Mario Bava — Director (26)
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The Venus of Ille (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
La Venere d'Ille
director: Mario Bava / Lamberto Bava actor: Daria Nicolodi / Marc Porel …
other title: La Venere d'Ille / La Vénus d'Ille
A wealthy landowner uncovers a bronze statue of Venus on his property. He asks an antique expert to examine the statue and confirm its wealth. Upon arrival, the expert is striken with love by the landowner’s daughter-in-law who bears an uncanny resemblance to the statue.
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Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Roy Colt e Winchester Jack
director: Mario Bava actor: Brett Halsey / Charles Southwood …
other title: Roy Colt & Winchester Jack / Drei Halunken und ein Halleluja …
Two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold while one of them is in league with a sadistic priest-turned-crime lord, while a young Native American girl helps both outlaws and plays both sides against each other.
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Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ercole al centro della terra
director: Mario Bava actor: Reg Park / Christopher Lee …
other title: Ercole al centro della terra / Vampire gegen Herakles …
Upon his return from battle in the previous film, the great warrior Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara's only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara's guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival.
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Erik the Conqueror (1961) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Gli invasori
director: Mario Bava actor: Cameron Mitchell / George Ardisson …
other title: Gli invasori / Die Rache der Wikinger …
In the 9th Century, two Viking children, separated since their early childhood with one raised by the British and the other by Vikings, meet after nearly 20 years as rivals as war breaks out between Britian and the Vikings for control of England.
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le spie vengono dal semifreddo
director: Mario Bava actor: Vincent Price / Fabian …
other title: Le spie vengono dal semifreddo / Der Spion, der aus dem Speiseeis kam …
Mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot plots another twisted scheme to take over the world by killing off the major military leaders of every country; to that end, he creates in his secret lab a bevy of bodacious girl bombs; full-length, life-size robots that explode when embraced.
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Musical Whim (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Capriccio Musicale
director: Mario Bava
other title: Capriccio Musicale
A short film by Mario Bava about the representation of music, the very language of the soul.
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Gunman Called Nebraska (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Ringo del Nebraska
director: Antonio Román / Mario Bava actor: Ken Clark / Piero Lulli …
other title: Nebraska-Jim / Ringo de Nebraska …
A drifter helps a ranch couple fend off the approaches of a ruthless landowner.
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The House of Exorcism (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The House of Exorcism
director: Mario Bava / Alfredo Leone actor: Telly Savalas / Elke Sommer …
other title: La casa dell'esorcismo / A Casa do Exorcismo …
A re-edited version of Mario Bava's "Lisa and the Devil" for the U.S. market, including newly filmed scenes involving a possessed Lisa.
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Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
5 bambole per la luna d'agosto
director: Mario Bava actor: Ira von Fürstenberg / Edwige Fenech …
other title: 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto / Cinco Bonecas Para a Lua de Agosto …
A wealthy playboy gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated beach house for a weekend of relaxation. When bodies start pilling up, they realize they’re trapped with a killer in their midst, sending them in a frenzy to figure out who amongst them is killing the others before they are killed next.
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Baron Blood (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga
director: Mario Bava actor: Joseph Cotten / Elke Sommer …
other title: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga / A Câmara de Torturas do Barão Sangrento …
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
La ragazza che sapeva troppo
director: Mario Bava actor: John Saxon / Letícia Román …
other title: La ragazza che sapeva troppo / A Rapariga que Sabia Demais …
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
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Danger: Diabolik (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Diabolik
director: Mario Bava actor: John Phillip Law / Marisa Mell …
other title: Diabolik / Perigo: Diabolik …
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
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Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Operazione paura
director: Mario Bava actor: Giacomo Rossi Stuart / Erika Blanc …
other title: Operazione paura / Die toten Augen des Dr. Dracula …
A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.
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A Bay of Blood (1971) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb Skybridge
Ecologia del delitto
director: Mario Bava actor: Claudine Auger / Luigi Pistilli …
other title: Ecologia del delitto / Den Blodige Bugt …
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.