Don't open the fridge!
Lamberto Bava was taught his trade by his father, horror legend Mario Bava. Macabre, his first film as director, showed how well he'd learnt his lessons.

Still recovering from a pair of tragic and traumatic bereavements, Jane Baker (Bernice Steggers; Xtro, Sky Pilots) moves into a new apartment in New Orleans. The owner's son, Robert, is blind – but that doesn't stop him hearing what Jane gets up to. It sounds like she's resumed her passionate affair with her lover, Fred. Except that Fred died a year ago...

Not quite a giallo, not quite a ghost story and with a final twist that will make you re-think everything you've already seen, Macabre showed that Bava Jr. – who'd go on to make the horror classic Demons – was a chip off the old block.

Product details

Director	Lamberto Bava
Actor	Bernice Stegers, Roberto Posse, Stanko Molnar
Label	88 films

Genre	Horror
Content	Blu-ray
FSK / age rating	from age 18
Publication date	18.05.2020
Region code	B
Edition	The Italian Collection
Version	UK Version
Original title	Macabro
Year of production	1980
Length	91 Minutes
Audio	Italian (Dolby Digital)
Subtitles	English
Screen	16/9

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Actor

Production & Studios

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Horror

Customer reviews

Im Schatten des Vaters

Written on 20. July 2010 by firetrain.
This customer review refers to an alternative version, which is no longer available.

Seinen Vater Mario Bava kann er niemals erreichen! Dies hier war sein erster eigener Horrorstreifen - und sein bester bis heute!
Hm...

Written on 22. September 2003 by ManCity.
This customer review refers to an alternative version, which is no longer available.

Ich finde fast alle Filme von Lamberto Bava wirklich gut. Dieser hier hat mich jedoch ein wenig enttäuscht. Schade, denn die («kranke») Geschichte von einer Frau, die den abgetrennten Kopf ihres Ex-Liebhabers in einer Gefriertruhe aufbewahrt und auch mal mit ins Bett nimmt... naja... ich ich zumindest finde sie toll. Leider gibt es aber einige recht langweilige Passagen. Für Gore-Fans gibt es übrigens nicht viel zu sehen. Dafür sind die Aufnahmen sowie Filmmusik – wie bei Bava ja fast immer – wirklich gut.