Kill, Baby… Kill!

In the early 1900s, an evil curse grips a medieval-era Carpathian village as the murderous ghost of a young girl seeks revenge. Her mother (played by Giovanna Galletti) stalks the corridors of a dark and spooky castle, whose mirrors, cobwebs and miasmic mists suggest a poetic and hallucinogenic dreamscape worthy of Jean Cocteau or Georges Franju.

Bava’s low budget, inventive and hugely atmospheric Gothic shocker is often considered the last great entry in the “golden era” of Italian horror (Martin Scorsese called it Bava’s best film) and benefitted significantly from a lack of interference by international co-producers.