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  1. www.arrowfilms.com › blog › featuresA Beginner’s Guide to Mario Bava - Arrow Films

    • I Vampiri (1957) Bava doesn’t get a full director’s credit on this one, but he did complete the picture after original director Riccardo Freda left the production.
    • Black Sunday (1960) While Black Sunday wasn’t a hit on its original Italian release (though it did find success when it came out in the US a year later), the right people did catch it – it was a turning point for horror cinema, pioneering in the way it combined extreme horror and lush beauty.
    • Black Sabbath (1963) Black Sabbath was a transitional picture in many ways, it was Bava’s first experiment in delivering horror in colour (using his fantasy work as an influence), it paid respect to the past by casting Boris Karloff in the host role, while also keeping a gouged eye on the future, featuring startling imagery that felt bold for the era, and still shocks today.
    • Blood and Black Lace (1964) A year later, Bava decided to transform horror once again, making the colours more bold, the terror more beautiful, and the plot more modern than anything he’d created before.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mario_BavaMario Bava - Wikipedia

    Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) [2] was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter. [3] His low-budget genre films, known for their distinctive visual flair and stylish technical ingenuity, feature recurring themes and imagery concerning the conflict between ...

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    Year
    Notes
    Scipione l'africano
    1937
    Uncredited title designer.
    Il dottor Antonio
    1938
    Uncredited camera assistant.
    Princess Tarakanova
    1938
    Uncredited camera assistant.
    Giuseppe Verdi
    1938
    Uncredited camera assistant.

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  3. lwlies.com › articles › why-your-favourite-directorsWhy your favourite directors love Mario Bava - Little White Lies

    Why your favourite directors love Mario Bava. The cult Italian horror maestro has influenced everyone from John Carpenter to Nicolas Winding Refn.

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  5. www.bfi.org.uk › features › where-begin-mario-bavaWhere to begin with Mario Bava - BFI

    Jul 29, 2016 · Where to begin with Mario Bava. A beginner’s path through the horrifying, stylised worlds of Mario Bava.

  6. horrorobsessive.com › 2021/07/02 › mario-bava-one-ofMario Bava: One of Horror Cinema’s Most Underappreciated ...

    Jul 2, 2021 · While Mario Bava seldom receives the acclaim filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci do, he absolutely should. Here's why.

    • Corey Callahan

  7. faroutmagazine.co.uk › mario-bava-the-b-movie-iconMario Bava: the B-movie icon that changed pop culture

    Jul 2, 2023 · Italian giallo master Mario Bava was an icon of horror cinema, inspiring filmmakers like Dario Argento and Quentin Tarantino with films like 'Black Sabbath'.

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  9. www.sensesofcinema.com › 2004 › great-directorsBava, Mario - Senses of Cinema

    Apr 22, 2004 · Mario Bava, after serving as an assistant to his father, became a camera operator and cinematographer. Among his earliest works as Director of Photography (DP) were two shorts by Roberto Rossellini: Il tacchino prepotente and La vispa Teresa (both 1940).