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Alan Collins, Alan Collins (II), Antonio Cantafora

In search of his roots, American student Peter Kleist (Antonio Cantafora) visits the Austrian castle of an ancestor. But some family histories are better left unknown, as Peter discovers when he resur...( read more  read more... )rects the castle's former occupant, a sadistic 16th-century nobleman. Joseph Cotten co-stars as the titular bloodthirsty baron in this 1970s gem that harkens back to the classic horror pictures from Hollywood's golden age.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Mario Bava

Release Date: October 27, 1972

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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2000

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  • mjgildea
    December 19, 2007
    mjgildea
    One of the better later-era Bava flicks. The plot's and acting are pretty thin, but it's Bava. What Baron Blood lacks in those departments it more than makes up for with atmosphere, sets and lighting. Some really great shots and scenes are in abundance--namely any time where Elke...( read more) Sommer gets chased down and that seance scene was classic Bava. On the downside, it's really easy to get sick of Sommer's dumb faces and pitiful hat collection. And that little red-headed girl was more creepy than the movie's atmosphere.
  • threefolddado
    September 13, 2008
    threefolddado
    Mario Bava's direction is the highlight.
  • pryde4747
    October 7, 2008
    pryde4747
    A creepy film by the acclaimed Italian horror director Mario Bava, Baron Blood follows a pair of people who accidentally summon the return of a notorious murderer from his grave during the restoration of his castle. Great tone and atmosphere, as is the par for a Bava movie, but ...( read more)this is one of his best.
  • thrusz
    July 4, 2008
    thrusz
    OH MY GOD! I AM FINALLY CAUGHT UP! (I actually had to go to my phone and re-read all of my entries to actually believe it!)

    After working 9 hours today (Happy Independence Day, America!) and a whole bunch of shifts this weekend, I can finally say that I'm caught up with the ...( read more)reviews until I watch Alexander Nevsky tonight. That's what I really hoped for, was a chance to keep the order that I so desperately needed. (I was going to review Nevsky tonight, regardless of what order it fell in for my Facebook film group.) But here's to finishing off on a bang.

    The Bava series is turning around for me. I hit a little slump there. I'm not saying that we've hit the stride that I had with Black Sabbath, but at least this movie is pretty darned entertaining. A lot of the complicated plot is dropped in this outing. I'm not saying that it is completely devoid of complications and bizarre explanations, but the main plot is pretty straightforward. The big thing is that a cocky American (did I mention that it's Independence Day? Congrats, America. We're always the cocky assh*le who shows up to ruin Italy.) releases the spirit of his great ancestor, who happened to just be this horrible baron who tortured and killed for fun. The only reason he did it? To see if he could do it. I love what Europeans think of Americans. Well, this Baron comes back and starts killing people in awful, awful ways. I don't know why Bava always feels like he has to justify his killings with a crazy plot to satisfy his audience. I'm pretty sure this one is one of his better outings.

    The killings are really cool and fairly gross. I turn into an adolsescent boy when it comes to horrible slaughter in Italian horror. I guess that's all you can really look for in a lot of them. (I mean, Bava himself proved that false with his earlier outings, but you gotta take what you can get sometimes. Am I right?) Those are just damned fun. Then, a kid is placed in danger. Bava and kids. Admittedly, he's using them differently than he was earlier, but this is still very effective. There's some actual very legitimate scares in this one and I won't say I'd ever have problems sleeping (my favorite movie of the past month was The Thing, and that had little effect on me), but I will say that it made you at least interested.

    The movie gets a little off-track at one point though. I mean, you can't have a killer baron just killing for an hour-and-a-half (or can you? *strokes chin*), so Bava relies on his old tarot card dealing with to complicate the plot a little. I'm actually glad that he does go this direction though. When I was watching the scene, I may have groaned a little bit, but that's because I didn't realize they were setting something up for the end. And the end is pretty darned cool. I should have seen it coming. (I had a tertiary thought that I dismissed, but I can't count that). But the story actually wraps itself up quite nicely. I'm not used to that in later Bava movies.

    The only thing that was a little "blah" for me was the special effects makeup on the disfigured baron. I mean, I know the guy uses lots of red paint for blood, but there's this really ambiguous nature to how the baron is looking. It's like they figured out how he was going to look like by just applying a ton of makeup and seeing how it looked like in the end. That part wasn't so scary as it was a little goofy. Luckily, they decided to change that with not making him look like that for the entire movie. (I would go into details, but that would give something away.)

    There is one scene that I'd like to commend because it really is solid camera work. I feel like this movie as a whole was a throw-away for Bava and doesn't really have his heart in it, but there's one scene that really changes that idea for me. There's a scene where Eva is running from the Baron in the streets. It's very foggy and there are these really stylized lights everywhere. I hope that Bava wanted to do something special and didn't just want to cover up the fact that the set was repetitive because it was extremely effective and cool. I remember just sitting up and loving every second of that chase. Sure, it was long, but it was well done so I was very happy.

    This is probably Bava's most straightforward gore fest out of the entire bunch. This is something that requires popcorn and alcohol. Okay, maybe not requires, but I imagine that it would make the movie more fun. Let's say that I'm not completely turned off to the second Bava Box because of this entry.
  • Blaxunshine
    December 10, 2007
    Blaxunshine
    When will they learn to leave those evil incarnations alone? You should know nothing good will become of them..Grisly
  • deedeesdad
    September 7, 2007
    deedeesdad
    Bava at his dullest. Wait in vain for your interest to be piqued. As always, nice lighting 'n design 'n such.
  • holgerhaase
    July 23, 2007
    holgerhaase
    Nice effective little Gothic horror movie set in then contemporary 1970s Austria. Cheesy makeup effects, but overall quite entertaining.
  • futsin
    July 11, 2007
    futsin
    Like Kill Baby Kill, I need to see this again.
  • mpghoul1973
    June 20, 2007
    mpghoul1973
    BAron Blood is not the greatest Bava film ever made. But it is a fun time. There are some great set peices and the lighting as always kicks Dago ass. The Baron is creepy as hell...at least when hes still a decomposing wreck. But ultimatly he looses that creepy presence when he "r...( read more)egenerates"
    Baron Blood is a modern day horror film with alot of gothic atmosphere, great sets and a creepy villian.

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