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 | Vampire in VeniceMovie Review Vampire in Venice is a 1988 Italian horror film directed by Augusto Caminito and starring Klaus Kinski in the role of the infamous vampire. It is considered an unofficial sequel to Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), also starring Kinski and directed by Werner Herzog. Positive Aspects Venice is used masterfully as a gothic and decaying backdrop. The misty canals and baroque interiors help create a haunting and evocative setting. |
 | The House with Laughing WindowsMovie Review The House with Laughing Windows is an unconventional masterpiece of Italian cinema—a film suspended between psychological thriller, rural horror, and gothic tradition, showing how true terror can stem more from suggestion than from explicit violence. Directed by a masterful Pupi Avati, the film stands out for its deeply unsettling atmosphere and its expert use of suspense. Avati builds horror with surgical precision, using a slow pace to generate anxiety and opting for a restrained yet elegant direction. The film's true protagonist is what remains unsaid: the silences, the glances, the distant noises, and the... Read More |
 | The ChurchMovie Review The Church is a refined example of late 1980s Italian horror that masterfully blends gothic atmosphere, religious symbolism, and dreamlike visions into a hypnotic and unsettling cinematic experience. Directed by Michele Soavi, a protégé and collaborator of Dario Argento, the film showcases surprising stylistic maturity and marks a significant evolution of the genre beyond the traditional giallo/horror framework. The plot centers around a cathedral built atop a medieval mass grave of heretics, and the ancient evil buried beneath its foundations, waiting to be unleashed. But The Church is much more than a simple story of... Read More |
 | DampyrMovie Review Dampyr – When Leather Jackets and Brooding Glares Save the World What do you get when you mix a brooding half-vampire hero, a war-torn Eastern European setting, and more leather than a 2000s rock concert? Dampyr, of course — the movie adaptation of the Italian comic that dares to ask, "What if Blade had an emo cousin who just discovered his powers… and feelings?" The plot is delightfully familiar: Harlan is part-human, part-vampire, and 100% allergic to joy. He teams up with a grumpy soldier and a suspiciously stylish blonde vampire (because even monsters have fashion sense), to fight an ancient evil that looks... Read More |
 | Blood and Black LaceMovie Review Considered one of the pillars of Italian horror cinema, Blood and Black Lace is a visual masterpiece that marked the birth of the giallo all’italiana subgenre. Directed by maestro Mario Bava, the film is an explosion of style, saturated colors and sharp shadows that transform a story of serial murders into a work of visual art. The plot is typically whodunit, but Bava stands out for his innovative use of light and composition of the shot, making each scene a macabre and fascinating tableau. On a narrative level, the plot is perhaps less surprising for the modern viewer, but its visual impact and the tense and... Read More |
 | Deep redMovie Review Dario Argento, with Deep Red, creates one of the cornerstones of the Italian giallo, a film that mixes thriller and horror with a visual and narrative mastery that is still unmatched today. It was March 7, 1975 when it arrived for the first time in Italian cinemas, the film consolidated the director's success and laid the foundations for his unmistakable style, made of saturated colors, bold shots and a tension that grows until the final explosion. |
 | short night of glass dollsMovie Review A classic of Italian horror, gothic and visionary, with a strong symbolic component. Aldo Lado signs a refined work, which combines mystery and political subtexts without being snobbish. Set partly in Prague, the film encountered bureaucratic obstacles, forcing the director to complete the shooting in Zagreb. Excellent cast, with Jean Sorel and a memorable Mario Adorf. |
 | SchockMovie Review The latest cinematic chapter of the Italian master Mario Bava, Shock, presents itself as a farewell to his directorial career, emerging from a decade marked by a rebirth of Italian cinema imbued with anger, ambiguity and a fascination for the macabre. The film, a cross between giallo, thriller and horror, is a testimony to that essential contribution of Bava, which had already inspired entire generations of directors. In this work, however, one senses the loss of that personal imprint: the meticulousness in the photography, a distinctive sign that had made the director famous, as well as that bitter irony capable of... Read More |
 | The Last Man on EarthMovie Review The film, based on the famous novel by Richard Matheson I Am Legend, manages to recreate the atmosphere of the book well, despite the limited budget. The Italian director Ubaldo Ragona does a better job than the more famous Boris Sagal, who made The Omega Man a few years later. This is probably due to the fact that Vincent Price, very comfortable in an Italian co-production, surpasses the talented Charlton Heston. With his usual theatricality, Price offers a performance reminiscent of silent films, particularly effective in the part where he is alone, for half the film. The first part is very suggestive, thanks to the beautiful... Read More |
 | ImmaculateMovie Review Religious horror without demoniacs or exorcisms, played by the new American movie star Sydney Sweeney who also produces here and is the fulcrum of this film... she is perfect in the role with her angelic face that however in the ending, now a cult of this film, is transfigured thus becoming a great "scream queen" almost on the level of Isabelle Adjani in "Possession". |