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'''''Dante Tomaselli''''' (born October 29, 1969, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an [[Italian-American]] horror [[screenwriter]],[[film director|director]], and [[score composer]] from [[New Jersey]]. |
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Dante studied filmmaking at [[Brooklyn]]'s [[Pratt Institute]], then transferred to the [[New York School of Visual Arts]], receiving a [[B.F.A.]] degree there. His first film was a 23-minute [[short film|short]]called, ''Desecration'', which was screened at a variety of horror and mainstream film festivals and venues. Tomaselli later expanded ''Desecration'', which he also wrote, to feature-length. In [[1999]], the film received its world premiere to a standing-room-only audience at the prestigious [[Fantafestival]] in [[Rome, Italy]]. |
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'''Dante Tomaselli''' (born October 29, 1969, in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]) is an [[Italian-American]] [[horror film|horror]] [[screenwriter]], [[film director|director]], and [[score composer]].<ref name=fang2014>{{cite web|last1=Abley|first1=Sean|title=Gay of the Dead: Dante Tomaselli, Part Two|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/gay-of-the-dead-dante-tomaselli-part-two/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=1 November 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101162644/http://www.fangoria.com/new/gay-of-the-dead-dante-tomaselli-part-two/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First Stills - Dante Tomaselli's Torture Chamber|date=17 October 2012 |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38545/first-stills-dante-tomasellis-torture-chamber#axzz2tGcbAMKn|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="book"/> In 2013 ''[[Fearnet]]'' named Tomaselli one of their "Favorite Underrated Horror Directors", as they found his work "unique and eccentric".<ref>{{cite web|last=Doupe|first=Tyler|title=Five More of Our Favorite Underrated Horror Directors|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/list/five-more-our-favorite-underrated-horror-directors|publisher=Fearnet|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Tomaselli has been a lifelong supernatural/horror aficionado and is also the cousin of film director [[Alfred Sole]], whose ''[[Communion (film)|Communion]]'' ([[1976]]), made its own mark in the world of Catholic-themed [[horror films]] twenty-eight years prior. |
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Tomaselli was born on October 29, 1969, in [[Paterson, New Jersey]]. He expressed interest in becoming a horror filmmaker while he was still a child due to his enjoyment of films such as ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' and ''[[Don't Look Now]]'',<ref name=HN.n>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Dai|title=Interview: Dante Tomaselli (Horror, Satan's Playground, Desecration)|url=http://horrornews.net/38643/interview-dante-tomaselli-horror-satans-playground-desecration/|publisher=HorrorNews.net|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> which he would watch with his mother at local theaters.<ref name=book>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Matthew|title=Film out of bounds: essays and interviews on non-mainstream cinema worldwide|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0786429707|pages=112–125|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XpsLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Desecration%22+Tomaselli}}</ref> He studied filmmaking at [[Brooklyn]]'s [[Pratt Institute]] and later transferred to the [[New York School of Visual Arts]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|B.F.A.]] degree in Advertising.<ref name=HA>{{cite web|last=Davies Brown|first=Phil|title=Dante Tomaselli (Interview)|url=http://www.horror-asylum.com/interview/dantetomaselli/interview.asp|publisher=Horror Asylum|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=30 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330082525/http://www.horror-asylum.com/interview/dantetomaselli/interview.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1999 he released his first film, ''[[Desecration (film)|Desecration]]'', which he based on an earlier-made 23-minute [[short film|short]].<ref name=HA /> On January 14, 2014, Tomaselli released his first audio CD of electronic horror music, ''Scream in the Dark'', through Elite Entertainment and MVD Audio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gingold|first=Michael|title=Dante Tomaselli wants you to "SCREAM IN THE DARK"|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/dante-tomaselli-wants-you-to-scream-in-the-dark/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219093430/http://www.fangoria.com/new/dante-tomaselli-wants-you-to-scream-in-the-dark/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Tomaselli is [[gay]] and was involved with a project called ''[[Gay of the Dead]]''.<ref name="fang2014"/> |
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His second feature film, ''[[Horror (2002 film)|Horror]]''(2002), began principle photography [[January 15]], [[2001]], in Warwick, upstate [[New York]]. |
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==Themes and influences== |
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Tomaselli just completed his third feature, Satan's Playground (2005). It stars 70's and early-80's cult-horror icons [[Felissa Rose]] (''[[Sleepaway Camp]]''), Ellen Sandweiss (''[[The Evil Dead]]''), and Edwin Neal (''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''), as well as [[Raine Brown]] and [[Danny Lopes]], both of whom starred in ''[[Horror (2002 film)|Horror]]''. |
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Tomaselli heavily utilizes themes of Catholicism and Christianity in his work, which is inspired partly by his Catholic upbringing as a child<ref name=HN.n /> though he is critical of the concept of [[religion]] as a whole.<ref name="fang2014"/> Other factors that influenced his work include Tomaselli's relation to Sole and [[surrealism]], as well as severe nightmares he had as a child, which he has tried to work into his films.<ref name=book /> Some critics mistakenly attribute directors such as [[Dario Argento]] and [[Lucio Fulci]] as influences due to some similarities between their work, but Tomaselli stated in an interview with author Matthew Edwards that he did not view those directors' work until his early twenties.<ref name=book /> |
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==Reception== |
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Dante is now looking ahead towards the creation of a fourth feature, ''The Ocean'' (2007), an occult shocker about mysterious and deadly [[riptides]]. |
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Critical reception to Tomaselli's films is usually very polarized, with some criticizing the films as lacking a linear plot line.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bertrand|first=Merle|title=Desecration (review)|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/498/|publisher=Film Threat|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Horror (review)|url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/2002/Horror|publisher=AMC|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221214536/http://movies.amctv.com/movie/2002/Horror|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other critics have praised the films for this feature and remarked on the variety of filmgoers' reactions by saying that the movies would not appeal to all viewers and especially not to those that favor more mainstream fare or do not prefer surreal films.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weinberg|first=Scott|title=Horror (review)|url=http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=9534&reviewer=128|publisher=EfilmCritic|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=24 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224000148/http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=9534&reviewer=128|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DESECRATION (review)|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/desecration.php|publisher=DVD Verdict|accessdate=14 February 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222100336/http://www.dvdverdict.com/printer/desecration.php|archivedate=22 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
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*''Scream in the Dark'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|last=Doupé|first=Tyler|title="SCREAM IN THE DARK" (CD Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/scream-in-the-dark-cd-review/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=9 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209134936/http://www.fangoria.com/new/scream-in-the-dark-cd-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*''The Doll'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|last=Hanley|first=Ken W|title=Exclusive first details/art on Dante Tomaselli's "THE DOLL" and conceptual soundtrack|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-first-detailsart-on-dante-tomasellis-the-doll-and-conceptual-soundtrack/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=19 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119175708/http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-first-detailsart-on-dante-tomasellis-the-doll-and-conceptual-soundtrack/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="THE DOLL" (CD Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-doll-cd-review/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=4 June 2014|archive-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605200653/http://www.fangoria.com/new/the-doll-cd-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*''Nightmare'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web|last=Doupé|first=Tyler|title="NIGHTMARE" (CD Review)|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/nightmare-cd-review/|publisher=Fangoria|accessdate=14 February 2014|archive-date=13 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213020011/http://www.fangoria.com/new/nightmare-cd-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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*''Witches'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galluzzo|first1=Rob|title=Dante Tomaselli Unleashes Dark New Album WITCHES!|url=http://www.blumhouse.com/2017/03/27/dante-tomaselli-unleashes-dark-new-album-witches/|website=Blumhouse.com|accessdate=20 April 2017|date=27 March 2017|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420152633/http://www.blumhouse.com/2017/03/27/dante-tomaselli-unleashes-dark-new-album-witches/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Filmography== |
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|1999 |
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|''[[Desecration (film)|Desecration]]'' |
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|{{yes}} |
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|2002 |
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|''[[Horror (2002 film)|Horror]]'' |
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|{{yes}} |
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|{{yes}} |
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|{{yes}} |
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|{{yes}} |
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|2006 |
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|''[[Satan's Playground]]'' |
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|{{yes}} |
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|{{no}} |
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|{{yes}} |
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|{{yes}} |
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|2012 |
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|''[[Torture Chamber]]'' |
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|{{yes}} |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 24 September 2024
Dante Tomaselli | |
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| Born | October 29, 1969 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute, New York School of Visual Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, score composer |
| Relatives | Alfred Sole (cousin) |
Dante Tomaselli (born October 29, 1969, in Paterson, New Jersey) is an Italian-American horror screenwriter, director, and score composer.[1][2][3] In 2013 Fearnet named Tomaselli one of their "Favorite Underrated Horror Directors", as they found his work "unique and eccentric".[4]
Biography
[edit]Tomaselli was born on October 29, 1969, in Paterson, New Jersey. He expressed interest in becoming a horror filmmaker while he was still a child due to his enjoyment of films such as The Exorcist and Don't Look Now,[5] which he would watch with his mother at local theaters.[3] He studied filmmaking at Brooklyn's Pratt Institute and later transferred to the New York School of Visual Arts, where he received a B.F.A. degree in Advertising.[6] In 1999 he released his first film, Desecration, which he based on an earlier-made 23-minute short.[6] On January 14, 2014, Tomaselli released his first audio CD of electronic horror music, Scream in the Dark, through Elite Entertainment and MVD Audio.[7]
Tomaselli is gay and was involved with a project called Gay of the Dead.[1]
Themes and influences
[edit]Tomaselli heavily utilizes themes of Catholicism and Christianity in his work, which is inspired partly by his Catholic upbringing as a child[5] though he is critical of the concept of religion as a whole.[1] Other factors that influenced his work include Tomaselli's relation to Sole and surrealism, as well as severe nightmares he had as a child, which he has tried to work into his films.[3] Some critics mistakenly attribute directors such as Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci as influences due to some similarities between their work, but Tomaselli stated in an interview with author Matthew Edwards that he did not view those directors' work until his early twenties.[3]
Reception
[edit]Critical reception to Tomaselli's films is usually very polarized, with some criticizing the films as lacking a linear plot line.[8][9] Other critics have praised the films for this feature and remarked on the variety of filmgoers' reactions by saying that the movies would not appeal to all viewers and especially not to those that favor more mainstream fare or do not prefer surreal films.[10][11]
Discography
[edit]Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Composer | Notes |
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| 1999 | Desecration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | Horror | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2006 | Satan's Playground | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | Torture Chamber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Abley, Sean. "Gay of the Dead: Dante Tomaselli, Part Two". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "First Stills - Dante Tomaselli's Torture Chamber". Dread Central. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d Edwards, Matthew (2007). Film out of bounds: essays and interviews on non-mainstream cinema worldwide. McFarland. pp. 112–125. ISBN 978-0786429707.
- ^ Doupe, Tyler. "Five More of Our Favorite Underrated Horror Directors". Fearnet. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b Green, Dai. "Interview: Dante Tomaselli (Horror, Satan's Playground, Desecration)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b Davies Brown, Phil. "Dante Tomaselli (Interview)". Horror Asylum. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Gingold, Michael. "Dante Tomaselli wants you to "SCREAM IN THE DARK"". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Bertrand, Merle. "Desecration (review)". Film Threat. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Horror (review)". AMC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Weinberg, Scott. "Horror (review)". EfilmCritic. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "DESECRATION (review)". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Doupé, Tyler. ""SCREAM IN THE DARK" (CD Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Hanley, Ken W. "Exclusive first details/art on Dante Tomaselli's "THE DOLL" and conceptual soundtrack". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ ""THE DOLL" (CD Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Doupé, Tyler. ""NIGHTMARE" (CD Review)". Fangoria. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Galluzzo, Rob (27 March 2017). "Dante Tomaselli Unleashes Dark New Album WITCHES!". Blumhouse.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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- American male screenwriters
- American horror writers
- Film producers from New Jersey
- Pratt Institute alumni
- Writers from Paterson, New Jersey
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American LGBTQ film directors
- American gay writers
- American LGBTQ musicians
- LGBTQ film producers
- American LGBTQ screenwriters
- LGBTQ people from New Jersey
- American critics of religions
- Film directors from New Jersey
- Screenwriters from New Jersey
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people