DIRECTOR BRUNO MATTEI DIES

DIRECTOR BRUNO MATTEI DIES

Cult filmmaker BRUNO MATTEI has died in Rome, Italy. He was 75. The Italian director passed away earlier this week (begs21May07) after checking into a hospital complaining of a stomach pain. He died after falling into a coma. Mattei specialised in the horror genre and is best known for movies including Night Of The Zombies (1980), Rats: Night Of Terror (1984) and Cruel Jaws (1995). He also filmed several erotic movies, including a number of Emmanuelle films starring Laura Gemser. At the time of his death, Mattei was working on sequel Island Of The Living Dead 2.