Ulli Lommel

Ulli Lommel

Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1944

Country: Germany

Biography: The son of German comic performer Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Ulli Lommel began his career in show business as a child. His older sister, Ruth Lommel, appeared in a number of films in the 1940s and '50s. After appearing in several features, Ulli Lommel met Rainer Werner Fassbinder and joined his acting/production entourage. While working with Fassbinder, Lommel turned to directing as well as performing. His output has ranged from brilliantly accomplished drama with traces of exploitation elements, to out-and-out B-movies with a few distinctive artistic flourishes.

Total Credits at Criticker: 28 (Actor), 35 (Director), 33 (Writer)

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    The Boogeyman
    Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriends murder. (imdb)
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    The Zodiac Killer
    The Zodiac Killer (2005) - Direct-to-Video
    A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives. (imdb)
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    The Tenderness of Wolves
    Story of a gay serial killer who murders young boys so he can serve them as dinner to his circle of fellow cannibals. (imdb)
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    B.T.K. Killer
    B.T.K. Killer (2005) - Direct-to-Video
    He was a father, a husband, a preacher... and a serial killer - step inside the mind of one of the nation's most twisted murderers in this gripping retelling of the BTK killer's reign of terror. (Amazon.com)
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    Green River Killer
    Green River Killer (2005) - Direct-to-Video
    Adding Hollywood horror to real-life drama, writer-director Ulli Lommel (The Boogeyman) goes inside the mind of notorious serial killer Gary Ridgway (aka the Green River Killer), who pled guilty to a 20-year murder spree that left 48 Seattle-area prostitutes dead. (NetFlix)
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    Zombie Nation
    ZOMBIE NATION. It is a horror movie about living dead zombies that are returned to life in a strange voodoo ceremony. It's a political comment on the power the police have over our lives. It is a comedy. It is scary. It is beyond anyone's wildest imagination. Director Ulli Lommel concocted one of the most original thrillers ever made. As one film critic put it, ZOMBIE NATION is "A wild mix of zombie chicks, bad cops, and voodoo snakes." (DVD Blurb)
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    The Raven
    The Raven (2006) - Direct-to-Video
    Lenore is an orphan raised on a diet of Edgar Allen Poe. She considers the raven to be her protector. She is visited by Poe every night in her dreams. She is also visited every night by a shaved-head man she calls Skinner. As a child, she believes that she will some day kill Skinner. She is deeply disturbed by her dreams. As a young adult, she is apparently raped by Skinner, after which she kills him and disposes of the body. As revenge, Skinner begins killing those around her. (imdb)
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    Dungeon Girl
    Dungeon Girl (2008) - Direct-to-Video
    Dungeon Girl is the story of Natascha Kampusch.
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    Killer Nurse
    Killer Nurse (2008) - Direct-to-Video
    Killer Nurse is about a killer nurse.
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    Black Dahlia
    Black Dahlia (2006) - Direct-to-Video
    Three psychopaths go on a killing spree, recreating the Black Dahlia murder. (imdb)
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    Curse of the Zodiac
    Curse of the Zodiac (2007) - Direct-to-Video
    Genre guru Ulli Lommel (THE BOOGEYMAN, BTK KILLER) directs this horror film about the infamous Zodiac killer. Though decades have passed since the multiple murderer held the state of California hostage with fear, the mystery of his identity has never been solved. (imdb)
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    Diary of a Cannibal
    Diary of a Cannibal (2006) - Direct-to-Video
    They met on the Internet. They fell in love. They drove to the desert and stopped at an abandoned warehouse. They wandered inside. Inside they found unspeakable horror. Only one of them survived the ordeal of CANNIBAL. From a hospital bed, an injured Noelle tells shocked police detectives a tale of cannibal terror. In recounting her ordeal, the detectives learn of an even more awful truth behind the actions of this tragic couple. (imdb)
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    Borderline Cult
    Borderline Cult (2007) - Direct-to-Video
    Three serial killers team up at the US/Mexican border town of Juarez and go on a killing spree. (imdb)
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    Baseline Killer
    Baseline Killer (2008) - Direct-to-Video
    Phoenix, Arizona. A stretch of the city called Baseline Street is haunted by a serial killer, dubbed Baseline Killer by the local media. When a group of women meet at a warehouse on Baseline Street, two killers take control of their destinies and terrorise them, taking out one after the other of the innocent victims. (videoezy.com)
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    Son of Sam
    Son of Sam (2008) - Direct-to-Video
    This chilling tale recounts the late '70s in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same. (Amazon)
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    Killer Pickton
    Killer Pickton (2005) - Direct-to-Video
    Tells the story of Robert Pickton, the infamous Canadian pig farmer who killed Vancouver prostitutes and ground them into hamburgers.
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    Boogeyman II
    Sequel to Ulli Lommel's 1980 film "Boogeyman"
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    Revenge of the Stolen Stars
    Klaus Kinski plays the ghost of Duncan McBride, murdered owner of a plantation and ruby mine on the island of Sunanow... (imdb)
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    BrainWaves
    After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months. Her doctors want to try a new procedure on her: to regain her consciousness, they stimulate her brain with neural patterns of a woman who just died. It works, and Kaylie seems to be ok again. However in her dreams, she lives the last day of her savor - and realizes that she's been killed! (imdb)
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    The Devonsville Terror
    Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, assertive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on the town males. (imdb)
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    Blank Generation
    Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol. (imdb)
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    Cocaine Cowboys
    Destn (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, leave the drug world behind and concentrate on music. However they are coerced into doing one last job for the Mob. They lose the $2 million of cocaine, and find themselves marked men unless they can fulfill their obligations. (imdb)
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    Nightstalker
    Nightstalker (2009) - Direct-to-Video
    Richard Ramirez was the devil incarnate, picking up women in downtown L.A. in the 80s and torturing and killing them. Soon the media dubbed him Nightstalker, because he loved to attack at night. He got away with murder after murder, before he made one cardinal mistake. (DeVoteD DVD)
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    Absolute Evil
    Savannah and Cooper, a young couple in love, drive through the desert in a black 70s Cadillac convertible. Unaware that they are being followed, they check into a motel at the Mexican border. When Savannah leaves to buy food, a cop sneaks into the room, pulls his gun on Cooper, accuses him of murder and tries to arrest him. But Savannah, who had become suspicious, manages to turn the tables. (imdb)
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    Daniel - Der Zauberer
    Evil assassins want to kill Daniel Kublbock, the third runner up for the German Idols. (imdb)
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    The Tomb
    The Tomb (2007) - Direct-to-Video
    A being known as "The Puppetmaster" holds victims captive in a tomb and tortures them. (imdb)
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    The Big Sweat
    The Big Sweat (1991) - Direct-to-Video
    An ex-con, just released from jail, returns home only to become immediately embroiled in a robbery. A tenacious FBI agent hounds him every step of the way. (imdb)
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    Cold Heat
    Whatever tycoon R C Mallon wants, he takes. Obsessed with money and power, he crushes all who stand in his way. But now, the woman who was once the object of his desire has dared take away the most precious of all Mallon's possessions, his ten-year-old son. The heir to his corrupt and violent empire. And all hell has been let loose. (imdb)
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    D.C. Sniper
    D.C. Sniper (2010) - Direct-to-Video
    A mysterious shooter randomly kills innocent citizens in public; one after the other in broad daylight. All murders happen not far from the White House; not far from the President. (imdb)
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    Olivia
    An American engineer in London, who is helping to dismantle the London Bridge to be transported to Arizona, strikes up an acquaintanceship with a young British woman. Several years later he happens to be at the bridge's new location and sees the woman again--but this time she's a real estate agent there, doesn't have a British accent and doesn't recognize him. (imdb)
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    Strangers in Paradise
    Mesmerist Jonathan Sage escapes Nazi Germany via a cryogenic tube. In the 1980s, a group of Fascist Americans thaw him out, hoping to use him as a way to rid their community of homosexuals, free-thinkers, and other "radicals." The story is interspersed with many rock dance numbers. (imdb)
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    Return of the Boogeyman
    Return of the Boogeyman (1994) - Direct-to-Video
    Poor Annie every time she falls asleep, her dreams are haunted by visions of a faceless man committing unspeakable crimes. Just like a kid afraid of the dark, the Boogeyman has made her afraid to close her eyes. Annie soon realizes her hideous dreams are predictions. If she can harness this terrifying power, perhaps she can prevent the bloody slaughter she forsees, and track down the Boogeyman before his body count climbs any higher. (imdb)
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    Haytabo
    A biochemistry professor finds an old manuscript containing the formula for an immortality drug.
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    Second Spring
    An aging gossip columnist, tired of the social life of the Roman Dolce-vita set, goes to New York with hopes of a literary career. He marries a nurse, but succumbs to his former mistress. (imdb)
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    Adolf and Marlene
    When Hitler watches Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her arrival, she constantly insults and provokes him. (imdb)
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