Fangoria, America’s horror film bible, has declared Italian director Federico Zampaglione the new king of horror. The ex-leader of the Italian pop group Tiromancino. His 2009 English language “Shadow” about a young soldier leaves for a mountain biking excursion he meets the girl of his dreams as well a group of violent locals who want to see them dead at any cost was a cult favorite.
Read about his new Tulpa, from Fangoria.com and written by Roberto E. Donofrio:
As footage of actress Claudia Gerini walking out of the exclusive sex club Tulpa runs on the screen, the camera indulges on the actress’ face…and someone shouts, “Stop! C’mon, she looks as if she’s jaundiced!” We’re in a Rome editing studio, and the man protesting to director of photography Giuseppe Di Maio about the color of the sensual Gerini’s skin is her companion, musician and filmmaker Federico Zampaglione.
The director of 2010’s creepy SHADOW has allowed this writer to attend the color-correction and sound-mix phases of his new effort behind the camera: TULPA, a classic giallo with supernatural elements (see previous items here and here). “I am focused on every single stage of TULPA,” Zampaglione, who provided the exclusive pics seen below, tells us. “With SHADOW, I was driven by my enthusiasm and love for the genre, and surely I was a bit irresponsible. I know there are great expectations for this picture; the audience wants to know if I was just someone who wanted to try out the director’s chair or if I truly love genre cinema and can be the new Italian master of horror—and my worst critic is me.”
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