A Blade in the Dark

1983 [ITALIAN]

Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 4472 4.5K

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Plot summary

Bruno, an up and coming film composer, has been hired to write the score to a new horror movie. After moving into a secluded villa, life begins to imitate art as a vicious killer starts bumping off anyone and everyone who happens to pay him a visit.

Director

Lamberto Bava Photo
Lamberto Bava

Top cast

Valéria Cavalli Photo
Valéria Cavalli as Katia
Andrea Occhipinti Photo
Andrea Occhipinti as Bruno
Giovanni Frezza Photo
Giovanni Frezza as Little Blond Boy in Film
Stanko Molnar Photo
Stanko Molnar as Giovanni
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881.92 MB
1204*720
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 1
1.68 GB
1792*1072
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Stay_away_from_the_Metropol 7 / 10

The most giallo giallo

If giallo works for you, this movie is a riot. If not, you may find it somewhat disappointing. But for me, it hit all the right notes.The writing and acting was absurd, filled to the brim with dialogue that is either some of the most on-the-nose stuff I have ever heard, or complete nonsense. The acting is generally fully over-the-top or simply terribly performed. Either way, it's all wildly amusing. Not all the deaths are up to snuff with the best of giallo, but there are a couple that will leave imprints in your mind, specifically one in a bathroom involving a plastic bag. The women are quite intoxicating, the lead actor quite pretty as well, and it's always fun seeing the legend Michele Soavi in any role. The cinematography is a lot of fun, the pacing and editing is disjointed and awkward as is the case with most giallo, and the story makes very little sense.All in all, it's a pretty terrible movie, but a wonderful giallo! Lamberto Bava certainly got his game locked in a few years later by the time he made his masterpiece, Demons!
Reviewed by Khwaj 7 / 10

Interesting Giallo!

To begin with I was a real sap for liking all that commercial crap that the everyday world is being exposed to watching. That was until "A Blade In The Dark" caught my attention.This was the first film that marked my entry towards Italian horror and what an entrance it was I might add.The opening sequence is a real knockout not to mention dead scary (even the mere thought is enough to give me nightmares). The only con was the fact the acting was tad bit weak, but at the same time exceptional.I won't spoil the ending though, but it could've been a slightly improved with a cat and mouse chase that concludes in a bit of a bloody showdown with hero and killer. The highlight in the film for me though was Lara Nazinsky, who plays Julia (the composer's girlfriend) what a firecracker she is.Though not many would agree about this film being good, it was interesting to know that it was directed with little budget with many of the actors working for nothing and considering Lamberto Bava's credibility of being son of horror legend Mario Bava.Worth a look.
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