List of the best Mario Bava movies: Black Sunday(1960), Blood and Black Lace(1964), The Evil Eye(1963), Danger: Diabolik(1968), Lisa and the Devil(1975), Erik the Conqueror(1963), Caltiki, the Immortal Monster(1960), Baron Blood(1972), Five Dolls for an August Moon(1970), Four Times That Night(1972), The Wonders of Aladdin(1961), Hercules in the Haunted World(1961) ... ...
Horror
Italy
1960
83 Minutes
Director
Barbara Steele John Richardson Ivo Garrani Andrea Checchi Arturo Dominici Enrico Olivieri Antonio Pierfederici Clara Bindi Germana Dominici Mario Passante Tino Bianchi
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way.
Horror
Italy|France|West Germany
1964
88 Minutes
Director
Cameron Mitchell Eva Bartok Thomas Reiner Ariana Gorini Dante DiPaolo Mary Arden Massimo Righi Giuliano Raffaelli
A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1963
86 Minutes
Director
Letícia Román John Saxon Valentina Cortesa Titti Tomaino Luigi Bonos Milo Quesada
A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.
Sci-Fi
Italy|France
1968
98 Minutes
Director
John Phillip Law Marisa Mell Michel Piccoli Adolfo Celi Terry-Thomas Mario Donen Annie Gorassini Caterina Boratto
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensual lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Horror
Italy|West Germany|Spain
1975
93 Minutes
Director
Telly Savalas Elke Sommer Sylva Koscina Alida Valli Robert Alda Gabriele Tinti
A tourist spends the night in a derelict Spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the Devil she had seen on an ancient fresco.
Adventure
Italy|France
1963
90 Minutes
Director
Cameron Mitchell George Ardisson Andrea Checchi Alice Kessler Ellen Kessler Jean-Jacques Delbo
viking warrior british man twin brother enemy brutal engaging fascinating gripping patriotic england settlement vikings relationships sibling rivalry separation fighting cultural differences adventure
Two estranged brothers confront each other as rivals when war breaks out between Britain and the Vikings for control of England.
Sci-Fi
Italy|USA
1960
76 Minutes
Mario Bava John Merivale Didi Sullivan Gerard Herter Daniela Rocca Vittorio Andre Daniele Vargas Arturo Dominici Rex Wood
A team of archaeologists in Mexico encounter an amorphous, blob-like monster that appears to be connected with the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Horror
Italy|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Director
Joseph Cotten Elke Sommer Massimo Girotti Michael Coby Alan Collins Nicoletta Elmi
A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Italy
1970
88 Minutes
Director
Edwige Fenech William Berger Ira Furstenberg Howard Ross Helena Ronee Doro Corrà Ely Galleani Edith Meloni Mauro Bosco Maurice Poli
An industrialist invites his colleagues and their wives to relax on his private island so they can exploit the monetary value of one of the guests' revolutionary resin formula, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.
Comedy
Italy|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Director
Daniela Giordano Brett Halsey Robert H. Oliver Valeria Sabel Michael Hinz Rainer Basedow Brigitte Skay Calisto Calisti Pascale Petit Marina Cavorgna Sante Lucerlini
A night of attempted seduction is recalled from the perspectives of the woman, the man, a lecherous doorman and a psychoanalyst.
Fantasy
France|Italy|USA
1961
93 Minutes
Director
Henry Levin Donald O'Connor Vittorio De Sica Noëlle Adam Aldo Fabrizi Michèle Mercier Milton Reid Terence Hill Fausto Tozzi Marco Tulli
A poor young man finds a magic lamp that possesses a genie, who will grant the boy three wishes if he sets him free from the lamp.
Adventure, Fantasy
Italy
1961
91 Minutes
Director
Franco Prosperi Reg Park Christopher Lee Leonora Ruffo George Ardisson Marisa Belli Evelyn Stewart Franco Giacobini Mino Doro Rosalba Neri
strong man oracle uncle god daughter friend frenetic campy spectacular thrilling earth underworld kingdom hercules madness abduction mind control camaraderie quest rescue
Two boxing promoters travel via time machine back to the days of Hercules, who must save them from Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde.
Western
Italy
1970
85 Minutes
Director
Brett Halsey Charles Southwood Marilù Tolo Doro Corrà Guido Lollobrigida Bruno Corazzari Mauro Bosco
Two gunmen, a Native American con-woman and a priest-turned-gangster alternate between fighting and aiding each other over obtaining a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold.
Horror
1970
83 Minutes
Director
Stephen Forsyth Dagmar Lassander Laura Betti Gerard Tichy Alan Collins Jesús Puente Femi Benussi Antonia Mas
Mystery & Thriller
1977
95 Minutes
Director
Daria Nicolodi John Steiner David Colin Jr. Ivan Rassimov Nicola Salerno
A woman (Daria Nicolodi) returns to her former home with a new spouse (John Steiner) and a son (David Colin Jr.) possessed by the ghost of his father.
Adventure, Action
1967
86 Minutes
Director
Sci-Fi
1965
86 Minutes
Director
Barry Sullivan Norma Bengell Ángel Aranda Evi Marandi Fernando Villena Steve Elliot Franco Andrei Mario Morales
An astronaut (Barry Sullivan) and his partner (Norma Bengell) flee from walking-dead astronauts on a volcanic planet.
Horror
1963
88 Minutes
Director
Daliah Lavi Christopher Lee Tony Kendall Evelyn Stewart Harriet Medin Dean Ardow Jacques Herlin Alan Collins
A sadistic nobleman terrorizes his family, but the relief that the family members feel upon his death is short-lived when his ghost continues the reign of terror.