{"id":520,"date":"2022-08-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=520"},"modified":"2022-07-01T18:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:48:38","slug":"italian-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/08\/19\/italian-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Article May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you all know from reading previous articles, there is no conclusion to these articles so I always give my overall opinion at the beginning. I usually talk about what each country does so well but this time, I\u2019m not too sure what the Italians do so well with horror films as I honestly did not find any of the ones I watched at all scary\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Doll of Satan<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                For me, this does not feel like a horror film. Truthfully at one point I thought it was starting to go that way and was a little bit confused about the type of film it was trying to be but it turned out I was wrong. For all intents and purposes, this is a film about one person trying to gaslight another so they can get hold of their property. If the visions Elizabeth have were in anyway influenced by some sort of supernatural entity or being, I would think it was a pretty good horror film, but this isn\u2019t what happens and I found it rather annoying. I see no reason for this to called The Doll of Satan <\/em>because this, in some way, could imply satanism or cultist themes and there are none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paganini Horror<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Do you know what annoyed me about this film? The dubbing! It was originally released in Italian so I would\u2019ve been happy with subtitles. However, by looks of it \u2013 it was also released in English but for some reason they still decided to dub it with American accents. What\u2019s wrong with the Italian accent? Especially as this is an Italian film! I started off wanting to describe this film as a supernatural-slasher film but I\u2019m not too certain that that would be correct. I do think however that they may have overstated it when they said their song opened a portal to hell when only one spirit escapes to terrorize them. The one thing that kept bugging me though was the relevance of the opening scene \u2013 until the end of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museum of Wonders<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                       From beginning to end, there really is only one word that can describe this film: WEIRD! I don\u2019t mean in a \u2018What the F*** did I just see\u2019 kind of weird, I just mean weird. I feel like the director was trying to make more of an art piece than a horror film because there is absolutely nothing scary about it unless you still find \u2018freaks\u2019 scary in this day and age. The ending is possibly the closest this film comes to being a horror film in my opinion but it\u2019s slightly more gross than scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Supernatural<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I honestly could not tell if this was supposed to be a found-footage film or that it was filmed this way because it is an independent. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s just me but I feel like nothing happens. They keep saying \u2018Did you hear that?\u2019 \u2018What made that noise?\u2019 (in Italian of course\u2026) but at no point did I hear anything. I didn\u2019t even see the lights that they claim to see. Yes, there\u2019s a face at the window for a split second but it wasn\u2019t enough to make me jump. The film is only an hour and 16 minutes but its an hour and 16 minutes of nothing in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Beyond<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Once again, like Paganini Horror <\/em>I\u2019ve ended up finding a dubbed version of this film \u2013 that didn\u2019t need to be dubbed! Unless my eyes deceive me, the actors are clearly speaking English anyway so why the dubbing? Truthfully I would have rather found the original Italian release but I have to work with what I\u2019ve got. This is one of the films I would have covered if I continued the \u2018video nasty\u2019 section of this blog and I can see why because certain parts are so realistic and gross that I actually felt physically sick (not as bad as the remake of Blood Feast <\/em>but still). This film actually follows the trope of the Harbinger character in the blind girl Emily \u2013 and as always, the lead character doesn\u2019t listen to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word of warning, if you have arachnophobia maybe fast forward through the scene with the tarantulas? If you don\u2019t have it already, you might do after this film\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custodes<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                In my opinion, this is the type of film I expected from The Doll of Satan. <\/em>Now I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s a better film \u2013 because I was equally unimpressed by both of them but this one definitely has its good moments. As you know, I love films with a small cast but this really wasn\u2019t one of the best and the outcome ended up being a little bit predictable for me. However, in saying that, it set the tone very well. The use of tribal music and drums had my heart racing at times and the way Lucilla dances is a little bit creepy but other than that the film really lacked something that I can\u2019t quite put my finger on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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