Horror Fans: Best italian horror films???

Question

Name a couple of your favorite italian horror movies, i havent seen many... thanks

(movie titles, not directors please)

thanks frightfilmman, but suspiria is one of the few italian films i ve seen, any other??

Answer 1

...one word, "Suspiria"; relentless and uncomfortable...heart-attack inducing terror film!!!...

A candy-colored nightmare, "Suspiria" weaves a menacing tale of witchcraft as a fairy tale gone horribly awry. From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Banyon (Jessica Harper) senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution. Ill at ease as the result of her fellow student's peculiar behavior and increasingly terrified following a series of gruesome and spectacular murders, Suzy slowly begins to unravel the dark history of the academy. Convinced that the occult roots of the school and the horrific tale of its founding mother may hold an unthinkable secret, she begins a hallucinatory journey into the black heart of one of the most powerful witches ever known to exist. As Suzy edges ever closer to a secret that may hold the answers to all of her nightmares, the coven's grip on her soul begins to tighten until there is seemingly no escape. Will Suzy solve the mystery of the cursed academy before the fearsome Black Queen consumes her, or will she finally reveal the secret that has forever haunted the lavish corridors of the academy and bring an end to the Black Queen's terrifying reign?

...and remember...The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92!!!

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O.K., try this one on for size...

Moody, atmospheric, compelling, romantically gothic, hypnotic and undeniably chill-right-to-the-bone chilling...these profound and descriptive adjectives merely whisper one of the greatest gothic horror films put to celluloid...this is the macabre and chilling greatness, that IS "Castle of Blood"...

In this eerie and effective early horror film, Alan Foster (Georges Riviere), an American tourist visiting England, takes a bet from a Lord Blackwood and his guest, Edgar Allan Poe, to spend the night in a haunted mansion. The rationalist Foster, who does not believe in the supernatural, is soon drawn into a world of ghosts and phantoms, doomed to eternally replay the horrifying murders that climaxed a long-ago love triangle. Foster also finds himself in love with one of the protagonists, the beautiful Elizabeth (Barbara Steele), and it is a love which ensures that he never leaves the haunted castle alive. It's a marvelously atmospheric and gothic thriller, one of the best Italian horror films of the decade, and quite properly made the enchantingly spooky Steele...fresh from the above mentioned "La Maschera del Demonio"...even more of a horror icon. Evocative camerawork enhances the mood tremendously, and the shock scenes, though perhaps too tame for modern audiences, are nonetheless strikingly effective. Though remade in widescreen color eight years later ("Web of the Spider", by the same director, no less!!), this version still remains one of the handful of definitive Italian gothics...

Answer 2

Much of Dario Argento's earlier work is excellent. Trauma, Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Deep Red, Tenebrae. They're all great. Also check out Mario Bava's work, particularly Shock, Bay of Blood, Black Sunday (one of the best Italian movies ever). I admit to having a soft spot for Lucio Fulci's zombie films, as well, though they aren't for everyone. Check out Zombi 2, The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery, The Gates of Hell, and The New York Ripper.

Answer 3

Maschera del demonio, La (1960) aka Mask of Satan
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.
Probably the best Italian Horror I have seen...
Moody...atmospheric....black and white classic...

Answer 4

Dario Argento's work is uneven but I love "Suspiria" and "Deep Red".There's an "Exorcist" ripoff that I thought was interesting called "L' Antichristo".Also Bava's "The girl who knew too much" is a point of reference in the whole "giallo" genre.