Mario Bava: 10/12/03 - 10/18/03

[Morticia]

Just as a change of pace, and at your request, we are discussing bodies of works by a particular actor or director. Let's see how you like this!

So -- let's compare and contrast early works by the same director, discuss film techniques and choice of cinematographer or composer, what have you.

Because it's October, I've picked two of my favorite 'neo-classic' horror movie stars, and two very intriguing horror movie directors. So don't forget to add what makes them so scary.

Run wild, shall we? Discuss!

Mario Bava - the following bio excerpt courtesy of imdb:
In the films The Evil Eye (1963) and Blood and Black Lace (1964) he created the style and substance of the giallo, a genre which would be perfected in the later films of Dario Argento.

...and from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
The acknowledged master of the continental horror film, a veteran cinematographer whose brilliantly conceived compositions, camera movements, and atmospheric trappings influenced directors Dario Argento and Martin Scorsese, among others. Bava, one of Italy's top cinematographers, made his directorial debut with Black Sunday (1961)-which, among other things, spotlighted darkly beautiful Barbara Steele, the dream date for a whole generation of horror movie mavens and misfits.