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Actors: Andrea Occhipinti, Anny Papa, Fabiola Toledo, Michele Soavi
Directors: Lamberto Bava
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: 
Studio: Blue Underground
DVD Release Date: October 30, 2007
Run Time: 109 minutes
Average Customer Review:
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Reader Reviews
Despite having a pretty successful career it's not easy being Lamberto Bava seeing as his father is the legendary Mario Bava one of the most influential filmmakers to come out of Italy. Despite his success, Lamberto will always compared to his father and when Lamberto Bava started directing feature films Italian horror was still very popular and since he also worked under Dario Argento there is another filmmaker he will be compared to. For me, Lamberto Bava is very hit or miss and even in the films I liked by him I feel that he has this potential to reach greatness, but yet falls short. A Blade in the Dark is one of those movies that there is this potential for greatness, but yet just doesn't fully work. The general conception on A Blade in the Dark based on reviews is that it's an average Giallo and you know even though I did like the movie hence my 4-star rating it's quite difficult to make an argument for why it's better than the average reviews. This is one of those movies while it does lack there is just something I really like about it despite the flaws. The screenplay was written by Elisa Briganti & Dardano Sacchetti; both writers should be known to horror fans seeing as both have written many cult classics with Sacchetti being the more prolific of the two. As writers I do enjoy both, but in general their scripts can be silly at times, but yet work. I think this might be one of their stronger works. While some of the dialogue is a bit silly it's overall a well written mystery that is quite interesting. While it offers nothing new to the Giallo genre it works well and is mostly well written. Director Lamberto Bava takes a few cues from his father and Dario Argento and delivers a mostly solid movie with some decent suspense and some good tension and handles the mystery aspect very well. The pacing is a bit sluggish in some areas, while I can't say I was ever really bored the pacing can be quite slow. Not so much that the pacing is slow, which at times it is, but it's more that scenes are sort of dragged out and go on a little longer than need be. That's why I say this movie had the potential to be great, but just falls a little bit short. But there is a good sense of dread through the movie and the kill scenes are mostly well-done with the 2nd murder being quite brutal. Don't go into this movie expecting a high body count. The movie runs at about 104-minutes and features about 5-kill scenes, but here's the catch; the last 3 take place in the final 10-minutes. More focus is put on the mystery angle and Bava like I said does a good job there. The kill scenes aren't very gory; at this time in the Giallo the gore was stepped up possibly to keep up with the American slasher films. Despite the lack of gore the kill scenes are well done. Editing is very important and most people tend to forget how important it is; a really bad movie cannot be saved by editing, but a really good movie can. A Blade in the Dark just needed some trimming here and there. Any pacing problems could have been fixed with editing. Some scenes do drag a bit and it does take away some of the suspense. The first kill scene is a prime example of that. As the killer drags the body away Bruno played by Andrea Occhipinti hears a noise and starts to investigate. The scene just goes on a little too long and due to that the suspense level begins to drop. Basically in my opinion the biggest problem with A Blade in the Dark is mainly that some scenes just tend to go on a bit longer than they should. Had the movie been cut down it would have greatly helped. Overall I think A Blade in the Dark is a solid Giallo, but nothing great. Most people tend to find it about average and it's difficult to make a case for why it isn't. But there is enough happening to make the movie enjoyable. Worth watching, but don't expect a masterpiece of filmmaking. Cult Italian filmmaker Michele Soavi appears in the movie as Tony Rendina. And poor Giovanni Frezza best known to horror fans as Bob from House by the Cemetery and guess what? He's once again so poorly dubbed.
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