I VAMPIRI
Gothic revival
“Any closer and you’re going to lose that hand.”
★★★★✩
EXTRAS ★★★★✩
RELEASED OUT NOW!
1957 | 12 | Blu-ray
Director Riccardo Freda
Cast Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D’Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida
BLU-RAY DEBUT Though not the
nation’s first horror film, I Vampiri (The Vampires) was a significant landmark, kick-starting a wave of Italian gothic which brought us classics like The Mask Of Satan – whose director, Mario Bava, stepped up from cinematographer here to complete the film via reshoots when Riccardo Freda walked off the project.