Bay of Blood (1971) Director: Mario Bava Writers: Mario Bava, Giuseppe Zaccariello, Filippo Ottoni, Sergio Canevari, Dardano Sacchetti, and Franco Barberi Starring: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Laura Betti, and Claudio Camaso The Plot: Our film begins, as all great stories do, with an elderly woman being strangled with a noose by her husband. Although this…

Cold Prey II (2008) Director: Mats Stenberg Writers: Thomas Moldestad, Roar Uthaug, and Martin Sundland Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, and Kim Wifladt The Plot: Jannicke (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) is the only survivor after the events of the first Cold Prey, and in this sequel we first find her wandering aimlessly around a…

Autopsy (1975) Director: Armando Crispino Writers: Armando Crispino and Lucio Battistrada Starring: Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus, and Ray Lovelock. The Plot: Autopsy follows Simona Sana (Mimsy Farmer) who is a medical student in the process of writing her thesis on differentiating between actual suicides and simulated ones. While this goes on, Italy is being ravaged…

Zombi 3 (1988) Director: Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei Writers: Rossella Drudi and Claudio Fragasso Starring: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, and Mike Monty. The Plot: On a secluded military base, several top scientists are hard at work on a serum known as “death one,” which will hopefully reanimate the dead. Unfortunately, when Dr.…

Black Sabbath (1963) Director: Mario Bava Writers: Mario Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, and Marcello Fondato Starring: Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, and Michele Mercier The Plot: Black Sabbath is an anthology horror title that tells three separate stories. The first one told is “The Drop of Water.” This story tells of a Victorian-era housekeeper who is brought…