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The Girl Who Knew Too Much.

With all the giallo talk in HDC recently, I dug out my Mario Bava Collection Vol 1 and treated myself to this beauty. Even after what...30-35 years of its release, its still an excellent visual treat.

Its a pretty impressive early Bava giallo, with all the traditional murder mystery angle. Hardcore fans might be a tad disappointed with the toned down gorific brutality and sexuality, but you have to admire Bava's brilliance in deftly handling the finer aspects of gialli film-making - the background score, the darkly tinted visuals, the perfect creepy settings...and the atmosphere. You will forget for a sec that its totally b/w, and just sit back and admire the genius of Bava, as he goes about this almost Hitchcock-ian tribute with the perfect ease of a master at work.

Heck...I have to agree with Elvis and admit that, between Argento and Bava, Bava definitely holds a slight edge.



Rating - * * * * ½

Just in case someone is wondering where to get Mario Bava Collection Vol 1 & 2, here it is at amazon :



http://www.amazon.com/Collection-Sun...5353068&sr=8-2

and



http://www.amazon.com/Bava-Box-Set-V..._bxgy_d_text_b