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![]() Blood and Black Lace
1964
![]() The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963
![]() Black Sabbath
1963
![]() Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966
![]() Black Sunday
1960
![]() Lisa and the Devil
1973
![]() Torso
1973
![]() Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
![]() Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
![]() The New York Ripper
1982
![]() Tenebre
1982
![]() Rabid Dogs
1974
Blood and Black Lace(Movie), The Girl Who Knew Too Much(Movie), Black Sabbath(Movie), Kill, Baby... Kill!(Movie), Black Sunday(Movie), Lisa and the Devil(Movie), Torso(Movie), Hatchet for the Honeymoon(Movie), Don't Torture a Duckling(Movie), The New York Ripper(Movie), Tenebre(Movie), Rabid Dogs(Movie)
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shockingly boring. granted, i started on it with the expectation of a visually arresting giallo, but it's a movie that just didn't age well. the kills were good, but i expect they were shocking back in '71 before they inspired other movies - the impaled sexing couple, for example. read
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52 years in 52 weeks 2018 horror x52 (2018) zoom zoom zoom a bay of blood, by mario bava, is definitely an important film for the horror genre, especially the slasher sub-genre. its crazy to see how much friday the 13th lifted from this. its definitely super gory. bava uses a ton of zooms in this movie, and i wasnt a fan of a lot of zooms, though its interesting to see. the plot is a little too in-coherent. the ending is super fucking hilarious though. read
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a countess is murdered by her husband, who is subsequently murdered, and so on! the plot is simple: everyone is after the murdered countess' estate - not complex by any means. however, this film gets four stars from me for a couple of reasons. firstly, it is a precursor to the american slashers of the 80s, and seeing as it was released in 1971, it really did break down barriers. secondly, there is one 'character' which defines this whole movie - the camera. the panoramic views of the bay; the dizzying 360° pans; the zoom-ins/zoom-outs; the match cuts; and the close-ups. all this, along with... read
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