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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 It includes previously unpublished trivia and production data taken from official archive papers, original scripts and interviews with filmmakers, actors and scriptwriters.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.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on the Entries
Abbreviations
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989
1980
Blow Job (Soffio erotico)¿15 delete¿ deleteInfernö18 delete¿ deleteMacabrö30 delete¿
deleteIl medium¿34 delete¿ deleteMia moglie è una stregä36 delete¿ deleteOmbre¿39 delete¿
deletePaura nella città dei morti viventi¿42
1981
L'altro infernö51 delete¿ deleteBlack Cat¿55 delete¿ deleteBollenti spiriti¿60 delete¿
deleteC'è un fantasma nel mio lettö62 delete¿ delete...E tu vivrai nel terrore!
deleteL'aldilà¿64 delete¿ deleteFantasma d'amore¿73 delete¿ deleteMurder Obsession¿75 delete¿
deleteQuella villa accanto al cimiterö84
1982
Amityville II: The Possession¿93 delete¿ deleteAssassinio al cimitero etruscö96 delete¿
deleteLa casa stregatä99 delete¿ deleteManhattan Baby¿101 delete¿ deleteNotturno
deletegridä105 delete¿ deleteLa villa delle anime maledette-The Damned¿108
1983
La bimba di Satanä111 delete¿ deleteZeder¿114
1985
Dèmoni¿121 delete¿ deleteFracchia contro Draculä127 delete¿ deleteMonster Dog,
deletea.k.a. Leviatán¿130
1986
Anemiä134 delete¿ deleteLa casa del buon ritornö136 delete¿ deleteDèmoni 2 ... l'incubo
deleteritornä139
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 ragnö162 delete¿ deleteNosferatu a Veneziä166
1989
La chiesä171 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
About the author
Roberto Curti is an Italian film historian and the author of numerous published books and articles. He lives in Cortona, Italy.
