Mario Bava

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A Bay of Blood review by Halfchance from

A Bay Of Boredom... 22 October 2011
...Mario Bava's reputation precedes him as an innovator of modern horror styles, but unless you are an avid fan of his i would stay clear of this one. The film starts with a... Read customer review

Hatchet for the Honeymoon review by from London, England

A Likeable Hatchet Killer 13 October 2004
...ery fine film of its type by one of the acknowledged masters of Italian horror, Mario Bava.The lead character is surprisingly sympathetic, burdened as he is with an icy w... Read customer review

Blood and Black Lace review by Moondog from London

A film with a lot to answer for 6 August 2008
...Mario Bava had already made what was considered the first giallo (Evil Eye) but it was this film which highlighted all the key elements of Italian murder movies - vicious... Read customer review

Beyond The Door 2 on DVD (1977)
Starring: John Steiner, Claudio Nicolai, David Colin Jr.
Director: Mario Bava
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Shortly after moving in, the occupants of a country home notice an evil spirit in the house which causes them to undergo hideous transformations. The final film by legendary Italian horror maestro Mario Bava (BLACK SUNDAY, KILL BABY... KILL!)

44% from 299 members

Rabid Dogs (1974)
Starring: Riccardo Cucciola, Lea Lander, Maurice Poli
Director: Mario Bava
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The bleak but captivating story of three men who take a woman hostage and hijack a car driven by a man taking his dying son to the hospital. Mario Bava's film was completed posthumously in 1997 by Peter Blumenstock. Told in real time.

63% from 14 members
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Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Alessio Orano
Director: Mario Bava
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Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.

60% from 24 members
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Baron Blood on DVD (1972)
Starring: Elke Sommer, Joseph Cotton, Massimo Girotti
Director: Mario Bava
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From Mario Bava, maestro of the macabre and director of Black Sunday and Kill Baby, Kill.

49% from 66 members

A Bay of Blood - Blu-ray (1971)
Starring: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonte
Director: Mario Bava
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Though most do not watch Mario Bava films for their tightly constructed plots, this film still provided much of the inspiration for the first two FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH films, as well as some of the actual scenes. The plot hinges on a bunch of murderous relatives who are all competing for position ..read more »

57% from 105 members

A Bay of Blood on DVD (1971)
Starring: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonte
Director: Mario Bava
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A family's murderous battle over some bayfront property is the subject of director Mario Bava's bloody horror-thriller, which many have cited as the grandfather of the modern slasher film. Claudine Auger is the scheming daughter of a murdered Countess; her staged suicide forms the basis of the film'..read more »

50% from 552 members

Five Dolls For An August Moon (1970)
Starring: William Berger, Edwige Fenech, Ira Von Furstenberg
Director: Mario Bava
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Guest attending a party on a secluded island begin to be murdered one by one, in this excellent Bava thriller.

48% from 15 members
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Hatchet for the Honeymoon on DVD (1969)
Starring: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassando, Laura Betti
Director: Mario Bava
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Rosso Segno Della Folia, an Italian horror film written, directed and photographed by Mario Bava, is the bloody story of an impotent man who turns to murder to vent his frustrations. The designer and owner of a fashion design business (Stephen Forsyth), frustrated with his own sexual failure, ..read more »

52% from 259 members

Danger - Diabolik on DVD (1968)
Starring: Jon Philip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
Director: Mario Bava
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Diabolik (Law)is the world's greatest and most dapper thief. Having pulled-off a terrific heist, the police begin to close in... Mario Bava brings this famous European comic to life.

67% from 588 members

Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Starring: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda
Director: Mario Bava
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Bava's seminal sci-fi/horror is cited as being one of the biggest influences on Ridley Scott's Alien.

57% from 40 members
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner
Director: Mario Bava
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Mario Bava's seminal murder mystery inspired a raft of imitations, including the subsequent work of directors Dario Argento, Sergio Martino and Umberto Lenzi.

66% from 137 members
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The Whip And The Body (1963)
Starring: Dalia Lavi, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli
Director: Mario Bava
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Horror thriller with Christopher Lee as a sadistic 19th century nobleman returning to his seafront castle, where bad feelings run high. High enough to lead to murder. But it doesn't end there, and rumours of ghosts abound...

56% from 19 members
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Revenge of the Vampire (1960)
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi
Director: Mario Bava
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A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.

66% from 10 members
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Mario Bava - Vol. 1 (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Lidia Alfonsi, Barbara Steele, John Richardson
Director: Mario Bava
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This collection presents five giallo classics from legendary Italian horror director Mario Bava: THE MASK OF SATAN (1960), BLACK SABBATH (1963), THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1963), KNIVES OF THE AVENGER (1965), and KILL BABY KILL (1966).

65% from 420 members

Beyond The Door 2 - 2.0 stars
Rabid Dogs - 3.0 stars
Lisa and the Devil - 3.0 stars
Baron Blood - 2.5 stars
A Bay of Blood - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Danger - Diabolik - 3.5 stars
Blood and Black Lace - 3.5 stars
Mario Bava - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
A Bay of Blood - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Hatchet for the Honeymoon - 2.5 stars

Cameron Mitchell - 8 times - show films
Barbara Steele - 8 times - show films
John Richardson - 8 times - show films
Lidia Alfonsi - 6 times - show films
Boris Karloff - 6 times - show films

Salvatore Billitteri - 1 times - show films
Franco Prosperi - 1 times - show films
Francis D Lyon - 1 times - show films