Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989

by Roberto Curti

Overview

The Italian Gothic horror genre underwent many changes in the 1980s, with masters such as Mario Bava and Riccardo Freda dying or retiring and young filmmakers such as Lamberto Bava (Macabro, Demons) and Michele Soavi (The Church) surfacing.

Horror films proved commercially successful in the first half of the decade thanks to Dario Argento (both as director and producer) and Lucio Fulci, but the rise of made-for-TV products has resulted in the gradual disappearance of genre products from the big screen.

This book examines all the Italian Gothic films of the 1980s. It includes previously unpublished trivia and production data taken from official archive papers, original scripts and interviews with filmmakers, actors and scriptwriters. The entries include a complete cast and crew list, plot summary, production history and analysis. Two appendices list direct-to-video releases and made-for-TV films.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476672434
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/07/2019
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roberto Curti is an Italian film historian and the author of numerous published books and articles. He lives in Cortona, Italy.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on the Entries
Abbreviations
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980–1989
1980
Blow Job (Soffio erotico) 15 delete• deleteInferno 18 delete• deleteMacabro 30 delete•
deleteIl medium 34 delete• deleteMia moglie è una strega 36 delete• deleteOmbre 39 delete•
deletePaura nella città dei morti viventi 42
1981
L’altro inferno 51 delete• deleteBlack Cat 55 delete• deleteBollenti spiriti 60 delete•
deleteC’è un fantasma nel mio letto 62 delete• delete…E tu vivrai nel terrore!
deleteL’aldilà 64 delete• deleteFantasma d’amore 73 delete• deleteMurder Obsession 75 delete•
deleteQuella villa accanto al cimitero 84
1982
Amityville II: The Possession 93 delete• deleteAssassinio al cimitero etrusco 96 delete•
deleteLa casa stregata 99 delete• deleteManhattan Baby 101 delete• deleteNotturno
deletegrida 105 delete• deleteLa villa delle anime maledette—The Damned 108
1983
La bimba di Satana 111 delete• deleteZeder 114
1985
Dèmoni 121 delete• deleteFracchia contro Dracula 127 delete• deleteMonster Dog,
deletea.k.a. Leviatán 130
1986
Anemia 134 delete• deleteLa casa del buon ritorno 136 delete• deleteDèmoni 2 … l’incubo
deleteritorna 139
1987
La croce dalle 7 pietre 142 delete• deleteSpettri 146
1988
Blood Delirium (Delirio di sangue) 149 delete• deleteIl bosco 1 152 delete• deleteLa casa
3—Ghosthouse 154 delete• deleteLa casa 4 (Witchcraft) 157 delete• deleteKilling Birds—
Raptors 159 delete• deleteIl nido del ragno 162 delete• deleteNosferatu a Venezia 166
1989
La chiesa 171 delete• deleteEtoile 175 delete• deleteI frati rossi 178 delete• deletePaganini
Horror 181 delete• deleteStreghe (Witch Story) 185
Appendix 1: ­Direct-to-Video Releases
Appendix 2: ­Made-for-TV Films
Bibliography
Index

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