incredibly exciting crime-thriller full of surprises that heavily inspired Reservoir Dogs. Bava's last movie and what a goodbye!

Curated by Markus Fiedler

Total Runtime: 1:36:41

A gang of thieves hijack a man's car after botching their getaway from a robbery. They take a woman prisoner and command the man to drive them to safety. The man must try to cope with the bad situation he is in as well as trying to get help for a sick child that he is caring for. Written by Josh Pasnak <chainsaw@intouch.bc.ca>

Producer Roberto Loyola was killed during the final stages of production. His entire estate (including the sole unfinished work print of Rabid Dogs) was seized and impounded by an Italian court. This resulted in delaying its release for 23 years.

The film was incomplete when director Mario Bava died.

14 May 2007 | by christopher-underwood (Greenwich - London) – See all my reviews

Far better than I remember from a viewing a few years back, this is a taught and most assured thriller from Bava. What it lacks in colour and theatricality from a lot of his work it certainly makes up for in down right dirty gritty realistic nastiness. These ruthless robbers are quite clearly capable of anything and we never for a moment doubt the sincerity of their various threats of violence and worse. For most of the film the action is confined within a car and with these mixed and varied characters, becoming more desperate all the time, the tension is considerable. George Eastman is at his most manic and some of the close-ups of him and his immediate sidekick are really scary. Riccardo, beautifully underplayed, in contrast to the rest, is hijacked in his car and together with a sick child and a woman hostage are forced to endure a remarkable journey, incredibly well paced. Full of surprises, but nasty all the time, this brutal outing from the master is well worth seeing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071275/

Doc - Death Walks at Midnight and the Giallo Genre

An introduction to Giallo

Total Runtime: 0:16:50

Adrian Smith, author of the book 'Blood and Black Lace The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies' is interviewed and offers introduction and comment on many giallo films.

The word giallo is Italian for "yellow" and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback novels with trademark yellow covers.

“Giallo” films are characterized by extended murder sequences featuring excessive bloodletting, stylish camerawork and unusual musical arrangements. The literarywhodunit element is retained, but combined with modern slasher horror, while being filtered through Italy’s longstanding tradition of opera and staged grand guignoldrama. They also generally include liberal amounts of nudity and sex.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giallo

Doc - Death Walks at Midnight and the Giallo Genre

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