Everything about the diabolikal super kriminal and international star of photo novels, movies and soon TV! Known as KILLING in Italy, SATANIK in France, KILING in Argentina, KILINK in Turkey, in America he is... SADISTIK!
Friday the 13th is an auspicious day to launch a new web page about the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal Dokumentary!
Italian film director SS-Sunda is wrapping up production on an incredible documentary film about your favorite skeleton-clad serial killer and we've started a new page on our site all about it! Check out exclusive pictures and info as well as an interview with the director.
Mondo Macabro has produced a great documentary on Turkish Pop Cinema featuring the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal, KiLiNK! Turkish films of the 1960s & 70s were inspired by American comic books and movie serials and produced with a lot of enthusiasm if not a big budget.
Part 3 focuses on the masked men and KiLiNK in particular, who started the whole craze with interviews from director Yilmaz Atadeniz and actress Mine Soley. Dig all the cool posters, clips and photos of lost movies from an alternate reality!
The actors that performed in my photo novels were a classy lot having worked in some of the most psychotronic films with other cult actors and directors from Fellini to Bava!
In tribute we have just added three new pages full of flatfoots and a femme fatale who have tried to foil my criminal machinations: Dario Michaelis, George Hilton and Liliana Chiari. As with many of the Sadistik actors, you may recognize them from various Euro horror, spaghetti and spy films. Check out the complete Actors Gallery at goSADISTIK.com
Here's an entertaining take on the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal with some evil animation! Everybody's in it; Satanik, his love Dana and his adversary Inspector Mercier! This 2004 cartoon runs 36 minutes and was originally directed with a 3D program by Andres de la Hoz.
This is very adult crime spree with Satanik and Dana as Natural Born Serial Killers!
Wow! Metallica has been using Ennio Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold to open their shows for years and here is the cover of it they do for the new Morricone tribute album "We All Love Ennio Morricone." It'll probably be taken down by youtube wicked soon, so check it out before it's too late!
The album, including tracks by such luminaries as Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters, Yo-Yo Ma, Quincy Jones with Herbie Hancock, Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, is only $13.97. Seem more by clicking on the cover image below.
To see a live version of Ecstasy of Gold conducted by Morricone, keep scrolling down!
The legendary composer Ennio Morricone made his triumphant American public premiere at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on February 3, 2007 to a packed and appreciative audience. Following the debut of his 9/11 inspired piece “Vocci del Silencio” at the United Nations the day before, the Maestro treated the Radio City crowd to select tracks from his most famous film scores.
Though some hardcore fans may have been disappointed that he didn’t play some of his more obscure horror, crime and adventure film music (sorry, no Danger! Diabolik), it was an awesome experience to see a chorus of 100+, along with the excellent soprano Susanna Rigacci, belt out the themes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Pianist Gilda Buttà also thrilled the audience with her ivory tickling and when finished, the Maestro came back for three encores.
(Above) An amateur hand-held video of "The Ecstasy of Gold" from the Radio City concert. (Below) A professional live video of the same song from Munich in 2005.
Morricone seemed to enjoy the audience despite his hectic New York schedule. Along with the UN and Radio City shows, he put up with a lot of interviews though many were cancelled. A friend interviewing him for Guitar Player magazine found him a difficult subject as he was told through an interpreter that he “won’t talk about guitars.”
Pushing 80, it seems Morricone would rather be appreciated for the classical music he has been composing for over 50 years than his over 400 TV and film soundtracks. His themes have become legendary signatures used by a variety of international directors with no end in sight (he has just signed on to Brian DePalma’s new Untouchables sequel), so perhaps his other compositions will be appreciated as much in the future.
Meanwhile, a new Morricone tribute album will be released this month with music by such diverse artists as Metallica, Yo Yo Ma and Celine Dion on a CD entitled “We All Love Ennio Morricone.” Click on the cover image for more information and to pre-order this future classic!
Also in New York, the Film Forum is running a Morricone Film Festival until February 22nd. Morricone also receives an long-deserved award at the Oscar ceremonies this year.
And of course, there is a Diabolikal Super-Kriminal konnection with Morricone: Besides both having Italian origins, Morricone co-composed and recorded a pop tune called “Saïda” for director Lucio Fulci’s film I due della legione straniera (1962) with Rosario Borelli, who went on to direct all of the Sadistik photo novels.
ENNIO MORRICONE Radio City Music Hall 3 February 2007
ORCHESTRA Roma Sinfonietta SOPRANO Susanna Rigacci CHORUS The Canticum Novum Singers PIANO Gilda Buttà OBOE Carlo Romano
LA VITA E LA LEGGENDA THE UNTOUCHABLES ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA Deborah’s Theme – Poverty – Once Upon a Time in America The Legend of ‘900
NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO
MALENA
THE MODERNITY OF MYTH IN SERGIO LEONE’S CINEMA THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – THE ECSTASY OF GOLD
SOCIAL CINEMA VITTIME DI GUERRA ABOLISSON from QUEMADA
SCATTERED SHEETS H2 S IL CLAN DEI SICILIANI METTI UNA SERA A CENA UNO CHE GRIDA AMORE COME MADDALENA
MISSION GABRIEL’S OBOE MISSION ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN
Though an underground cult character in America, the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal has been around for 40 years and adulated internationally! Primarily a photo novel star, he appeared in two illustrated adventures in Argentina in the 1970s and recently in the American comic book Beware: SADISTIK! Scheduled for this summer is an awesome new collection of comics stories and pin-ups tentatively titled CRIMES OF SADISTIK! An incredible roster of artists from all over the world are contributing their interpretations of the King of Crime, some well-known and some future superstars! Over the coming months we'll give some teasing glimpses at the art as it comes in. We just can't hold back such powerful material!
First up is some great art done by Friends met through the medium of MySpace! You can click on the image to go to their pages and see more of their fantastic graphics!
In France the Imperceptible One is known as SATANIK and this tripped out masterpiece is by *SPIDER ROCKET*:
The Crime Genius is feared as KILING in Argentina where SOL RAC crafted this retro fantasy that works on so many levels:
If you end up adding these wild artistes as Friends, tell 'em the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal sent you!
The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal knows about valuables and one treasure he covets most is the music of film composer Ennio Morricone! Now all in the New York City area can share in the bounty when Morricone comes to Manhattan to conduct at Radio City Music Hall while two prestigious film festivals honor his work. The month is capped off when Morricone accepts a deserved Oscar for his prolific and legendary contributions to film! Trivia: The director of my original photo novels, Rosario Borelli, recorded some pop tunes with the Maestro in the early 60s!
Morricone Films at the Museum of Modern Art 01-07 February 007 To see the complete film schedule and more information click here.
Morricone Scores at the Film Forum 02-22 February 007 26 incredible films with Morricone soundtracks over three weeks! See the full schedule. Danger! Diabolik on 06 Feb 007.
Ennio Morricone in Concert! 03 Feb 007 Radio City Music Hall Morricone conducts a 200 member orchestra and choir for the first time in the USA! Tickets still available at Radio City Music Hall.
Morricone receives honorary Oscar Award 25 February 007 Composer-conductor Ennio Morricone, who has composed more than 300 motion picture scores over a 45-year career, has been voted an Honorary Award to be presented live on ABC-TV
Here's a complete filmography of Ennio Morricone courtesy of imdb.com
Incredible new INTERNATIONAL Diabolikal Super-Kriminal T-Shirts for 2007!
As most know, the King of Crime is known by many names all over the world. We're proud to present, for the first time EVER, authorized T-Shirts and other products featuring featuring vintage covers of the Crime Genius from all over the world!
To see ALL the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal stuff, click HERE! To tour the world, use these following links:
The goSADISTIK.com website is always growing, with strange images of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal popping up from all the corners of this cursed Earth and then posted on it!
The latest additions to the gorey gallery come from Argentina, Brazil and Turkey. Click on the pictures below to go see more horrific portraits of the King of Crime menacing all kinds of femme fatales in various states of undress from all over the world!
From Hell with Love! Just one of the many covers from South of the Border! See more here!
Dig that crazy flower loin cloth! One of the new covers posted from the Turkish edition. Turkey went so crazy over the character they made 11 films about the Diabolikal One! See more of these Turkish Delights here!
LOOK OUT!! The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal is on the loose again! SADISTIK 2: The Drug Bomb! concerns the heist of a new experimental super-heroin and the extremes that the mob, the KGB, the police, larcenous lesbians and Sadistik will go to get their hands on it! The body count rises as things twist and turn in this incredible photo novel! Also includes actors gallery bio of Sadistik director Rosario Borelli, article on photo and comic pin-ups and pictorial of actress Rosalba Neri.
SADISTIK #2: The Drug Bomb! is a 192 page graphic photo novel in digest format with a $9.99 cover price. Download a FREE 21 page preview of this epic or just go ahead and BUY the thing! Save $2 off the cover price if you order before January 31st! Book ships first week of January. Discounts available for Retailers.
Advance Limited Edition DIABOLIKAL SUPER-KRIMINAL Movie Posters on Sale!
Direct from Italy! Some teasing glimpses of the fun to come with the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal documentary currently in production for 2007 release. Director SS-Sunda has crafted these four cards in the spirit of the old movie lobby cards, a promotional tool back in the era of the King of Crime's prime! Rare art & photos from foreign editions highlights these pieces along with a recent picture of the actors interviewed, like Erna Schurer (who also appeared in the films Ivana aka Blood Castle aka Scream of the Demon Lover and Strip Nude for Your Killer) and Rico Boido (from Danger: Diabolik and Super Fly TNT)! The documentary finally reveals the series best kept secret... who actually portrayed The Crime Genius in the photo novels? One of the cards shows the moment of truth: The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal about to unmask!
4 Different Lobby cards for only $9.99 (plus s&h) until January 15th!
You get a set of four different lobby cards, as seen above, which are beautiful 11" x 17" fiery prints on 100 lb cardstock, each showcasing a different actor. A cool limited edition series for the all-around horror fan! For order information go to goSADISTIK.com!
Here, as an exclusive to the friends of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal, are behind the scenes photos of the careful re-creation of the Suit of Death! The outfit is being constructed with lethal detail for the upcoming Diabolikal Super-Kriminal documentary currently in production in Italy. (Disguised as a production assistant, I managed to retrieve these photos from the digital camera of director SS-Sunda.)
The most LURID calendar of 2007 is now out... and you can save $4 when you purchase it before 3 December 2006! 12 months of mayhem, featuring classic covers of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal from the world over with the original splash pages and color pin-ups from the back cover for only $15.99 (instead of the regular $19.95)! Check out the images from the calendar below or see all months and order by CLICKING HERE!
The King of Crime has inspired many artists over the years, including musicians! SADISTIK HQ recently received a mysterious package with CDs from the mad musicians The Metrolites which included the track "Diabolik Kriminal." That's composer Scott Morschhauser in the familiar outfit on the banner above and he also recently scored the music to the film The Bride Wore Blood.
The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal has other associations with music: He's appeared on record covers for punk and house bands; New tunes are being recorded right now in Italy for the upcoming documentary and even the director of the original photo novels, Rosario Borelli, recorded pop tunes with movie soundtrack legend Ennio Morricone!
Maybe we'll have to put out a CD of Sadistik's Top Hits!
As as Diabolkal Super-Kriminal I stole my way into an advance screening of a new teen zombie flick, along with my biographer, Mort Todd, who wrote the following critique. Here, then, is the FIRST movie review of the movie EL MUERTO based on the comic book by Javier Hernandez!
The MAN and His MONSTER! Creator Javier Hernandez and actor Wilmer Valderrama.
There have been zombie films, superhero flicks, Latino features and teen romance movies, but this is the first Latino zombie superhero teen romance! And this isn't your uncle's zombie film as El Muerto, unlike other members of the walking dead, can run around during the day, feel love, fight evil and he doesn't have a taste for human flesh.
The motion picture is based on the El Muerto comic by Javier Hernandez, published by Los Comex. It is one of the most faithful transfers of a comic book to the screen as adapted by director Brian Cox. The film's title sequence pays reverence to its origins, featuring art by Hernandez that evokes the opening of many Sergio Leone films (Coincidently the film is produced by unrelated Leones).
Contrary to many comic book films that take forever setting up the origin of the character, El Muerto swiftly unfolds his beginnings and gets to the action, establishing his motivation, his powers and the conflict of being a teen zombie. Young Diego (Wilmer Valderrama, yes Fez from That 70s Show) crosses Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec God of Death and has his still-beating heart (if not his soul) plucked from him. His love for his girlfriend Maria (the beautiful Angie Cepeda) helps brings him back from the Land of Death, much to the surprise of his friend Zak (Joel David Moore of Art School Confidential) and others.
A series of gruesome deaths and some omens lead them to believe the God of Death is up to no good and only Diego as El Muerto can stop him!
El Muerto has something for everyone and will even appeal to people who wouldn't be caught dead watching a zombie movie. This is a zombie film for the entire family! It has an engaging action and a romantic theme, believable special effects, great music and sound design. It boasts many incredible actors like Michael Parks (Kill Bill), Tony Plana (now in Ugly Betty), Maria Conchita Alonso and Tony Amendola. The underused and underrated Billy Drago (The Untouchables) makes an impression in a stunning performance.
Some cite the character's similarity to The Crow, but they are night and day. They're both black-clad reanimated corpses with make-up on, but that's where it ends. Whereas the Crow is dark and cynical, El Muerto is light and positive. Though hearts get ripped out and there's other gore, it's tastefully done, usually off screen though still with impact.
With Wilmer Valderrama in the lead, it should attract a wide female and teen audience. One gets the feeling that this film will ultimately have long legs on video and become a cult/mainstream favorite as the years pass. It's a great character and should inspire many fun sequels and spin-offs.
It's here! The FIRST magazine about photo comics from around the world... and it's FREE! This is a real labor of love, presented in the classic Famous Monsters school of wild photos and fun and informative text: in this case in Spanish and English! But just don't read about it... read KILLING TIME 1 right now by clicking on the link below.
Free 37 page KILLING TIME bi-lingual magazine about photo comics!
And for you jet-set playboys who like old-school hard copy, Comicfix has also produced a deluxe, glossy full color magazine! And if you order the magazine before December 1, you save $2 off the $7.99 cover price and pay only $5.99 (plus s&h). More information at the above link! Be the first in your (cell) block to have the 411 on the most exciting new genre to hit American comics in decades!
Too late! You looked! Now you are a material witness, if not accessory after to fact to the criminal exploits of SADISTIK! The only thing you can do now if find out the full story by getting the FREE PREVIEW of the very first issue of Beware: SADISTIK! This 52 page full color comic digest stars the King of Crime in his first all-new adventure in 20 years!
The new 18 page lead story is based on the opening teaser sequence from the TV pilot script with SADISTIK is in East Berlin to steal an object of value from a degenerate Communist General. The TV series, like the comic, will be very true to the original photo novels and set in 1966. The rest of the book is rounded out with two comic strip adventures of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal from the 1970s, in English and color for the first time.
For more detailed background on the comic book, go to our earlier Mask of Death post.
For a FREE Full Color Preview download of the comic, go to goSADISTIK.com. If you order this comic before midnight on Halloween, you'll get $2 off the $7.99 cover price and pay only $5.99 (plus s&h). Order through PayPal at goSADISTIK.com!
While Comicfix is close to signing a deal to produce a live action SADISTIK TV show (set in the 1960s), fans of the Diabolikal Super-Kriminal can get a sneak peek at the pilot script for BEWARE: SADISTIK with a new Special Edition!
The BEWARE: SADISTIK TV Pilot Script is a wire-bound 74 page volume and includes an overview of the series along with a short history of the King of Crime and the Super-Kriminal genre from Fantomas to Diabolik! There's also a black & white comics adaptation of the the script's opening, which serves as a virtual storyboard!
My film THE DIABOLIKAL SUPER-KRIMINAL had its American premiere July 25,2009 at the Sand Diego International Comic-Con and received Special Mention! Contact us if you would like to set up a screening for your film festival, comic convention or other event!
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