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HADDA CUPPA BAVA: Four Times That Night and more!

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2008-03-23 22:32:00 by Dennis Cozzalio in Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
...Bava retrospective Poems of Love and Death is now a matter of the past; this evening saw a big triple feature blow out of The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963), Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) and Caltiki the Immortal Monster (1959) to end this feast of fun and other freak-outs. Time and other commitments prevented from attending any but one...
 
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2nd Night Of Bava

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2008-03-17 07:46:39 by admin in Film Forno
...Bavas Kidnapped and Shock . Kidnapped is a clever script about a heist that goes bad. The criminals, after killing a few people (including a female hostage) commandeer a car being driven by a man with an unconcious young boy wrapped in a blanket on the seat next to him. Ive got to take my son to the hospital! the anguished man yells but the...
 
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Bava-licious

2007-09-13 21:46:00 by Bob Wilkins: The Man Behind The Cigar in Bob Wilkins: The Man Behind The Cigar
 
...Bava heaven. Last week, I got my Mario Bava Book from Tim Lucas, and now I hear another box set of Mario Bava films are on their way (October 23) from Anchor Bay Entertainment/Starz Home Entertainment. The movies in the collection include "Lisa And The Devil" and its reedited abomination (in my opinion), "House Of Exorcism", "Bay Of Blood",...
 
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Mario Bava Retrospective at The American Cinamatheque

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2008-03-11 17:24:31 by admin in Film Forno
...Bava films at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, starting Thursday, March 13th at 7:30 pm with La Maschera Del Demonio (USA Black Sunday) and Tre Volti Della Paura (USA Black Sabbath). La Maschera Del Demonio is probably my favorite Bava film Barbara Steele, So Sexy, So Evil It is a pure example of a film made by someone rapturously in love...
 
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Lamberto Bava's Blastfighter (1984) Review

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2008-04-30 20:39:00 by Dan in The Bloody Italiana Blog
...Bava with lets-blow-shit-up gusto that would make James Glickenhaus and Sam Firstenberg proud, Blastfighter had always confounded me both with its sci-fi-sounding title and box cover art that made it look like a post-apoc flick. Not surprisingly, I learned while reading Tough to Kill David Zuzelo and Paul Cooke's infectiously enthusiastic...
 
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Lisa And The Devil (Bava, 1972)

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2007-10-27 13:38:00 by R.A. Naing in Direct Cinema
...Bava's much maligned "art horror" masterpiece is a surreal hallucination put directly to celluloid. Sure, it might not make much sense at all upon first viewing, but give the film time (and a couple more viewings) and suddenly all the puzzle pieces fall beautifully into place There are two extant versions of the film. Lisa And The Devil is...
 
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Bava Sunday

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2008-03-18 15:43:02 by admin in Film Forno
...Bava retrospective with La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo(USA,The Girl Who Knew Too Much, The Evil Eye), Il Rosso Segno Della Follial (Hatchet for The Honeymoon) and Caltiki, Il Monstro Immortale . Heres a post about The Evil Eye Heres the trailer for Hatchet for The Honeymoon And heres the opening for Caltiki, The Immortal Monster See a...
 
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Saturday Night Bava at The American Cinematheque

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2008-03-23 16:49:00 by Joe D in Film Forno
...Bava Retrospective. The night began on a sour note. I left early so I could grab a hot dog at Skoobys on Hollywood Blvd. unfortunately it was inexplicably closed So I hit The Pig and Whistle for a draft Guiness, its right next door to the theater and a great way to start an evening of Cinematic fun First off Chuck D got up to do the intro,...
 
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Famous Firsts: La Maschera del Demonio (Black Sunday, 1960)

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2008-09-05 09:24:40 by Editor in Ferdy on Films, etc.
...Bava, director By Roderick Heath Once more, the credits dont tell the whole story. Mario Bava, ace cinematographer, had filled in as director on his mentor Riccardo Fredas I Vampiri (1956), the film many horror genre scholars see as the first of a nascent explosion in the genres popularity that barely receded until the mid 1980s. Bava was the...
 
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A TRUE MAESTRO OF THE MACABRE

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2008-07-07 09:29:00 by Steve Langton in The Last Picture Show
...Bava's most personal film, and I'll doubtless chat about it at some stage in the future. For now, I'd like to turn the spotlight on an excellent 60 minute documentary which can be found on this same DVD as a special bonus feature MARIO BAVA: MAESTRO OF THE MACABRE contains a winning combination of interviews with family, friends,...
 
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