The Whip and the Body (1963)

Review: The Whip and the Body (1963)

Director: Mario Bava

Cast: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet Medin,

Daliah Lavi
Daliah Lavi
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Tony Kendall
Tony Kendall
Ida Galli
Ida Galli
Harriet Medin
Harriet Medin

Plot: Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.

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More Italo-horror: The Good, the Bad and the Gory

More Italo-horror: The Good, the Bad and the Gory

Several new (and a couple of slightly older ) releases restore a range of Italian horrors from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, including a pair of artless movies by Bruno Mattei, Hell of the Living Dead (1980) and Rats: Night of Terror […]

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Fall viewing, part two

Fall viewing, part two

More brief comments on recent horror […]

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Pandemic viewing, Part Four

Pandemic viewing, Part Four

Social isolation and “working from home” mean a lot of time for movie-watching … and the volume far outstrips my ability to say anything substantive about many of the films I do watch: so here I mostly just acknowledge what […]

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