Comments on: Mario Bava: Kill, Baby Kill! http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/ Someday a real rain will come and wash the scum off the streets. Will James Oliver do until then? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dan http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-14 Dan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:53:55 +0000 http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-14 Doh! I've got The Black Cat, so I should know him - that was pretty good, too. Have to look out for Detour - looks interesting Doh! I’ve got The Black Cat, so I should know him - that was pretty good, too. Have to look out for Detour - looks interesting

]]> By: James Oliver http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-12 James Oliver Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:55:48 +0000 http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-12 [b]Let's not forget just how influential Bava was[/b] Absolutely, and not just in horror. Kill Baby Kill influenced Fellini (his segment of Spirits of the Dead - available now on DVD! - is basically inspired by Bava) and Scorsese (specifically The Last Temptation of Christ but more generally in his camera movements). I've heard Hitchcock was a fan too but I don't know more than that. [b]Who the hell is Edgar G Ulmer?[/b] The king of poverty row. He came to Hollywood from Germany and was possibly the most talented exile director. The Black Cat - available now on DVD! - is an incredible picture and he should have become a major director. Thing is, if you're trying to build a career in Hollywood, it's a good idea [i]not[/i] to start knocking off the boss's wife... No studio would hire him after that and he got exiled to Z-movies, making movies in a week (or less!)None of them are what you might call 'good' but all show a remarkable, singular vision. And Detour is reckoned to be one of the very best [i]Films Noir[/i]. [b]Let’s not forget just how influential Bava was[/b]
Absolutely, and not just in horror. Kill Baby Kill influenced Fellini (his segment of Spirits of the Dead - available now on DVD! - is basically inspired by Bava) and Scorsese (specifically The Last Temptation of Christ but more generally in his camera movements). I’ve heard Hitchcock was a fan too but I don’t know more than that.
[b]Who the hell is Edgar G Ulmer?[/b]
The king of poverty row. He came to Hollywood from Germany and was possibly the most talented exile director. The Black Cat - available now on DVD! - is an incredible picture and he should have become a major director.

Thing is, if you’re trying to build a career in Hollywood, it’s a good idea [i]not[/i] to start knocking off the boss’s wife… No studio would hire him after that and he got exiled to Z-movies, making movies in a week (or less!)None of them are what you might call ‘good’ but all show a remarkable, singular vision. And Detour is reckoned to be one of the very best [i]Films Noir[/i].

]]> By: Dan http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-10 Dan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:50:30 +0000 http://blogs2.moviemail-online.co.uk/cheapseats/2007/11/20/mario-bava-kill-baby-kill/#comment-10 Let's not forget just how influential Bava was. The Girl Who Knew Too Much was the first giallo, though Blood and Black Lace really established the style of the genre, and set the blueprint for Argento to pick up on later. Then there's Planet of the Vampires, which is generally acknowledged as a big influence on Alien. Bay of Blood influenced Friday the 13th, to the extent that death scenes were stolen wholesale from it. Danger Diabolik was the first comic book adaptation aimed at adults. Kill Baby Kill features a sinister girl ghost...J-horror? Okay, maybe that's pushing it. But Bava pushed the boundaries when it came to censorship - just check out the girl getting her head smacked in on a tree at the beginning of Blood and Black Lace, which still packs a punch today. Bava was known as the little Hitchcock. Bava was offered the chance to go to the US to work with bigger budgets, but declined - he was happy enough working in Italy on tight budgets, and never thought too much about his films. Who the hell is Edgar G Ulmer? Let’s not forget just how influential Bava was. The Girl Who Knew Too Much was the first giallo, though Blood and Black Lace really established the style of the genre, and set the blueprint for Argento to pick up on later. Then there’s Planet of the Vampires, which is generally acknowledged as a big influence on Alien. Bay of Blood influenced Friday the 13th, to the extent that death scenes were stolen wholesale from it. Danger Diabolik was the first comic book adaptation aimed at adults. Kill Baby Kill features a sinister girl ghost…J-horror? Okay, maybe that’s pushing it. But Bava pushed the boundaries when it came to censorship - just check out the girl getting her head smacked in on a tree at the beginning of Blood and Black Lace, which still packs a punch today. Bava was known as the little Hitchcock. Bava was offered the chance to go to the US to work with bigger budgets, but declined - he was happy enough working in Italy on tight budgets, and never thought too much about his films. Who the hell is Edgar G Ulmer?

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