RIP Antonio Margheriti

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Prolific Italian film director Antonio Margheriti, who sometimes used the name Anthony M. Dawson and who specialized in making science fiction, horror and adventure movies, has died. He was 72.

Margheriti died Monday of a heart attack in Monterosi, near Rome, said the town's parish priest, the Rev. Leonardo Sterpa.

Born in Rome on Sept. 19, 1930, Margheriti started his film career in the 1960s, directing science fiction films such "Space Men," and "The Battle of the Worlds."

He later moved into the horror genre, with "The Virgin of Nuremberg," which was released in 1965 in the United States with the title "Horror Castle" and carrying the name Dawson as its director.

It was common at the time for Italian directors and actors to use more American-sounding names than their own to try to broaden their appeal.

In a career that spanned four decades and more than 50 films, Margheriti's work was often filled with blood and gore.

In one such movie, the 1980 "Cannibal Apocalypse," two Vietnam war veterans bring home a contagious virus that turns people into cannibals when bitten. With John Saxon

Margheriti also made some lower-budget imitations of Hollywood blockbusters, such as "Killer Fish,"(with Lee Majors) in 1979 and "Hunters of the Golden Cobra," in 1982. Their themes were similar to Steven Spielberg (news)'s "Jaws," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," respectively.

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