This Is Crap!
I was hoping for something better when I seen 'Previously Banned' On the cover.
It's a bad movie, no question.
shareit's obvious the 2 above posters r probably 18-22 years of age, know nothin about horror, and thier idea of classic horror is hostel or saw...........
shareYou are right. They love those movies but cant understand the true horror movies.
shareSorry, speanroc, but I agree with them and understand where they're coming from.
This movie deserves its detractors because of Bava's obsession with murderers-for-money. The first half is a real slasher film, then he has to turn it into a big murder mystery whodunit and everyone is running around saying, "we must kill him (or her) for the money! The money!" That's not horror. That's old school crime films.
Plus, I am also unimpressed with the murders and gore/blood.
But the style is amazing. Sure. That's all. And I like the music, even though it's pretty cliched.
"Carol, one word of advice: send Cindy to a special school"
"This movie deserves its detractors because of Bava's obsession with murderers-for-money. The first half is a real slasher film, then he has to turn it into a big murder mystery whodunit and everyone is running around saying, "we must kill him (or her) for the money! The money!" That's not horror. That's old school crime films."
That's giallo. This is a proto-slasher. It influenced a lot of what became the bonafide slasher subgenre, but it's still got one foot firmly in the giallo territory and that's something that still worms through horror today. Killing to protect a secret or systematically eliminate people often for profit mixed in there with revenge, that's giallo bread and butter - right up there with black gloves. I understand that element throwing folks who expect generic slasher fodder for a loop. The movie predates slasher movies and satirizes the gialli that Bava helped pioneer, but you can't argue that Bava applied a real horror aesthetic to the proceedings.
"That's not horror. That's old school crime films." No, it's called "Giallo."
sharehey hey hey not all 18-22 yr olds view classic horror movies with their *beep* liberalism and narrowminded standards. im 19 and i happen to feel that this is the quintessential slasher film. ask any horror buff this is the granddaddy of them all. and i cant help but agree with them.
shareAgreed, if it wasn't for this film the 80's slasher parade would never have happened. What a parade it was ! I'm glad i saw It ! I'm the BesT knife sharpener I know !
What does "liberalism" have to do with anything?
shareProbably the PC-infected anti-sex, anti-violence-against-fictional-women brigade. “Liberalism” whether you like it or not now means “toxic and moronic and/or evil” thanks to the Silly Left’s ever-increasing idiocy (largely fueled by their guilt over not accepting gays sooner, so now they’re going whole hog down Stupid Street, facts/people/the West be damned.)
shareHey I'm 19 and I love this film. One of the best Bavas.
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