Kill, Baby, Kill
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| Directed by | Mario Bava |
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| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Cinematography | Antonio Rinaldi |
| Edited by | Romana Fortini |
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F.U.L. Film
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| Distributed by | I.N.D.I.E.F. |
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83 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Box office | ₤201 million |
Kill, Baby, Kill (Italian: Operazione paura) is a 1966 Italian horror film by director Mario Bava. It is considered to be one of Bava's best films and one of the greatest horror films of all time.
One of the more prominent works of Italy's premier horror stylist Mario Bava, this occult murder mystery interweaves elements of the traditional giallo thriller formula with an unusual Gothic ghost story. In a turn-of-the-century Carpathian village a series of murders are occurring in which the victims are found with silver coins embedded in their hearts. The coins are revealed to be talismans placed on the victims by the town witch (Fabienne Dali), meant to ward off the supernatural powers of the aged Baroness Graps (Giana Vivaldi). The baroness has been performing these duties for the ghost of her murdered daughter, who wants to claim the villagers' souls. In order to free the village from the curse, the witch must find the sequestered baroness and destroy her.
Kill, Baby, Kill was director Mario Bava's return to gothic horror. The film was funded by the small Italian company F.U.L. Film. According to Bava, the film was shot in 12 days.
The exterior scenes were filmed on location in the medieval town Calcata.
Kill, Baby, Kill was released in Italy on July 8, 1966 and was distributed by I.N.D.I.E.F. It grossed a total of 201 million Italian lira on its initial theatrical release. It was released on October 8, 1966 in the United States where it was distributed by Europix Consolidated Corp. In the United Kingdom, it was titled Curse of the Dead and on a re-issue in the United States, the film was re-titled Curse of the Living Dead.
In 2007, the home video company Dark Sky Films attempted to release Kill, Baby, Kill on home video. After assuming the rights had been secured, the company proceeded to purchase the licensing rights to the film for the United States. Dark Sky Films was then sued by Alfredo Leone, who stated that he owned the rights to the film and had recently sold the rights to the company Anchor Bay Entertainment. The courts sided with Leone and Anchor Bay, while Dark Sky Films who had already pressed DVDs of the film had to cancel the release.
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