Mario Bava — Playwright (11)
Lisa and the Devil (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lisa e il diavolo
director: Mario Bava actor: Telly Savalas / Elke Sommer
other title: Lisa e il diavolo / Lisa und der Teufel
Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.
Rabid Dogs (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cani arrabbiati
director: Mario Bava actor: Riccardo Cucciolla / Don Backy
other title: Cani arrabbiati / Cães Raivosos
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.
A Bay of Blood (1971) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb
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.
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.
Planet of the Vampires (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Terrore nello spazio
director: Mario Bava actor: Barry Sullivan / Norma Bengell
other title: Terrore nello spazio / Planet der Vampire
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
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.
Lust of the Vampire (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
I vampiri
director: Riccardo Freda actor: Gianna Maria Canale / Carlo D'Angelo
other title: I vampiri / Der Vampir von Notre Dame
A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.
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.
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.
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.
Naked You Die (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nude... si muore
director: Antonio Margheriti actor: Mark Damon / Eleonora Brown
other title: Nude... si muore / Sieben Jungfrauen für den Teufel
A woman is strangled in the bath by a black-gloved killer who disposes of her body in a large trunk. The trunk is delivered to St. Hilda College, an exclusive finishing school. Betty-Anne, one of the female students, is strangled in the school cellar. The police, led by Inspector Durand, are called in to investigate. Suspects include La Floret, the voyeuristic gardener; Di Brazzi, the new swimming instructor; Mrs. Clay, the summer school French mistress; an old professor who collects birds; and a philandering young teacher called Richard. The murders continue but Jill, a keen amateur detective, helps the police identify the unlikely killer...