![]() Not to say Bava was the only Italian doing these types of films, Dario Argento, for one, has probably achieved more fame than Bava himself, but Bava is pretty instrumental in the whole genre existing in its current form. This genre really came into prominence in the late 70s and early 80s with movies like Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th. If you've followed Mario Bava's trajectory, and this is my first review of one of his films on here, but I obviously know about the man, then you know he's one of the grandfather of what is known today as the slasher genre. Apparently the Italian cut of the film more violent than it was in the American version and that really disappoints me. ![]() Entire subplots were removed, the order of the shorts, the musical score, and the film is shorter. The American version is pretty much nerfed from everything that I've read. And another problem is the fact that the print that Netflix has available is the American version of the film and not Mario Bava's original cut it. But, and this isn't meant as an insult to this film, this hasn't aged as well as it could've. There's many examples of this throughout the history of film. As is Taxi Driver, the first two Godfather films. 2001: A Space Odyssey is still an incredible film. With that said, I think some films definitely stand the test of time better than others. It's impossible.we are all a product of our times and you can't expect someone to view a film as old as this with the same sensibilities as they had in the 60s in 2014. Try as one may might, you cannot view a movie over 50 years old with the same eyes as they were viewed when first released. This review talks about the American version of the film.
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