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Mario Bava
Director 1914 - 1980

Mario Bava

Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Bava, licensed under CC-BY-SA,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

22 titles
Schock

Schock

Mario Bava 1977 1h 35m 7.0

A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.

The House of Exorcism

The House of Exorcism

Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone 1975 1h 32m

A total re-edit of Mario Bava's gothic classic Lisa and the Devil (1973) for US release in 1975. Cheesy exorcism scenes were shot to try to capitalize on the success of The Exorcist (1973).

Lisa e il diavolo

Lisa e il diavolo

Mario Bava 1974 1h 35m 6.8

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.

Cani arrabbiati

Cani arrabbiati

Mario Bava 1974 1h 36m 8.3

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.

Quante volte... quella notte

Quante volte... quella notte

Mario Bava 1972 1h 23m 5.0

A night of attempted seduction is recalled from the perspectives of the woman, the man, a lecherous doorman and a psychoanalyst.

Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

Mario Bava 1972 1h 38m 6.7

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.

Ecologia del delitto

Ecologia del delitto

Mario Bava 1971 1h 25m 6.0

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.

Roy Colt & Winchester Jack

Roy Colt & Winchester Jack

Mario Bava 1970 1h 25m 1.0

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.

Il rosso segno della follia

Il rosso segno della follia

Mario Bava 1970 1h 23m 7.3

A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.

5 bambole per la luna d'agosto

5 bambole per la luna d'agosto

Mario Bava 1970 1h 22m 6.0

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.

Diabolik

Diabolik

Mario Bava 1968 1h 44m 7.5

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.

Operazione paura

Operazione paura

Mario Bava 1966 1h 23m 8.0

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

Le spie vengono dal semifreddo

Le spie vengono dal semifreddo

Mario Bava 1966 1h 23m 2.5

The foppish mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) plots another mad 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.

I coltelli del vendicatore

I coltelli del vendicatore

Leopoldo Savona, Mario Bava 1966 1h 25m 5.7

A mysterious knife-throwing viking warrior protects a young peasant woman and her young son from the clutches of a evil regent bent on claiming the title of king and the woman for himself.

Terrore nello spazio

Terrore nello spazio

Mario Bava 1965 1h 28m 6.8

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.

6 donne per l'assassino

6 donne per l'assassino

Mario Bava 1964 1h 28m 7.7

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many vices, disappears, the masked killer begins killing off all the models in and around the house to find it.

La ragazza che sapeva troppo

La ragazza che sapeva troppo

Mario Bava 1963 1h 26m 7.8

A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

La frusta e il corpo

La frusta e il corpo

Mario Bava 1963 1h 27m 8.0

The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.

I tre volti della paura

I tre volti della paura

Mario Bava 1963 1h 35m 8.0

Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories about a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Ercole al centro della terra

Ercole al centro della terra

Mario Bava 1962 1h 26m 7.3

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.

Gli invasori

Gli invasori

Mario Bava 1961 1h 30m 6.5

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.

La maschera del demonio

La maschera del demonio

Mario Bava 1960 1h 26m 8.2

A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.

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