Andrea Occhipinti, Anny Papa, Fabiiola Toledo

A &NFi;giallo&NFi_; from director Lamberto Bava, A Blade in the Dark stars Andrea Occhipinti as Bruno, a composer trying to write a score for a horror film. Looking for some solitude in order to compl...( read more  read more... )ete his work, Bruno rents a villa in the European countryside but he discovers the dead body of a young girl he had just met at the house. Soon, another woman is brutally murdered, and Bruno quickly becomes obsessed with finding the killer.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Lamberto Bava

Release Date: August 6, 1983

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DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005

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  • September 13, 2006
    The younger Bava is no where near as good as his father but he can spin a scary, gory tale if wants to.
  • April 3, 2009
    The story is keeps you in suspense, the score is creepy, the direction atmospheric and some of the violence is brutal and effective BUT at times, it seemed to include scenes that unnecessarily stretch out it's running time that ruin its pace for moments.
    Not a good giallo. but st...( read more)ill worth to take a watch at least once.
  • July 13, 2008
    Typical giallo flick, with a pretty basic plot. The murder scenes were pretty odd. The first one actually made me laugh out loud - honestly, if someone is trying to stab me with an exacto-knife, I think I'd, oh, maybe, not allow myself to be stabbed? The next kill though was p...( read more)retty gross as it combined suffocation, blunt force trauma AND strangulation! That sounds like a death metal concert bill, sad commentary. Then after an hour and change of being bored I was finally getting into the film, only to get an ending which was AS GOOD AS Sleepaway Camp. That's not good.
  • May 12, 2008
    Pretty good giallo type film. Not as good as Argento, but Bava's son does a good job with this.
  • November 15, 2007
    It's not what I'd hoped for, but it's good for it's genre.
  • November 1, 2007
    Not interested. In general I don't like horror movies.
  • September 13, 2007
    Scary, gory Italian slasher. I liked this one alot.
  • October 17, 2006
    Not bad Itallian giallo. Some good deaths in it but the song that plays through it got on my nerves after a while. Check it out if you are a fan of the genre.

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