Trivia

Cousin of director Alfred Sole.

His father, Louis Tomaselli, a jeweler, died of a fatal heart attack when Dante was 17 years-old. The teen lived in Montville, New Jersey before moving to NYC to build a horror film career.

In 1994 Soft Cell's Marc Almond ("Tainted Love") met Tomaselli in NYC. Inspired, the British pop singer wrote a song dedicated to the cult horror director, "Caged." It's the first track on Almond's solo album, "Fantastic Star".

Graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts.

Documentary/biography filming, The Horror of Dante Tomaselli (2005). The director and producer is Christopher P. Garetano (Horror Business (2007)).