genre the ogre 
Dardano Sacchetti ( born in Montenero di Bisaccia , Italy on 27 June 1944 ) is an Italian screenwriter best known for his work in the ___MASK91___ genre . Rome is a city and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in Italy . Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the ___MASK30___ ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent ___MASK30___ geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a ___MASK30___ within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states . Dinner with a Vampire ( aka A cena col vampiro ) is a 1988 Italian ___MASK91___ made - for - TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti . It was the third of four films made for the cable series " Brivido Giallo " ( other films include Graveyard Disturbance , Until Death and The Ogre ). Lamberto Bava ( born 3 April 1944 ) is an Italian film director . Born in Rome , Bava began worked as an assistant director on the film ' s of his father Mario Bava . Bava co - directed the ___MASK99___ " La Venere d ' Ille " with his father and in 1980 directed his first solo feature film " Macabre ". Mario Bava ( 31 July 1914  27 April 1980 ) was an Italian director , screenwriter , special effects artist and cinematographer from the " golden age " of Italian ___MASK91___ films . His work kick - started the giallo film genre and the modern " slasher film ". His son Lamberto Bava later went on to become a noted ___MASK60___ director in his own right . A ___MASK99___ ( also known as a TV film ; television movie ; TV movie ; telefilm ; telemovie ; made - for - ___MASK99___ ; direct - to - TV film ; movie of the week ( MOTW or MOW ); feature - length ___MASK85___ ; single ___MASK85___ and original movie ) is a feature - length motion picture that is produced for , and originally distributed by or to , a television network , in contrast to theatrical films , which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters . The Ogre ( aka Demons III : The Ogre , The Ogre : Demons 3 , House of the Ogre and La casa dell ' orco ) is a 1988 Italian ___MASK91___ - made - for - TV film directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti . It was the last of four films made for the TV series Brivido Giallo ; other films include Graveyard Disturbance , Until Death and Dinner with a Vampire . Like the very similar Zombi series , it has little - to - no - relation to the films it claims to be a sequel to , and it was also followed by many unofficial sequels . The Ogre was released in some areas as the unofficial third entry into Bava ' s Demons series , but the official `` Demons 3 '' was actually Michele Soavi ' s The Church . For another unofficial third entry , see Umberto Lenzi ' s film Black Demons , released in some countries as Dèmoni 3 / Demons 3 . Graveyard Disturbance ( aka A Night in a Cemetery and Una notte al cimitero ) is a 1987 Italian ___MASK91___ made - for - TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti . It was the first of four films made for the cable series " Brivido Giallo " ( other films include " Until Death ", " Dinner with a Vampire " and " The Ogre "). Actress Beatrice Ring went on to star in Lucio Fulci ' s " Zombi 3 " the following year .