Danger: Diabolik might not be the best comic book adaptation of all time, but this Italian-sourced feature is a faithful one and even more importantly, it is a lot of fun. Starring […]
King of Thieves – Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Stranded on the… – Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Planet of the Vampires is Mario Bava’s science-fiction extravaganza, a film pulled from the printed page and given life on the big screen, on par with any spectacle of the day. While […]
An Unusual Love – The Whip and the Body (1963)
When Christopher Lee cites The Whip and the Body as one of his favourite performances, it is easy to see why. Mario Bava’s production gave the man the chance to do something […]
Three Million Reasons to Kill – Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
Despite being one of Mario Bava’s lesser known films, Five Dolls for an August Moon is a stylish giallo that is beautifully shot with surprisingly little blood, but a mystery that draws […]
Awash in… – A Bay of Blood (1971)
In 1971, Mario Bava decided to grace the world with one of his best pictures and arguably one of the first slashers to make its way to the screen – A Bay […]
Not What the Bride Imagined – Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Written by Mario Bava and Santiago Moncada and directed by Bava, Hatchet for the Honeymoon is a giallo film from 1970 that is equal parts psychological thriller and horror. Considered to be […]
It Might Be Best To Stay Away From… – Caltiki, The Immortal Monster (1959)
It might be a little misleading, but Caltiki is not the name of the monster even though the characters of the film call it as such, but it is the name of […]
She Needs Blood to Live! – I Vampiri (1956)
I Vampiri is notable for many reasons, among them the fact that this was the first horror movie to come out of Italy after a ban on them was lifted and also […]
The Telltale Mind 