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Kill, Baby... Kill!

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A vengeful ghost and a mysterious baroness are the keys behind bizarre murders in a Carpathian village.
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Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice 09/27/2024
The movie is an immersion as much as it is a narrative. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 09/27/2024
4/4
This conflict between modern medicine and superstition lends Kill, Baby...Kill! a moral volatility that's noticeably absent from other films in Bava's canon. Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Little White Lies 09/27/2024
A story of collective guilt & implacable vindictiveness, as the past keeps returning to prey vampirically on the present - but also a story that travels through darkness to the dawn, ushering in a new epoch, exorcised of all diabolical vestiges. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jul 1
4/5
…pick almost any horror movie and you can trace it back to Mario Bava and specifically this baroque, imaginative movie…the build up is creepy and has plenty of spooky narrative beats, and the pay off is satisfying… Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/27/2024
B-
A creepy Gothic ghost story. Go to Full Review
TV Guide Staff TV Guide 09/27/2024
3/5
A chilling horror film made by the often unseen director Mario Bava. Go to Full Review
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Thomas V @TomVee Aug 15 This is a rather good, relatively polished piece of Italian Gothic horror which tones down some of the excesses that many of these works are prone to, just enough to keep it from becoming silly. It's also pretty successful early example of the creepy supernatural kid trope. the film also has a better story, better acting, even better dubbing than many of its counterparts from this era, The production values are also better than we often see in these films, and this allows Bava's stylish visual aesthetic to not be bogged down by low camp. See more Sandy H @Sandy2198 May 18 Unintentionally funny dialog throughout this excruciatingly slow movie makes for a very bad hour and a half of "entertainment". If it was at least slightly scary at some point it would have helped (ok always say something positive: the lighting on the spiral staircase was kinda cool.) Unwatchable and wildly overrated. See more Michael B @RT79820631 07/19/2025 ABSOULITY The Best, Very----very Spooky.👍👍👍👍👍 See more Tasos L @TasosLe 11/01/2024 A splendid film by Mario Bava. I surely believe it's one of his best! See more 05/12/2020 Kill, Baby, Kill: Bava proves once more a master of his craft; of violence, suspence and atmosphere. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A vengeful ghost and a mysterious baroness are the keys behind bizarre murders in a Carpathian village.
Director
Mario Bava
Producer
Nando Pisani, Luciano Catenacci
Screenwriter
Romano Migliorini, Roberto Natale, Mario Bava
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 8, 1968, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2016
Runtime
1h 25m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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