A Walk in the Park

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Anakin S Oct 6, 2018 As a typical Mario Bava film, it aged quite poorly and has a lot of plot holes; still, if what you are looking for is mood and atmosphere, this greatly influential ghost story has plenty of that to offer and looks awesome with its saturated colors, creepy sets and evocative compositions. See more

Luke L Apr 17, 2018 A doctor is summoned to a small town to help a police inspector investigate the apparent suicide of a young woman. The town folk rush to bury the body before an autopsy can be performed and the burgomeister appears to be helpful, but actually does little to help. It seems the town is haunted by the vengeful spirit of a young girl that induces her victims to kill themselves. Mario Bava kind of closes off the 1960's cycle of Italian gothic horrors with this beautifully atmospheric ghost film. Lead actor Giacomo Rossi Stuart is kind of wooden and uninteresting, but he's hardly the focus of the movie. See more

Han L Jan 27, 2018 The title makes this film by Mario Bava sound more gruesome and violent than it really is (although Bava was capable of plenty of gore later on). Instead, this is a creepy ghost story set at the turn of the 20th century in a secluded European village. We follow a doctor who arrives at the request of the local police commissioner (also a newcomer to the village) as he discovers body after body, presumably murders but looking a lot like suicide. Bava uses his roving, tracking, camera to take us through the village and its locales, the old inn, the cemetery, the villa Graps - all are strangely lighted (especially in green) and filled with horror movie paraphernalia (local witches, evil-looking dolls, grisly sharp objects). The doctor tries to intervene to stop the villagers from giving into superstition and fear but even he eventually sees the source of the evil - the ghost of a young girl who died at age 7 and who is now wreaking her revenge. Very spooky (and the actual plot is even more complicated than you need to know - a clear influence on Argento). The Japanese view horror movies in the summer because the chills are supposed to cool you down - it didn't work for me, but this movie had the right feel (if not an enormous number of "shocks"). See more

George P Sep 16, 2017 A chilling & atmospheric horror that focuses on two professionals who travel to a remote town that seriously has an unusual presence. One they starting digging they find there was a brutal death of a young girl & they believe her ghost returns to the kill those in the village. Quite patchy in parts & the English Dubbing may affect the original experience. Definitely creepy but could have been told better. See more

Theodore L Apr 30, 2017 Arguably Mario Bava's strongest horror film, Kill, Baby Kill follows a coroner who's called in to help investigate the mysterious death of a young woman in an isolated, superstitious village. The locals blame this killing (as well as a slew of similar ones) on the sadistic machinations of the ghost of a little girl; naturally, this turns out to be exactly what happened. Mario Bava chronicles this chiller with his trademark use of saturated colors, heavy shadows, and ample use of the fog machine. While not dissimilar to rest of his catalog, everything in Kill, Baby, Kill just clicks in a way that only happens when talent, hard work, and luck all happen to be in the right place at the right time. No exploration of Italian exploitation cinema would be complete without going over this movie. See more

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