Biography

Mario Cerrito III is a multi award winning horror filmmaker from New Jersey. His films have been critically acclaimed and popular all over the world.

His career started in 2013 with his first feature film DEADLY GAMBLE. The movie went on to be signed by Los Angeles based film studio and distribution company Cinema Epoch and was released to Cable Television, EPIX, Amazon Prime, Tubi and more.

In 2015, Cerrito wrote produced and directed THE LISTING, which won best feature film at the 2019 Horror News Film Festival. It was also represented by its distribution company, SGL Entertainment at Marche Du Film- Cannes Film Festival.

His latest franchise, HUMAN HIBACHI includes four films, Human Hibachi, Human Hibachi 2: Feast in the Forest and Human Hibachi: The Beginning (short film) and Human Hibachi 3: The Last Supper (currently in production.) All four films are signed to the legendary Troma Entertainment and FOUND TV.

Human Hibachi 1, 2 and The Beginning went on to win the prestigious Best Film at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival in Atlantic City.

Human Hibachi 3 won "The Grand Grotesque" (Best of the Fest) award at the 2026 Darkside New Jersey Film Festival.

The movies have sold in countries all over the world and DVD's can be found in physical media stores as far Japan and Australia.

Cerrito's career has been featured in top horror websites such as Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Horror Society, Horror News, Horror Fuel and genre magazines such as Videoscope Phantom of The Movies and Indie Horror Junkie. He was listed in the HorrorNews.Nets list of top 10 independent horror filmmakers.



Cerrito and his family were featured on Travel Channel's reality show "Ghost Nation."
- IMDb mini biography by: Mario J Cerrito III