Mondo Bava: The Best of Italy's B-Movie Maestro Trailer and Blu-ray
HomeMondo Bava: The Best of Italy's B-Movie Maestro Trailer and Blu-ray
Posted July 11, 2017 05:17 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have sent us a new trailer for the recently initiated celebration of the the legacy of one of Italy's greatest masters: dierctor Mario Bava. Mondo Bava plays at the Quad Cinema in NYC from July 7–25 before touring select cities across the country, and also includes the distributors' brand new 50th anniversary restoration of Kill, Baby... Kill!.
Over the course of more than two dozen features, Mario Bava's distinctive style developed from baroque manipulation of chiaroscuro into spectacular use of color, with his reach extending into spy films, Westerns, sex comedies, and a series of benchmark horror films that laid the groundwork for the giallo and the modern slasher movie. A master stylist with a flair for lurid visuals, Bava's imprint on contemporary cinema is incalculable: Fellini, Scorsese, Carpenter, Dante, del Toro, Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Dario Argento—all were influenced by the so-called maestro of the macabre.
Synopsis: Considered by many to be one of the Italian horror-meister Mario Bava's best, this occult murder mystery skillfully interweaves elements of the 'giallo' thriller formula with a creepy Gothic ghost story. Set in modern day Transylvania, an evil curse has fallen on the village which has been plagued by a series of bizarre murders, in which female victims keep turning up with gold coins embedded in their hearts. In order to free the village from this evil curse, the local sorceress (Fabienne Dali) must find and destroy the vengeful Baroness Graps (Gianni Vivaldi), who along with the ghost of her murdered daughter, seek to claim the villagers' souls in retribution (with pretty Erica Blanc next on the list). Original Italian title - "Operazione Paura".
Special Features:
Over the course of more than two dozen features, Mario Bava's distinctive style developed from baroque manipulation of chiaroscuro into spectacular use of color, with his reach extending into spy films, Westerns, sex comedies, and a series of benchmark horror films that laid the groundwork for the giallo and the modern slasher movie. A master stylist with a flair for lurid visuals, Bava's imprint on contemporary cinema is incalculable: Fellini, Scorsese, Carpenter, Dante, del Toro, Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Dario Argento—all were influenced by the so-called maestro of the macabre.
Synopsis: Considered by many to be one of the Italian horror-meister Mario Bava's best, this occult murder mystery skillfully interweaves elements of the 'giallo' thriller formula with a creepy Gothic ghost story. Set in modern day Transylvania, an evil curse has fallen on the village which has been plagued by a series of bizarre murders, in which female victims keep turning up with gold coins embedded in their hearts. In order to free the village from this evil curse, the local sorceress (Fabienne Dali) must find and destroy the vengeful Baroness Graps (Gianni Vivaldi), who along with the ghost of her murdered daughter, seek to claim the villagers' souls in retribution (with pretty Erica Blanc next on the list). Original Italian title - "Operazione Paura".
Special Features:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
- English-language soundtrack
- Italian-language soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles
- "Kill, Bava…Kill!" (a 2007 documentary by David Gregory, in which Lamberto Bava revisits the location where the film was shot, 25:02)
- Theatrical trailer (2:32)
- Three TV Spots (:60 :30 :10)
- German title sequence (3:30)