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Mario Bava

Mario Bava

Italian director, screenwriter, special effects artist and cinematographer
July 31, 1914 (April 25, 1980)
It. 1977. Horror by Mario Bava with Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner, David Colin Jr.. Inhabited by the vengeful spirit of his dead father, a boy disturbs the life of his remarried mother.
Runtime: 95 min.

Lisa and the Devil

V.O.: Lisa e il diavolo
It. 1972. Fantasy by Mario Bava with Elke Sommer, Telly Savalas, Sylva Koscina. A young tourist finds herself lost in a villa, where she experiences strange, terrifying things.
Runtime: 92 min.

Bay of Blood

V.O.: Reazione a Catena
It. 1971. Crime drama by Mario Bava with Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonté. The owners and users of a coveted piece of land, overlooking a picturesque bay, are murdered one by one without apparent motive.
Runtime: 93 min.

Baron Blood

V.O.: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga
It. 1971. Horror by Mario Bava with Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti. A young Austrian aristocrat revives a bloodthirsty ancestor using magical incantations.
Runtime: 96 min.

5 Dolls for August Moon

V.O.: Cinque Bambole per la Luna d'Agosta
It. 1970. Crime drama by Mario Bava with William Berger, Ira Furstenberg, Howard Ross. A series of murders takes place on an island where ten people are gathered.
Runtime: 78 min.
It. 1967. Crime drama by Mario Bava with John Philip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli. A detective and a gang leader each try to get their hands on a mysterious criminal.
Runtime: 98 min.

Curse of the Living Dead

V.O.: Operazione Paura
It. 1966. Horror by Mario Bava with Erika Blanc, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Fabienne Dali. The inhabitants of a small village are terrified following a series of violent and mysterious deaths.
Runtime: 71 min.

Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs

V.O.: Le Spie vengono dal semifreddo
It. 1966. Spy comedy by Mario Bava with Vincent Price, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia. A secret agent is charged with preventing the plans of a scientist who wants to dominate the world.
Runtime: 85 min.

Knives of the Avenger

V.O.: I coltelli del vendicatore
It. 1965. Adventures by Mario Bava with Cameron Mitchell, Fausto Tozzi, Elisa Mitchell. A barbarian warrior becomes the protector ofa former enemy's daughter.
Runtime: 85 min.

Planet of the Vampires

V.O.: Terrore nello Spazio
It. 1965. Science-fiction by Mario Bava with Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda. Astronauts struggle with alien beings on an unknown planet.
Runtime: 86 min.

Blood and Black Lace

V.O.: Sei Donne per l'assassino
It. 1964. Crime drama by Mario Bava with Eva Bartok, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Reiner. In Rome, a series of murders occurs amidst a fashion house.
Runtime: 88 min.

The Road to Fort Alamo

V.O.: La Strada per Forte Alamo
It. 1964. Western by Mario Bava with Ken Clark, Jany Clair, Michel Lemoine. A bandit abandoned by his accomplices organizes the defense of travelers who have come to his aid.
Runtime: 74 min.

The Whip and the Flesh

V.O.: La Frusta e il Corpo
It. 1963. Horror by Mario Bava with Christopher Lee, Daliah Lavi, Tony Kendall. A young woman is obsessed with the ghost of her murdered brother-in-law.
Runtime: 83 min.

Black Sabbath

V.O.: I Tre Volti della Paura
It. 1963. Horror by Mario Bava with Jacqueline Pierreux, Michèle Mercier, Boris Karloff. Three ghost stories.
Runtime: 99 min.

Erik the Conqueror

V.O.: Gli Invasori
It. 1962. Adventures by Mario Bava with Giorgio Ardisson, Cameron Mitchell, Alice Kessler. The two sons of a Viking chieftain, raised separately, meet as adults.
Runtime: 95 min.

Evil Eye

V.O.: La ragazza que sapeva troppo
It. 1962. Crime drama by Mario Bava with Leticia Roman, John Saxon, Valentina Cortese. Witness to a murder, a young girl can't convince the police.
Runtime: 90 min.

Hercules in the Haunted World

V.O.: Ercole al centro della terra
It. 1962. Adventures by Mario Bava with Reg Park, Giorgio Ardisson, Christopher Lee. Hercules descends to the underworld to seize a marvelous stone that will cure his fianc?e, who is suffering from a mysterious illness.
Runtime: 80 min.

Black Sunday

V.O.: La Maschera del demonio
It. 1961. Horror by Mario Bava with Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi. Executed for witchcraft, a princess comes back to life two centuries after her death.
Runtime: 87 min.

Wonders of Aladdin

V.O.: Le Meraviglie di Aladino
It. 1961. Comedy by Mario Bava, Henry Levin with Donald O'Connor, Noëlle Adam, Aldo Fabrizi. With the help of a good genie who makes all his wishes come true, a poor young boy from Baghdad has all sorts of adventures in the Sultan's castle.
Runtime: 100 min.
It. 1960. Biblical drama by Raoul Walsh with Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Sergio Fantoni. A young Jewish girl, Esther, becomes the wife of the king of Persia, Ahasuerus.
Runtime: 109 min.

The Giant of Marathon

V.O.: La Battaglia di Maratona
It. 1959. Adventures by Jacques Tourneur with Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni. In 490 BCE, the Greeks had to defend themselves against the invasion of the Persians.
Runtime: 92 min.

Gendarmes et voleurs

V.O.: Guardi e Ladri
It. 1951. Mores comedy by Steno, Mario Monicelli with Toto, Aldo Fabrizi, Pina Piovani. Threatened with dismissal for letting a crook escape, a brave gendarme enters the privacy and family of the fugitive in order to find the thief.
Runtime: 109 min.

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