The Whip and The Body

Starring:Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet Medin, Gustavo De Nardo, Luciano Pigozzi, Jacques Herlin
Director: Mario Bava
Studio: Vci Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The hungry, haunted eyes of the voluptuous Daliah Lavi dominate Mario Bava's kinky little ghost story. Set in a cavernous castle on a lonely coast, it looks like something out of Roger Corman's Edgar Allen Poe thrillers, at least at first. Christopher Lee is the bad sheep prodigal son who returns to the family manor. A sexual sadist whose proclivities brought about the death of a young girl and sent him into exile, he immediately lures his brother's wife (Lavi) into his sadistic games upon his return. There's no shortage of suspects when he's found dead, a dagger plunged into his neck (the same one his former lover killed herself with), but when he returns as a gray-faced ghost Bava pushes the gothic conventions and repressed sexual desires into delirious territory. It's one of the most psychologically compelling scripts in Bava's filmography, wracked with mad passions and haunted with guilt, and he pushes the emotional hysteria to the limits with lush style, surreal color, and gorgeous, often perverse imagery. The film was drastically cut and renamed What! for its U.S. release. VCI's edition is not only completely uncut but mastered from a gorgeous, color drenched print, restoring Bava's rich play of crimson red and cerulean blue.

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The hungry, haunted eyes of the voluptuous Daliah Lavi dominate Mario Bava's kinky little ghost story. Set in a cavernous castle on a lonely coast, it looks like something out of Roger Corman's Edgar Allen Poe thrillers, at least at first. Christopher Lee is the bad sheep prodigal son who returns to the family manor. A sexual sadist whose proclivities brought about the death of a young girl and sent him into exile, he immediately lures his brother's wife (Lavi) into his sadistic games upon his return. There's no shortage of suspects when he's found dead, a dagger plunged into his neck (the same one his former lover killed herself with), but when he returns as a gray-faced ghost Bava pushes the gothic conventions and repressed sexual desires into delirious territory. It's one of the most psychologically compelling scripts in Bava's filmography, wracked with mad passions and haunted with guilt, and he pushes the emotional hysteria to the limits with lush style, surreal color, and gorgeous, often perverse imagery. The film was drastically cut and renamed What! for its U.S. release. VCI's edition is not only completely uncut but mastered from a gorgeous, color drenched print, restoring Bava's rich play of crimson red and cerulean blue.

Product Description

In the 19th Century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his own family. He is found dead but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his former castle.

Mario Bava Box Set: Blood And Black Lace/ Kill Baby Kill/ Whip And The Body

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Mario Bava Box Set: Blood And Black Lace/ Kill Baby Kill/ Whip And The Body
Starring: Giacomo Rossi-Stuart , Erika Blanc , Fabienne Dali , Piero Lulli , and Luciano Catenacci
Director: Mario Bava
Manufacturer: Vci Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00004Z4S6
Release Date: 2000-11-28

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