
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Rare interview of Sergio Martino and Edwige Fenech (with Luciano Martino, Ernesto Gastaldi & George Hilton) discussing their film The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh

Dark Fears Behind the Door

2005

Like a Beast... Almost poster
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Director Umberto Lenzi, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars Ray Lovelock & Gino Santercole discuss the making of Lenzi's Almost Human.

Like a Beast... Almost

2005

Pretendo l'inferno poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pretendo l'inferno

2024

Behind the camera

My Name Is Nobody poster
7.3

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

My Name Is Nobody

1973

Gun Moll poster
5.2

A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.

Gun Moll

1975

Day of Anger poster
7.1

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

Day of Anger

1967

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot poster
6.3

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

1975

The Grand Duel poster
6.0

A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

The Grand Duel

1972

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming poster
6.3

Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manassas, shrewd fellow gunslinger Grand Full, and the vicious and unhinged General Monk are also looking to get their greedy hands on said fortune.

Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming

1970

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh poster
6.8

When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh

1971

The Case of the Bloody Iris poster
6.3

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target and the pair try to identify the killer.

The Case of the Bloody Iris

1972

All the Colours of the Dark poster
6.6

After a car accident that caused the loss of her baby, Jane experiences an increasing amount of nightmares that shake her to her core. After seeking professional help, her haunting visions turn into an even more frightening reality, one full of black magic, blood orgies, and murder.

All the Colours of the Dark

1972

So Sweet... So Perverse poster
5.6

An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into unexpected peril.

So Sweet... So Perverse

1969

Hands of Steel poster
5.3

A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands.

Hands of Steel

1986

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die poster
6.3

A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

1972

The Sweet Body of Deborah poster
5.6

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

The Sweet Body of Deborah

1968

Libido poster
6.4

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.

Libido

1965

Libido poster
6.4

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.

Libido

1965

Libido poster
6.4

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.

Libido

1965

Torso poster
6.6

A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.

Torso

1973

The Great Alligator poster
4.5

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

The Great Alligator

1979

The Whip and the Body poster
6.4

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

The Whip and the Body

1963

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key poster
6.5

Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

1972

Almost Human poster
7.0

A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.

Almost Human

1974

Scandal Nudes poster
5.5

A theater manager wants to stage a striptease act but his jealous wife puts a lot of obstacles on his way.

Scandal Nudes

1963

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment poster
4.9

A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.

Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment

1973

Crypt of the Vampire poster
5.0

Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become close friends until Laura becomes convinced the spirit of Carmilla is forcing her to kill.

Crypt of the Vampire

1964