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Writers:
Antonio Avati (writer)
Pupi Avati (writer)
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Release Date:
17 April 1980 (Italy) more
Tagline:
Prepare yourself for the Shock of a Lifetime! more
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A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover. full summary | add synopsis
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Nice Gothic debut from Lamberto Bava! more (32 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Bernice Stegers | ... | Jane Baker | |
| Stanko Molnar | ... | Robert Duval | |
| Veronica Zinny | ... | Lucy Baker | |
| Roberto Posse | ... | Fred Kellerman | |
| Ferdinando Orlandi | ... | Mr. Wells | |
| Fernando Pannullo | ... | Leslie Baker | |
| Elisa Kadigia Bove | ... | Mrs. Duval |
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Also Known As:
Frozen Terror
Macabre
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Runtime:
89 min | Greece:85 min
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Color (Telecolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Finland:(Banned) (1986) | Finland:K-18 (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | France:-16 | Norway:(Banned) (original rating) | Norway:16 (video rating) | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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This was the first solo directing credit on a feature film for Lamberto Bava. more
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Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV) more
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Jane in Love more
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Macabre is a surprisingly relaxed and retrained debut from Lamberto Bava, a horror director famous for schlock including the rock-fuelled gore-fest 'Demons'. The film is supposedly based on actual events that happened in Los Angeles and the story certainly lives up to the title of the film. Lamberto Bava had a lot to live up to with his debut film, given the brilliance of his father, Mario Bava, and while this film isn't on par with his father's best efforts; Lamberto can be proud of his debut film. The film takes place largely in one location; a large mansion owned by a blind man, and this provides a perfect setting for a story as grim as this one. The plot takes in themes of lust, depravity and insanity and follows a mother whose daughter drowns her only son in a bathtub whilst she is spending time with her illicit lover. While on their way back to the house after learning of the 'accident', her lover is killed in a car crash and the events take their toll on the unfortunate mother, who spends the next year in a mental institution. Upon her release, she returns to her boyfriend's home...
Like many Italian thrillers, this one suffers from amazingly poor dubbing; which features some of the worst accents ever seen on screen. That being said, the acting is rather good; with Bernice Stegers convincing as the insane mother, and Veronica Zinny, in her only film role, coming across nicely as her similarly twisted daughter. Stanko Molnar (who also starred in Lamberto's A Blade in the Dark) convinces as the blind man and rounds off the central cast nicely. The action is always restrained, and Lamberto Bava relies on suspense to keep the plot moving. It has to be said that this film isn't as exciting as many Giallo films, but the slow plot comes good in the end as the director boils down to a satisfying conclusion. The central idea behind the plot has been done many times before, but it doesn't matter because it's well done in this film. The director would go on to top this film three years later with the excellent A Blade in the Dark, although on the whole it's a better film than 1987's Delirium. The film is well directed throughout, and while it's not exactly a horror classic; fans of Italian cinema will no doubt find this a satisfying movie overall.