Mario Bava, Master of Terror
A virtuoso of fetishism, color, and cinematic thrills, Mario Bava was in the 50s and 60s a pioneer of popular genre cinema, offering seminal titles to apocalyptic science fiction, gothic horror, and—perhaps most notably—giallo, the Italian thriller genre he is credited with inventing. The filmmaker’s work blends suspense, eroticism, and humor, guided by a formalism that is both dazzling and venomous.
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Mario Bava, en tous genres
Bava’s films have always pushed the boundaries of genre, either by innovating or by reinventing its codes. While he's considered the inventor of giallo, his work spans a wide range of popular and unclassifiable genres. A few standout titles are featured in this retrospective, presented in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal.
