His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry.
Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner. This trilogy of horror stories from Mario Bava serves as an interesting look at a trio of varying filmmaking styles that later became signatures of the director's work. Inferno feels more b-grade than its predecessor and is more in line with Mario Bava’s films than Suspiria (1977).
His son, Lamberto Bava, is the assistant director. with Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Milo Quesada... A trilogy of three horror stories. Still, the lines between sexual pathos and violence blur in these selections that influenced not only other famed directors of Giallo, such as Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, but also spawned the American golden age in horror, led by directors such as John Carpenter.
The first tale, "The Telephone," was one of Bava's first attempts at a giallo film, which he made famous a …
23.08.1963Directed by Mario Bava.
"The Telephone" features a prostitute who is terrorized by phone calls from a dead client. ... and Argento’s contemporary Mario Bava, ... but in Argento’s trilogy she is the oldest and wisest of the witches. Mario Bava was a genius. No wonder as Bava worked as Argento’s advisor in Inferno overseeing the visual effects. "The Drop of Water" concerns a nurse who steals a ring off a dead spiritualist, only to have the corpse seek revenge.
Inferno is the second installment of Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy.
Who Are the Three Mothers of Suspiria? By Jordan Crucchiola. With Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon.
He not only invented the giallo film with The Girl Who Knew Too Much, but continued to make brilliant, low-budget horror movies until his death at the young age of 62. Five of Mario Bava's best films are included in this box set, minus his forays into eroticism, like Blood and Black Lace. Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of San Remo.
Directed by Mario Bava. 72 rowsMario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian cinematographer, director, … Mario Bava, Cinematographer: Ecologia del delitto.