The director of 'Tentacles,' 'Behind the Door' and 'Piranha II' will get a lifetime retrospective at Germany's leading independent film festival this year.
, and Madhouse as part of its retrospective. Assonitis will attend Oldenburg in person. The 2021 festival runs Sept. 15-19.
Assonitis, whose work has been cited as an influence by the likes of Joe Dante and Quentin Tarantino, also famously won a legal battle with Warner Bros., who sued the filmmaker after the Behind the Door became a major commercial success in the U.S., grossing some $15 million. Warner claimed copyright infringement, citing obvious similarities between the supernatural horror tale and the studio’s.
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