DANTE'S INFERNO

Inferno, directed by Italian filmmakers Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe de Liguorois (contemporaries of pioneer filmmakers Melies and Segundo de Chomon), was one of the first feature-length films ever created. This is especially significant to us because it was one of the first horror films ever shown on the big screen. Made over the course of 3 years, from 1908 to 1911, what they were able to do in those early years with special effects and very few rules is remarkable. Dante's Inferno, aka L'inferno aka Inferno, is loosely based on Alighieri's poem of the same name. Our lead, Dante (played by Salvatore Papa), is guided through the Nine Circles Of Hell, an allegory for the sins committed by humanity on Earth.