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5 days ago · Mario Bava was a prolific director of gothic Italian horror movies movies, including Black Sabbath and Kill, Baby, Kill. But which Mario Bava movies are the greatest among his extensive filmography?
1 day ago · The Birth of the Slasher Genre: Halloween (1978) John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) is widely regarded as the film that launched the slasher genre into mainstream popularity. The movie follows the story of Michael Myers, a masked killer who escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown to wreak havoc on Halloween night.
Jun 26, 2024 · However, giallo first took shape thanks to Mario Bava’s “The Girl Who Knew Too Much,” which premiered in 1963, more than a decade before American films like Bob Clark’s “Black...
3 days ago · Why These Movies Are Worth Going Back to the 60's: Mario Bava's The Whip and the Flesh (also known as La frusta e il corpo) offers a provocative take on Gothic horror with its tale of sadomasochistic obsession set within a haunted castle. This Italian production showcases Bava's signature visual style, using atmospheric lighting and captivating ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Tolstoy’s short story, “La famille du Vourdalak,” predates Bran Stoker’s Dracula by nearly half a century, mind you. And its essence was formerly captured by Bava himself in his 1963 horror anthology, “Black Sabbath.”
Jun 22, 2024 · Filled with vivid colors, inventive camera work, and captivating narratives rooted in gothic horror traditions, Black Sabbath showcases Bava's mastery over visual storytelling at its finest. Black Sabbath is a 1963 Italian-French horror film directed by Mario Bava.
Jun 24, 2024 · Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s novella also served as the basis for one of the segments in Mario Bava’s 1963 horror anthology film Black Sabbath, which was titled “ The Wurdulak.
