A Blade in the Dark (1983)

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110 min - Crime | Horror | Music - 6 August 1983 (Italy)

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A killer stalks a composer staying at a posh Tuscany villa while writing the score to a horror film which has an incriminating clue to the killer's identity.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Andrea Occhipinti	...	Bruno
	Anny Papa	...	Sandra
	Fabiola Toledo	...	Angela
	Michele Soavi	...	Tony Rendina
	Valeria Cavalli	...	Katia
	Stanko Molnar	...	Giovanni
	Lara Lamberti	...	Julia (as Lara Naszinski)

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Storyline

A composer, working in isolation on a score for a horror movie meets two women who used to know his house's former tenant. When the women disappear, he's forced to look into the film he's working on to determine what happened to them, and who's responsible. Written by Brian J. Wright <bjwright@acs.ucalgary.ca>

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When the lights go out, the knife goes in.

Genres:

Crime | Horror | Music | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 August 1983 (Italy) See more »

Also Known As:

Cuchillos en la oscuridad See more »

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Cinematografica, Nuova Dania Cinematografica See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min | France: 96 min | USA: 108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

There were no sets built for the film. It was all shot on location at one large Italian villa. In fact the movie itself was written to be shot around that particular location. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Near the beginning of the movie the blade is seen cutting an adult magazine across the woman's right breast (from our point of view). Shortly afterwards when the composer examines the mysterious cuts in the magazine the slice marks appear across the left breast (from our point of view). See more »

Quotes

Bruno/ Sandra/ Angela/ Katia: Chow!
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A Blade in the Dark (1983)
La casa con la scala nel buio (original title)

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