The godfather of gore gets dissected by a man who wrote the book on Italian horror.
Author Stephen Thrower analyzing the themes and characters of Mario Bava's proto-slasher "A Bay of Blood".
Direction
Thrower's obsessive knowledge delivered with infectious reverence.
Editing
Smart intercutting of analysis with Bava's gorgeous death tableaux.
Writing
Dense, poetic scholarship that never condescends.
Director
Stephen Thrower
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thrower's book 'Beyond Terror' remains the definitive English-language study of Bava's work.
Bava shot A Bay of Blood's infamous thirteen deaths in just three weeks, essentially inventing the slasher economy of scale.
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