Tag Archives: Italian horror

Blu-ray review | Black Sabbath | Boris Karloff’s 1960s trilogy of terror gets the Arrow Video treatment

Posted on 18 May 2013 by peter

THE STORY Boris Karloff plays master of ceremonies in 1963′s Black Sabbath, an Italian trilogy of terror from director Mario Bava (Black Sunday, Lisa and the Devil). The Telephone, set in the 1960s, is a giallo-inspired story in which a … Continue reading →

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Film review | Berberian Sound Studio – Toby Jones’s boffin goes bonkers in Rome

Posted on 30 August 2012 by Jason Best

One of the most striking features of British director Peter Strickland’s debut film, the haunting rape-revenge thriller Katalin Varga, was its eerie sound design, created from a combination of electronic music and heightened natural sounds. It’s apt then that his … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Suspiria – A horror masterpiece from Italian maestro Dario Argento

Posted on 26 January 2010 by Jason Best

I couldn’t avoid Dario Argento when I lived in Italy. A giant poster from one of his films loomed from the cinema across the road when I moved into my flat. An artfully slain woman featured prominently, of course, a … Continue reading →

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