- Cousin of director Alfred Sole.
- Has a loyal pet, a black and white English Springer Spaniel named Spooky.
- 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)).
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