Mario Bava Archive

  • Dora, her son Marco, and her new husband Bruno (is this a mob family or something?) are moving into a new house. Except that it isn’t a new house at...0November 4, 2010

    Shock (1977)

    Dora, her son Marco, and her new husband Bruno (is this a mob family or something?) are moving into a new house. Except that it isn’t a new house at…

  • This is a well aged slice of 1960s Italian sci-fi cheese from Mario Bava (Hercules In The Haunted World, Baron Blood) that tells the horrifying tale of some astronauts who...1June 27, 2010

    Planet of the Vampires (1965)

    This is a well aged slice of 1960s Italian sci-fi cheese from Mario Bava (Hercules In The Haunted World, Baron Blood) that tells the horrifying tale of some astronauts who…

  • Supposedly there was a little fad in the late fifties and early sixties following Kirk Douglas’ The Vikings where everybody in charge of those Hercules, Maciste or whatever name they...0January 18, 2010

    Knives of the Avenger (1966)

    Supposedly there was a little fad in the late fifties and early sixties following Kirk Douglas’ The Vikings where everybody in charge of those Hercules, Maciste or whatever name they…

  • It is said that no parent should ever have to bury their child. Such a death, especially when the child is quite young, is certainly the most heartbreaking experience any...0January 7, 2010

    Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)

    It is said that no parent should ever have to bury their child. Such a death, especially when the child is quite young, is certainly the most heartbreaking experience any…

  • Riccardo Freda was the director who started I vampiri, but it was cameraman and future legendary director Mario Bava who finished it after Freda got huffy and quit the movie...0December 13, 2009

    I vampiri (1956)

    Riccardo Freda was the director who started I vampiri, but it was cameraman and future legendary director Mario Bava who finished it after Freda got huffy and quit the movie…

  • Truly then, the gods have smiled upon us this day when they sent forth this second adventure of Hercules. Fresh from whatever it was that Herc accomplished in his first...0October 16, 2009

    Hercules Unchained (1959)

    Truly then, the gods have smiled upon us this day when they sent forth this second adventure of Hercules. Fresh from whatever it was that Herc accomplished in his first…

  • Reg Park is one of our beefiest Hercules, with pecs the size of a regular guy’s head and his acting consists of standing around talking in a dubbed monotone, while...0October 15, 2009

    Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

    Reg Park is one of our beefiest Hercules, with pecs the size of a regular guy’s head and his acting consists of standing around talking in a dubbed monotone, while…

  • A change of pace and perspective in the giallo genre, Hatchet for the Honeymoon forgoes the usual limp mystery about who the real killer is and instead chooses to have...0October 4, 2009

    Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

    A change of pace and perspective in the giallo genre, Hatchet for the Honeymoon forgoes the usual limp mystery about who the real killer is and instead chooses to have…

  • Supposedly, The Giant of Marathon was a relatively big budget affair and I thought that with Hercules emeritus Steve Reeves (Goliath and the Barbarians) in the title role and director...0August 25, 2009

    The Giant of Marathon (1959)

    Supposedly, The Giant of Marathon was a relatively big budget affair and I thought that with Hercules emeritus Steve Reeves (Goliath and the Barbarians) in the title role and director…

  • According to the liner notes on this DVD, in Italy back in the 1960s you were considered to be a homosexual unless you made a really bad Italian sex comedy....0June 22, 2009

    Four Times That Night (1972)

    According to the liner notes on this DVD, in Italy back in the 1960s you were considered to be a homosexual unless you made a really bad Italian sex comedy….

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