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Top 5 Bava

posted 19 years ago by ODDBear
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Fans of Bava; what do you think are his 5 best films.

I've only seen 5 and here's what I think;

1. The Girl Who Knew Too Much-very solid mystery, stylish and atmospheric

2. Shock-Creepy with a knockout final 10 minutes

3. Black Sabbath-Insanely stylish and wonderfully moody, the third story is best

4. Hatchet for the Honeymoon-Ultra stylish but unsuspenseful, overall disappointing

5. Bay of Blood-Saw a drastically edited version, I think, and was very disappointed. Totally overrated

[–] splattaflix 18 years ago

my picks-

1. Black Sabbath
2. Shock
3. Blood and Black Lace
4. Bay of Blood
5. Black Sunday

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[–] ursinsnme 17 years ago

My picks-
1. Kill Baby Kill- One of the most underrated horror films of all time, and in the running as one of the top 5 greatest gothic horror films of all time
2. Liza and the Devil- Great sureal horror that gets better with every showing.
3. Black Sunday- One of the best uses of black and white photograth in a horror film I've ever seen
4. Hatchet for the Honeymoon- The best of Bava's giallo/slasher films
5. Danger: Diabolik- Everyone always leaves this off a Bava best list because I think they have to list all of his horror films first and formost because thats what he was know for. But of all of his films, I think this is the most fun and best place to start along with Black Sunday as an introduction to Bava

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[–] rainbowmoth2-1 17 years ago

1. Lisa and the Devil
2. Rabid Dogs
3. Whip and the Body
4. Blood and Black Lace
5. Black Sabbath

[–] michaelkendall2 16 years ago

1. Rabid Dogs.
2. Black Sabbath.
3. Danger: Diabolik.
4. Blood and Black Lace.
5. Hercules in the Haunted World.

then...

6. Kill Baby Kill.
7. The Girl Who Knew Too Much.
8. The Whip and the Body.
9. Planet of the Vampires.
10. Lisa and the Devil.

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[–] chrisasiama 16 years ago

1. Blood and Black Lace
2. Black Sunday
3. Black Sabbath
4. Bay of Blood

Those are the only Bava films I've seen so far. I plan to watch the rest soon.

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[–] matheusmarchetti 15 years ago

1. Lisa and the Devil
2. Hatchet for the Honeymoon
3. The Girl Who Knew Too Much
4. Black Sabbath
5. Blood and Black Lace

[–] Doctor_Mabuse1 14 years ago

1. Lisa and the Devil/Black Sunday (tie)
2. The Whip and the Body
3. Black Sabbath
4. Kill, Baby, Kill
5. Blood and Black Lace

I cheated a little, but this is my Essential Bava list.

Doctor Mabuse, Evil Genius, King of Crime

[–] soquel_josh 14 years ago

1). Knives of the Avenger
2). Erik the Conqueror
3). Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
4). Five Dolls for an August Moon
5). The Road to Fort Alamo

[–] PoppyTransfusion 13 years ago

I've only seen four and this one is my favourite. The other three, in order of preference, were:
Bay of Blood
Mask of the Demon
The Whip and The Flesh.

I could see the influence of Blood and Black Lace on Argento for Suspiria and Inferno and also its influence on the more recent art house film Amer.

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