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 Barnes & Noble Although considered during its 1971 release to be among the weakest films directed by Italian genre stylist Mario Bava (Black Sunday), Twitch of the Death Nerve has since taken its rightful place in horror history as the progenitor of countless "splatter" films, including Friday the 13th and Halloween. By far the most explicit shocker Bava ever made, Twitch employs the venerable narrative device of isolating a diverse group in some remote location -- in this case a picturesque lakeside house -- and killing off its members one by one. Bavas players, among them Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Volonte, Laura Betti, Brigitte Skay, and former Marcel Ophuls leading lady Isa Miranda, are dispatched in especially gruesome ways. Passionate lovers in bed are skewered on a spear, a woman has her head split open by an axe, and one man is repeatedly belly-stabbed. Plot development comes to a screeching halt once the killing commences, and Bavas body count pushes into double digits before the films jaw-dropping surprise ending. Previously released with varying degrees of completeness as Bay of Blood, Carnage, and Last House on the Left, Part II, this graphically violent trendsetter has been restored to its original gory glory for Image’s DVD reissue. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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