Book Description
MARIO BAVA is the Godfather of Italian horror, a true cinematic master who dazzled audiences with his shocking films and camera trickery.
Best remembered for such horror classics as
BLACK SUNDAY, TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE, KILL, BABY... KILL!, BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES and
BLACK SABBATH, Bava also made everything from Viking epics and spaghetti westerns to the brutal thriller
RABID DOGS and famed pop art extravaganza
DIABOLIK.
His influence extends beyond such acknowledged cinematic disciples as Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, to a new generation of admirers including the likes of Tim Burton, Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese.
Troy Howarth's stunningly illustrated study of Mario Bava's entire directorial career is the first comprehensive book on the master of Gothic horror filmmaking.
This book explores Bava's career as a director, as each of his films is reviewed in depth. Plus: A highly detailed filmography, testimonials from colleagues including scriptwriter Ernesto Gastaldi, and several rare interviews with Mario Bava himself, never before published in English!
Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of posters, pressbooks, admats and stills, including 80 pages in full colour!
This is the third book in the FAB Press directors series, following on from "Cannibal Holocaust and the savage cinema of Ruggero Deodato" and "Art of Darkness - the cinema of Dario Argento".
About the Author
Troy Howarth is an acknowledged authority on the films of Mario Bava, and he is a moderator at the DVD Maniacs discussion forum. Illustrations are from the Nostalgia Picture Archive collection, Paris.
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