KILL, BABY KILL! (1966) pt.4/9 ~ Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Giana Vivaldi, Mario Bava OPERAZIONE PAURA

OPERAZIONE PAURA in Italia, this film is known as KILL, BABY KILL! in the U.S. Unfortunately, this public domain print, formatted for television distribution in the 1960s doesn't do justice to the use of vivid primary colors by director and cinematographer Mario Bava, but it doesn't fail to deliver the tension and moody surrealism of the original edit.

Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli, Luciano Catenacci, Micaela Esdra, Valerio Valeri

Directed by Mario Bava

Written by Mario Bava, Romano Migliorini and Roberto Natale

Cinematography by Antonio Rinaldi

Edited by Romana Fortini

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Produced by Luciano Catenacci and Nando Pisani
For more great Mario Bava films, please check out CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK SUNDAY, BARON BLOOD, PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, LISA AND THE DEVIL, THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD, and THE WHIP AND THE BODY (WHAT)!




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[Drittkladden]

My Italiano is horrible so excuse me.

Does "OPERAZIONE PAURA" mean "Operation Terror" ?

[monster4josh]

I think it means "Operation Fear," if memory serves.

[Drittkladden]

Thanks for your reply!

Still a strange title I think. But "KIll Baby Kill" makes it sound like a psychedelic roadmovie. That's why I waited long before I saw it.

"Rabid" was also a cool movie =)

[monster4josh]

There are a number of Italian "horror" productions of this era with odd titles...see my Channel for titles like WHAT, and another called HORROR...!

[BoobSquadOfficer]

This film probably influenced the Scooby-Doo cartoons shown on TV around the 70's. The color palette, settings, lighting and designs are pretty much the same. Kinda fascinating :)

[Drittkladden]

It's effin GOLD. I'm too deep into classic italian horror movies.

"Macabre" was the most sickening movie I had seen in years. And that was even more worse than when they skinned that turtle alive in "Cannibal Holocaust".

Lamberto Bava and Mario Bava where MASTERS.