The Movie Marathon Man
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The Movie Marathon Man
Episode 44 - Mario Bava and An Intro to Italian Cinema (Black Sunday, Black Sabbath, Blood and Black Lace, A Bay of Blood)
Join me for my final Halloween 2025 series episode, all about the Italian giallo master MARIO BAVA!! Also included is an Intro to Early Italian Cinema, from the invention of film to the 1960s when Bava got his start! I had a ton of fun doing this episode, and I hope you enjoy it too!
For the spoiler-conscious, time stamps below indicate when each discussion begins:
AN INTRO to ITALIAN CINEMA - 1:25
BLACK SUNDAY (1960, dir. Mario Bava) - La maschera del demonio - 9:51
BLACK SABBATH (1963, dir. Mario Bava - I tre volti della paura - 25:35
BLOOD and BLACK LACE (1964, dir. Mario Bava) - 6 donne per l'assassino - 47:39
A TASTE of BLOOD (1971, dir. Mario Bava) - Ecologia del delitto - 1:02:45