The director who invented the slasher and made blood look like candy.
Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava, the grand master of Italian horror and the man known by many as “the Italian Hitchcock.”
Direction
Grant lets Carpenter and Burton geek out like film school kids.
Production
Crucial archive footage of Bava actually directing on set.
Director
Garry S. Grant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bava never used a storyboard—he painted his shot compositions directly onto glass plates, creating living paintings before cameras rolled.
The 'Italian Hitchcock' label actually annoyed Bava; he preferred being compared to Walt Disney for his control of color and fantasy.
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