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Film Review: Black Sunday (1960)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In Mario Bava’s gothic horror masterpiece steeped in rich atmosphere, condemned witch Princess Asa returns from the dead two centuries after her execution and wreaks vengeance on her killers’ family. Possessing the body of a descendant who happens to look just like her, Asa pulls out all the stops to exact her revenge. This is Bava’s …

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Film Review: Baron Blood (1972)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In director Mario Bava’s sumptuous Technicolor Gothic horror classic, an American student Peter Kleist travels to Austria on summer holiday to learn more about his family roots. By reciting an incantation on a piece of ancient parchment, he succeeds in scaring up a genuine ancestor – Baron Otto von Kleist, a 16th century sadistic nobleman whose …

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Actor Mark Damon Scheduled to Appear at BLACK SABBATH Screening in Los Angeles October 11, 2018

Laemmle’s NoHo 7 Theatre in North Hollywood will be presenting a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) screening of the 55th anniversary of Mario Bava’s 1963 vignette film Black Sabbath (known internationally as I Tre Volti Della Paura, or the Three Faces of Fear). The 92-minute film, which stars Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, and Susy Andersen, will be screened on Thursday, October …

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Film Review: Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio) (1965)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Planet of the Vampires is a 1965 Italian science fiction/horror film directed by Mario Bava. The film stars Barry Sullivan and Norma Bengell. The screenplay, by Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Callisto Cosulich, Antonio Roman, and Rafael J. Salvia, was based on an Italian language science fiction short story, Renato Pestriniero’s “One Night of 21 Hours”. The story follows the …

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Film Review: Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A shadowy killer in black brutally murders fashion models. REVIEW: “Perhaps female beauty makes him lose his head and kill.” In 1964, horror maestro Mario Bava, for better or worse, practically invented the cinematic giallo (a horror subgenre which harkened to Italian paperbacks released in the 1930’s which translated mystery novels and were characteristically yellow) and …

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Mondo Bava: The Quad celebrates Mario Bava with a 21-film retrospective plus the 50th Anniversary Restoration of KILL, BABY…KILL! 

Mondo Bava   July 14-25 The Quad celebrates the Italian maestro of the macabre with a near-complete retrospective of his work—21 titles with 13 on 35mm—plus the U.S. Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Planet of the Vampires The series will be preceded by the World Premiere of a new 50th Anniversary restoration of Kill, Baby…Kill!, opening on July 7

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Westgate Gallery Movie Poster Sale Extended to September 26th

Last week I reported that WestgateGallery.com, a terrific movie poster site that offers some truly beautiful vintage film posters for sale, was offering their entire inventory for 40% off (with an additional 5% off for HorrorNews.net readers by using the secret code 45Off).  It has now come to my attention that the sale has been extended to Monday, September 26th …

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Film Review: Kidnapped (1974)

SYNOPSIS: A brutal tale of abduction and psychological torment, Kidnapped involves a gang of criminals who, when their robbery goes wrong, take a woman, man, and sick child hostage and embark on a tension-fueled getaway. In a departure from his more audacious visual style, Bava keeps the action claustrophobic and the tension wound tight, building to an unexpected (and unforgettable) …

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Film Review: A Bay of Blood (Twitch of the Death Nerve) (1971)

SYNOPSIS: The wealthy Countess Federica (Isa Miranda) is brutally murdered and the crime is made to look like a suicide. Someone has conspired to take control of her beautiful bayside estate and turn it into a resort to reap the monetary benefits. Little do the conspirators know that death is stalking them. Their greed is soon rewarded with absolute carnage. …

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