The first film in our Halloween marathon is Kill, Baby, Kill by the Italian master of horror himself, Mario Bava. What Bava brings to the film is its atmosphere, an eerie rural town where reason is still superseded by superstition. The dread continues to build as the doctor who is called to investigate a series of murders in a small town must confront these sudden occult occurrences his background of science has no explanation for. This conflict carries into the cinematography, which paints the frame in both vivid swatches of color and dark, deep shadows while the camera heightens the mood with sharp movements and whip zooms. If Kill, Baby, Kill was a Halloween candy, it would be a sour gummy worm, where a colorful exterior entices the sour taste. The film has become an important visual primer in supernatural horror as filmmakers today look at the dreamy way it renders madness. Come to the Quadruple Horror Bypass Thursday night going from 6 to midnight in Walker 417!
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:15:48 +0000
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