The Ogre is a 1988 Italian horror made-for-TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava

Lamberto Bava

Lamberto Bava is an Italian film director, specializing in horror and fantasy films.Bava was born in Rome, Italy, the son of cinematographer/director Mario Bava, and grandson of cameraman Eugenio Bava...

 and written by Dardano Sacchetti

Dardano Sacchetti

Dardano Sacchetti, born in Rome, Italy in 1944, is an Italian screenwriter best-known for his work in the horror genre.At an early age, he became hooked on films from watching the American science fiction classic Them!...

. It was the fourth of four films made for the TV series "Brivido Giallo

Brivido Giallo

Brivido Giallo is an Italian horror cable series that featured four full length movies directed by Lamberto Bava. The films included in airing order are Graveyard Disturbance, Until Death, The Ogre, and Dinner with a Vampire.-Production:...

" (other films include Graveyard Disturbance

Graveyard Disturbance

Graveyard Disturbance is a 1987 Italian horror made-for-TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti...

, Until Death

The Changeling 2

The Changeling 2 is a 1987 Italian horror made-for-TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti...

and Dinner with a Vampire

Dinner with a Vampire

Dinner with a Vampire is a 1988 Italian horror made-for-TV movie directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti...

). But, like the very similar Zombi series

Zombi series

The Zombi series refers to a set of horror films that have been marketed, in various territories, as sequels to either George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead or Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2 . It has a confusing history of release, with entries in the series varying by different regions in the world...

, it has little to no relation to the films it claims to be a sequel to. It, too, is followed by many unofficial sequels. "The Ogre" was released in some areas as the unofficial third entry into Lamberto Bava's Demons

Demoni

Dèmoni is a 1985 Italian horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and produced by Dario Argento. The screenplay was written by Bava, Argento, Franco Ferrini, and Dardano Sacchetti, from a story by Sacchetti...

series. For another unofficial third entry see Umberto Lenzi's film Demons 3

Demoni 3

Demoni 3 is a 1991 Italian horror film directed by Umberto Lenzi.Lamberto Bava also directed a film entitled The Ogre which is known as Demons III: The Ogre in the USA...

.

Plot

Cheryl, an American writer of horror novels, travels with her husband Tom, and their young son Bobby, to a villa in rural Italy for a few weeks of vacation, and for Cheryl to work on her latest book. When Cheryl begins having nightmares from when she was a child of being stalked by an ugly being, an ogre, she tries to persuade her skeptical husband that the villa has a curse on it and it is using its power to manifest her nightmares into reality, including the demon/ogre. Cheryl must find a way to face her fear and somehow defeat the ogre before it starts claiming victims.

Releases

The film was released on on Region 1 DVD by Shriek Show. Though the alternate title "Demons III: The Ogre" is present on the box art, the title card on the film itself is still just "The Ogre."