Pros: Atmospheric, Horrific, Barbara Steele, Vampire Cons: Dialog and supporting cast a bit weak
Black Sunday (1960) Mario Bava was one of the cornerstones of Italian cinema working as cinematographer for the post World War II Roman film Industry shooting a lot of the sword and sandals footage for the made in Italy films that ...
Pros: Clever visual techniques, gothic mood, benchmark in its time Cons: Poor acting, low budget
Having been introduced to Mario Bava a few months ago with his most famous movie, Black Sabbath, I recently picked up a couple of box set collections of his work. Hopefully I can get around to watching and reviewing all of these this month, but my ...
Former Italian cinematographer Mario Bava (Hercules, 1959) made his feature directorial debut (at age 46) with The Mask of Satan (a.k.a Black Sunday). The atmospheric, black and white film stirred up some controversy due to some disturbingly violent ...
Pros: seamless incorporation of silent-era horror with 1960 film techniques Cons: soundtrack is extremely dated and takes away from the suspense
The epitome of Italian cinema, and for that matter, the entire horror genre.
Practically every country has made a unique contribution to the film industry: France brought us Auteur Theory, Spain perfected surrealism, Korea created abstract...
Pros: Great use of black and white photography and a solid story. Cons: Not the best dubbing in the world.
I have been a fan of horror films for a long time, but I just saw this one for the first time a few years ago on AMC on Halloween night. This is an Italian film about a curse upon a family that says one of their ancestor who was killed as a witch tries...
Buxom B-movie queen Barbara Steele stars in this beautiful atmospheric film about the long dead evil Princess Asa and her brother who are accidentally...More at Family Video
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