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Dante Tomaselli’s Nightmares

Dante Tomaselli’s Nightmares

December 2, 2015 | By

  Between 2014 and 2015, MVD Audio / Elite released a trio of concept albums by writer-director-composer Dante Tomaselli, atmospheric works of sounds and fragmented music & voices that immerse listeners into a nightmarish yet eerily calming underworld. Scream in the Dark was followed by The Doll (an album which also conceptualizes some of the sonic elements Tomaselli was […]

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CD: Nightmare (2015)

CD: Nightmare (2015)

December 2, 2015 | By

For his third audio horror album (after Scream in the Dark and The Doll), filmmaker Dante Tomaselli switches to a decidedly early eighties mode, at least with the fragments of recurring music and bass drones that evoke both slasher and thriller films with mechanical, man-slicing monsters…

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CD: Doll, The (2014)

CD: Doll, The (2014)

December 2, 2015 | By

Whereas most writer-directors may obsess over script details prior to filming a nightmarish shocker, Dante Tomaselli’s attention is on assembling a carnival of sounds that may inspire a film’s images…

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An Interview with Torture Chamber’s director, Dante Tomaselli

An Interview with Torture Chamber’s director, Dante Tomaselli

November 8, 2014 | By

Interview with Torture Chamber director Dante Tomaselli on the making of his latest film and his series of atmospheric horror albums, plus related review links.

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DVD: Torture Chamber (2013)

DVD: Torture Chamber (2013)

November 8, 2014 | By

Contrary to its title, Dante Tomaselli’s latest film is neither a torture porn endeavor nor period piece, but a surprisingly concise tale of revenge and the supernatural, boasting perhaps the most linear plot in the director’s filmography…

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