Masters of Terror Volume 1 - Mario Bava - 4-DVD Set ( Black Sunday / Black Sabbath / Shock / Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre ) ( La maschera del demonio / I tre volti della paura / Beyond the Door / Maestro of the Macabre )

Masters of Terror Volume 1 - Mario Bava - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Black Sunday / Black Sabbath / Shock / Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre
Alternate Title: La maschera del demonio / I tre volti della paura / Beyond the Door / Maestro of the Macabre
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
340 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 - 2000 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mario Bava
Salvatore Billitteri
Garry S. Grant

Written By:
Nikolai Gogol
Ennio De Concini
Mario Bava
Alberto Bevilacqua
Lamberto Bava
Charles Preece

Actors:
Barbara Steele ..... Katia Vajda /
Princess Asa Vajda ..... Dr. Andre Gorobec
John Richardson ..... Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
Andrea Checchi ..... Prince Vajda
Ivo Garrani ..... Igor Javutich / Javuto
Arturo Dominici ..... Prince Constantine Vajda
Enrico Olivieri ..... Priest
Antonio Pierfederici ..... Ivan
Tino Bianchi ..... Inn Keeper
Clara Bindi ..... Nikita, the Coachman
Mario Passante ..... Boris
Renato Terra ..... Sonya, the Innkeeper's Daughter
Germana Dominici
Michèle Mercier ..... Rosy (segment 'The Telephone')
Lidia Alfonsi ..... Mary (segment 'The Telephone')
Boris Karloff ..... Himself / Gorca (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Mark Damon ..... Vladimire d'Urfe (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Susy Andersen ..... Sdenka (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Massimo Righi ..... Pietro (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Rika Dialina ..... Maria (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Glauco Onorato ..... Giorgio (segment 'The Wurdalak')
Jacqueline Pierreux ..... Helen Chester (segment 'The Drop of Water')
Milly ..... The Maid (segment 'The Drop of Water')
Harriet Medin ..... Neighbor (segment 'The Drop of Water')
Gustavo De Nardo ..... Police Inspector (segment 'The Drop of Water')
Daria Nicolodi ..... Dora Baldini
John Steiner ..... Bruno Baldini
David Colin Jr. ..... Marco
Ivan Rassimov ..... Dr. Aldo Spidini
Mario Bava ..... Himself
Samuel Z. Arkoff ..... Himself
Fabrizio Bava ..... Himself
Georgia Bava ..... Herself
Lamberto Bava ..... Himself
Allan Bryce ..... Himself
Tim Burton ..... Himself
John Carpenter ..... Himself
Sean S. Cunningham ..... Himself
Joe Dante ..... Himself
John Phillip Law ..... Himself
Alfredo Leone ..... Himself
Tim Lucas ..... Himself (Interviewee)
Ib Melchior ..... Himself
Kim Newman ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Black Sunday (1960)
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Black Sabbath (1963)
A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800s who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients...
Shock (1977)
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.
Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000)
Director Garry S. Grant's insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava

Black Sunday (1960)
Set shortly after the Napoleonic wars, Black Sunday tells the tale of an evil witch, Princess Asa Vadja (Barbara Steele) who, years after being put to death with a spike-filled mask and then burnt at the stake, returns from her tomb to create havoc again. She intends to possess the lovely young body of her look-alike descendent, Katia Vadja (Barbara Steele), but will her plans be thwarted by the her brother Constantine (Enrico Olivieri) and the young Doctor Gorobec (John Richardson)? Based on the short story The Viy, by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, Bava has really captured the look and feel of classic Universal horror films such as Tod Browning's Dracula (1931), not at all scary but beautiful gothic set-pieces and mood abound. Bava really shows that a great gothic atmosphere is not just about smoke machines and oboes, but also has a lot to do with lighting and cinematography.

Black Sabbath (1963)
Hosted by Horror Legend, Boris Karloff, Black Sabbath is a trilogy of terror tales: The Telephone, the tale of a woman, Rosy (Michele Mercier), terrorized in her apartment by a caller, who seems to know exactly what she is doing…, The Wurdalak, the legend of a Russian count, Vladimire d'Urfe (Mark Damon) who gets involved with a family who have found themselves victims of a vampiric curse and A Drop of Water, this is clearly influenced by Poe, particularly The Tell-Tale Heart and The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, tells the story of a nurse Miss Chester ( Jacqueline Pierreux) who ill-prepared the corpse of a medium, who died during a séance… Presented on this disc in the original Italian, with English subtitles, this film is another example of Bava's beautiful directing and spectacular lighting nuances.

Shock (1977)
This was Bava's final feature, although his actual final work, La Venere di Ille, which came out in 1981, a year after his death was completed by son, Lamberto. Shock is the tale of a young mother, Dora Baldini (Daria Nicolodi) who moves into the house that was once occupied by her and her now dead first husband, with her son, Marco (David Colin Jnr) and new husband Bruno (John Steiner). The problem is, the spirit of her dead husband occupies the house, or is Dora going mad… This is a great movie with some really good performances by the actors. Probably my favorite in this box set.

Mario Bava: Master of the Macabre (2000)
This documentary is misnamed as Mario Bava: Maestro of Macabre on the packaging, and is not just about Bava's work, but about his life and family as well. Directed by Garry S. Grant and written by Charles Preece, the writer of Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror, this documentary has many interviews with Bava's friends and family, his contemporaries and those who were influenced by him, including John Carpenter, John Saxon, Lamberto Bava, Tim Burton, Daria Nicolodi, and others. If you enjoyed Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror you should enjoy this 60 minute feature as well.

Three classic films from the Godfather of Italian horror, Mario Bava and a documentary featuring interviews with directors inspired by Mario Bava: Tim Burton, Joe Dante and John Carpenter.
Black Sunday (1960)
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.

Black Sabbath (1963)
A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800s who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients - an elderly medium who died during a seance.

Shock (1977)
A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband who possesses her young son.

Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000)
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.'' One of the world's most influential directors, Bava eschewed big budgets for cinematic tricks and creative production to give life to nightmarish classics such as Kill, Baby...Kill!and A Bay of Blood.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 April, 2012.

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