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POERN: William Wilson

ADULTS ONLY. The short contains nudity and explicit gay sex.

WILLIAM WILSON is one of the 4 episodes of the erotic/horror/porn/dramatic anthology POERN (unreleased) freely based on a weird retelling of E. A. Poe's tales.

Inspired by the basic themes of the famous WILLIAM WILSON tale, Cristopharo develope an original, surreal silent film full of homoerotic eros and thanatos. The main Poe's character become here a prisoner in love for the man jailed in the next room. That man is almost the twin and the opposite of himself... and he is victim of the abuses of the guard. But maybe all of them are part of one same mind and soul.

WARNING: the trailer is referred to the whole film. WILLIAM WILSON is just one episode of 20 minutes.

THE SHORT CONTAINS NUDITY AND EXPLICIT SEX!

  • Domiziano Cristopharo
    Director
    Virus Extreme Contamination, Red Krokodil, House of Flesh Mannequins
  • Francesco Scardone
    Writer
    Red Krokodil
  • Morris Coal
    Key Cast
  • Moore Coal
    Key Cast
  • Viktor Karam
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Erotic
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:09
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Shorts
    Melbourne
    Australia
    December 3, 2018
    Premiere
    best erotic short
Director Biography - Domiziano Cristopharo

Domiziano Cristopharo, an independent film director from Rome, has been the first Italian director in years to try and revive the erotic/horror film genre. Four years ago he obtained enormous audience and critical acclaim with HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS (starring international horror actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice). HOUSE OF FLESH MANNEQUINS won six international awards and eight international film festival presentations.
Domiziano Cristopharo has frequently been compared as a perfect mix between Fellini and Dario Argento: Cristopharo's aesthetic has a vintage quality: he is simultaneously extreme in style, shocking, and yet classic.
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To those who define him "pornographic," he responds by quoting Picasso:
"Art is never chaste and we should keep her away from pure ignorants. It it were chaste, it wouldn't be art at all."

In his career he worked also with/for: Carlo De Mejo (City of living Dead), Maria Rosaria Omaggio (Nightmare city), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Frank Laloggia (Lady in white), Venantino Venantini (Ladyhawke), Giovanni Lombardo Radice/John Morghen (Cannibal Ferox), Mariagrazia Cucinotta (El dia de la bestia), Stefano Cassetti (Roberto Succo), Romano Scavolini (Nightmare in a damaged Brain)

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2017 PHOBIA (pre-production)
2017 POE 4: The Black Cat (pre-production)
2017 Rimisherim (post-production)
2017 Grindsploitation 3 Video Nasty (segment "NO One Will Be Safe")
2016 Poern (post-production)
2015 Virus: Extreme Contamination
2017 Dark Waves
2014 E.N.D. (episode REVENIENS)
2014 THE TRANSPARENT WOMAN
2014 P.O.E. 3 "Pieces Of Eldritch"
2014 DOLL SYNDROME
2013 PHANTASMAGORIA (episode "a snake with a steel tongue")
2012 LOVECRAFT'S 2 Left Arms
2012 Red Krokodil​
2012 BELLEROFONTE
2012 P.O.E. 2 Project of Evil (episode "TARR&FETHER)
2011 SHOCK - My Abstraction of Death
2011 P.O.E. Poetry of Eerie (episode "Maelzel's Chess-Automaton")
2010 HYDE'S SECRET NIGHTMARE
2010 BLOODY SIN - Oltretomba
2009 The MUSEUM of WONDERS
2008 HOUSE of Flesh Mannequins

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Director Statement

"Art is never chaste and we should keep her away from pure ignorants. It it were chaste, it wouldn't be art at all."