Massimo Pupillo (January 7, 1929 - ) is an Italian film director.Pupillo is best known for his work as a horror film director in the 1960s and 1970s. His three most famous horror films were all made in 1965. He directed Terror-Creatures from the Grave (aka "Five Graves For A Medium") in 1965 which starred Barbara Steele. Pupillo also directed two other horror films that same year, Bloody Pit of Horror (starring Mickey Hargitay) and "The Revenge of Lady Morgan".
After completing the direction of his horror film Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965), he was unsatisfied with the final result, and allowed the film's producer, Ralph Zucker, to take the director's credit instead. This has led people to confuse Pupillo and Zucker for one another, and when Zucker died in 1982, some thought that Pupillo had died, which is incorrect.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sajana, l'audace impresa
1981
Giovane Italia, Giovane Europa - Maeternick
1970
TV Movie
Love: The Great Unknown
1970
as Max Hunter
Django Kills Softly
1967
as Max Hunter
La vendetta di Lady Morgan
1965
as Max Hunter
Bloody Pit of Horror
1965
as Max Hunter
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Ralph Zucker
Gli amici dell'isola
1961
Short
Teddy, l'orsacchiotto vagabondo
1961
Documentary
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love: The Great Unknown
1970
as Max Hunter
Primitive Love
1964
story - as D.M. Pupillo
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Paid in Blood
1971
director: english version - as Ralph Zucker
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
producer
Known for movies
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965) as Director
Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965) as Director
$11 Million
