Mario Gariazzo

Italian screenwriter

Mario Gariazzo
Born	(1930-06-04)4 June 1930 Biella, Italy
Died	18 March 2002(2002-03-18) (aged 71) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1962–1992

Mario Gariazzo (4 June 1930 – 18 March 2002) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.^[1] 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.

Selected filmography

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
Last Moments (1974) starring James Whitmore and Lee J. Cobb
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