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Mario Bava

Director

Mario Bava

Born July 31, 1914 in Sanremo, Liguria, ItalyDied April 27, 198034 films

Mario Bava (July 31, 1914 – April 25, 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" of Italian horror films.

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Rabid Dogs posterFirst watchRabid Dogs19957.5Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Black Sunday poster7.4Black Sunday1960Blood and Black Lace poster7.3Blood and Black Lace1964Black Sabbath poster7.2Black Sabbath1963A Bay of Blood poster6.6A Bay of Blood1971Kill, Baby... Kill! poster6.9Kill, Baby... Kill!1966The Girl Who Knew Too Much poster6.9The Girl Who Knew Too Much1963Planet of the Vampires poster6.4Planet of the Vampires1965Danger: Diabolik poster6.3Danger: Diabolik1968

Filmography

34 films as director
  1. 1995Rabid DogsDirector
  2. 1981The Venus of IlleDirector
  3. 1977ShockDirector
  4. 1975The House of ExorcismDirector
  5. 1974Lisa and the DevilDirector
  6. 1972Baron BloodDirector
  7. 1971A Bay of BloodDirector
  8. 1971Four Times That NightDirector
  9. 1970Roy Colt and Winchester JackDirector
  10. 1970Hatchet for the HoneymoonDirector
  11. 1970Five Dolls for an August MoonDirector
  12. 1969The OdysseyDirector
  13. 1968Danger: DiabolikDirector
  14. 1966Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl BombsDirector
  15. 1966Kill, Baby... Kill!Director
  16. 1966Knives of the AvengerDirector
  17. 1966Gunman Called NebraskaDirector
  18. 1965Planet of the VampiresDirector
  19. 1964The Road to Fort AlamoDirector
  20. 1964Blood and Black LaceDirector
  21. 1963The Whip and the BodyDirector
  22. 1963Black SabbathDirector
  23. 1963The Girl Who Knew Too MuchDirector
  24. 1961Erik the ConquerorDirector
  25. 1961Hercules in the Haunted WorldDirector
  26. 1961The Wonders of AladdinDirector
  27. 1960Black SundayDirector
  28. 1958The Day the Sky ExplodedDirector
  29. 1950Musical WhimDirector
  30. 1949Variazioni SinfonicheDirector
  31. 1947L'Anfiteatro FlavioDirector
  32. 1947Legenda SinfonicaDirector
  33. 1947Santa NotteDirector
  34. 1946L'orecchioDirector