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A Blade in the Dark (1983)
La casa con la scala nel buio (original title)

UNRATED  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.

Director:

Lamberto Bava
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Andrea Occhipinti ...
Anny Papa Anny Papa ...
Fabiola Toledo ...
Angela
Michele Soavi Michele Soavi ...
Tony Rendina
Valeria Cavalli Valeria Cavalli ...
Katia
Stanko Molnar 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>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Composer | Killer | House | Head Bash | Stalker  | See more »

Taglines:

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:

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Also Known As:

Cuchillos en la oscuridad See more »

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Technical Specs

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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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