 | The House with Laughing Windows 1976 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 overwhelming... Read More |
 | The Church 1989 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 |
 | Dampyr 2022 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 like it just... Read More |
 | Deep red 1975 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.
One of the most iconic aspects of the film is undoubtedly the soundtrack by Goblin, a mix of progressive rock and electronic sounds that amplify the sense of anguish and mystery. The... Read More |
 | short night of glass dolls 1971 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. |
 | Schock 1977 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 mocking... Read More |
