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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Elisa Briganti (writer)
Dardano Sacchetti (writer)
Release Date:
6 August 1983 (Italy) more
Tagline:
When the lights go out, the knife goes in.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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this "Blade" shines brighter than most... more (38 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Andrea Occhipinti | ... | Bruno |
| Anny Papa | ... | Sandra |
| Fabiola Toledo | ... | Angela |
| Michele Soavi | ... | Tony Rendina |
| Valeria Cavalli | ... | Katia |
| Stanko Molnar | ... | Giovanni |
 | Lara Naszinsky | ... | Julia (as Lara Naszinski) |
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Also Known As:
A Blade in the Dark
House of the Dark Stairway
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Runtime:
110 min | France:96 min | USA:108 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-18 | Singapore:M18 | Italy:VM14 | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Director Lamberto Bava said in an interview that he liked the American title for the film (A Blade in the Dark) much better than the Italian title (House of Dark Stairs). Bava felt that particular title captured the film much better. more
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Produced at the height of his career, "A Blade in the Dark" marks Lamberto Bava's best directorial effort (certainly better than "Demons" and "Devil Fish"), a slick, intriguing, and sometimes shocking giallo. Bruno (Andrea Occhipinti, of "The New York Ripper") rents an isolated villa to work on the soundtrack for a horror film, only to find himself in the middle of a murder mystery, as young girls meet grisly ends at the hands of an unseen killer. While clearly influenced by the works of Dario Argento, Bava opts for a bland, impersonal color palette that intensifies the mood, combined with a script that has fewer contrivances and red herrings than a typical offering from the aforementioned maestro. The result is a satisfying giallo whose only crime is an occasionally sluggish pace (though this is easily forgivable, as the film was originally intended as a multi-episode TV series)...but stick with it, for ghastly surprises are in store for those who wait.