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Black Sunday (1960): A Retrospective
Widely regarded by fans as a genre masterpiece, BLACK SUNDAY is a magnificent work of black-and-white horror, filled with wonderfully atmospheric effects and punctuated by moments of brutality quite grizzly for their time. The film is a unique piece of Gothic visual poetry that retains its power to thrill and entertain with all the tenacious vivacity of its centuries-dead vampire-witch, who refuses to lie quietly in her grave.
More Mario Bava on the way
Mario Bava was one of the most important figures in the history of horror-fantasy cinema, but during his lifetime few of his films reached American shores in uncut form. Thanks to the modern miracle of home video technology fans can now enjoy the director-cinematographer’s works as they were meant to be seen. Earlier this year, [...]
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) – Horror Film Review
By Robert L. Jerome
“Reality is more horrible than fiction,” a character observes in this stylish Spanish/Italian shocker, yet director Mario Bava keeps pumping for the fantasy – oriented delirium at the core of the cut-and-slash dramas so dear to his heart. Here he forsakes the mystery element usually associated with his blood-drenched projects to inspect [...]
Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971) – Horror Film Review
[Editor's Note: This review, written by Jeffrey Frentzen, originally appeared in the Fall 1975 issue of Cinefantastique (4:3).]
By Jeffrey Frentzen
Mario Bava’s ANTEFATTO (”Before the Fact”), produced in Italy in 1970, was picked up for domestic release by Hallmark in 1973, playing second-feature to other Hallmark bloodbaths like MARK OF THE DEVIL and LAST HOUSE ON THE [...]
