Mario Gariazzo

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Years active 1962–1992 Name Mario Gariazzo		Role Screenwriter

Born 4 June 1930 ( 1930-06-04 ) Biella, Italy Occupation ScreenwriterFilm director Died March 18, 2002, Rome, Italy Movies White Slave, Eyes Behind the Stars, The Bloody Hands of the Law, Eerie Midnight Horror Sh, Holy Water Joe Similar People Elvire Audray, Andrea Coppola, Marino Mase, Gordon Mitchell, Ty Hardin

Occhi dalle stelle (1978) Sherry Buchanan - Music by Marcello Giombini

Mario Gariazzo (4 June 1930 – March, 2002) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 21 films between 1969 and 1992. He also directed 18 films between 1962 and 1992. He was born in Biella, Italy and died in Rome, Italy at age 71. Gariazzo is known to horror film fans for directing The Eerie Midnight Horror Show in 1974, and White Slave in 1985. He also directed the 1978 Italian science fiction film Eyes Behind The Stars. He worked with Klaus Kinski, Ivan Rassimov, Richard Harrison, Ray Lovelock, Martin Balsam and other genre stars.

Holy Water Joe (1971) spaghetti western starring Ty Hardin and Richard Harrison

The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) a.k.a. Execution Squad, a.k.a. The Law Enforcers, starring Klaus Kinski

The Balloon Vendor (1974)

The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974) a.k.a. The Sexorcist, starring Ivan Rassimov

Eyes Behind the Stars (1978) a.k.a. Occhi dalle stelle, starring Martin Balsam

Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (1978)

Play Motel (1979) starring Ray Lovelock

White Slave (1985) a.k.a. Amazonia: The Catherine Miles Story, a.k.a. Cannibal Holocaust 2

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