Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
Black Sabbath
Zombie
The House by the Cemetery
The 10th Victim
The Lickerish Quartet
Kidnap Syndicate
Five Dolls for an August Moon
Contamination
City of the Living Dead
Bloody Pit of Horror
Black Sunday
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Beast in Space
Italian Cult Cinema
From poliziotteschi to spaghetti westerns, dive into the strange offerings from Italian cinema maestros Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, and more.
La vita è dolce in these wacky, off-the-wall Italian cult hits from the 60's, 70's and 80's. From schlocky horror thrillers and spaghetti westerns to raunchy outer-space explorations, these flicks will have you saying Mio Dio
Selected Films
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Black Sunday
In one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in movie history, Mario Bava bridged the gap between the gothic horror picture and the European art film with BLACK SUNDAY (aka LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO or THE MASK OF SATAN). Made in 1960 and now considered a cult classic, it continues to...Watch Movie
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Black Sabbath
One of the great horror anthology films and Mario Bava's personal favorite of his works, BLACK SABBATH solidified the director's reputation as Europe's maestro of the macabre. In THE TELEPHONE, a woman is haunted by menacing phone calls from a former lover. THE WURDULAK stars Boris Karloff as a...Watch Movie
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Five Dolls for an August Moon
FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON is Mario Bava's deliriously mod spin on an Agatha Christie-style whodunit. Bava was so closely associated with the horror genre that this twisting mystery was never released in the U.S. but it is deliciously entertaining all the same. A space age...Watch Movie
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Bloody Pit of Horror
"Filmed in PsychoVision" isn’t even the most outlandish claim made by a movie that opens with a bogus quote attributed to the Marquis de Sade ("My vengeance needs blood!") who, in the 1960s, became synonymous with all things kinky. Admittedly, by the standards of the time,...Watch Movie
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
An American writer (Tony Musante) traveling in Rome is the only witness to an attempted murder by a sinister man in a raincoat and black leather gloves, though he is powerless to do anything to stop him. With a feeling that something is not quite right about the scene he has...Watch Movie
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Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Referenced in Tarantino’s KILL BILL VOL. 2, UOMINI SI NASCE POLIZIOTTI SI MUORE (LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN, 1976) opens with an insane motorcycle chase that was filmed in rush hour in downtown Rome with no permission from the local authorities. To top it off, this is one...Watch Movie
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Blood and Black Lace
An unscrupulous business operating under the guise of a top fashion house becomes a murder scene after someone is pushed to the edge. The saga begins when a beautiful model is brutally murdered and her boyfriend is suspected of the crime. But is he guilty or is someone waiting...Watch Movie
