KILL, BABY… KILL! (1966) – Episode 130 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
“I can tell you of my own fear, of what I might be risking here since I revealed to you the secret of Villa Graps.” Do tell, do tell. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they make the Decades of Horror’s ninth journey with the genius of Mario Bava with Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966).
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 130 – Kill, Baby… Kill! (1966)
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A Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.
Cast and Crew:
Director: Mario Bava
Writers: Romano Migliorini (story) (screenplay), Roberto Natale (story) (screenplay); Mario Bava (screenplay); John Davis Hart (dialogue: English version) (as John Hart)
Cinematographer: Antonio Rinaldi (director of photography)
Assistant Director: Lamberto Bava
Film Editing by: Romana Fortini
Set Decoration by: Alessandro Dell’Orco (as Sandro Dell’Orco)
Costume Design by: Tina Grani
Production Management:
Production supervisor: Nando Pisani
Production manager: Luciano Catenacci (uncredited)
Unit manager: Mario Olivieri (uncredited)
Produced by: Luciano Catenacci, Nando Pisani
Selected Cast:
Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Dr. Paul Eswai
Erika Blanc as Monica Schufftan
Fabienne Dali as Ruth
Giovanna Galletti as Baroness Graps (billed as Giana Vivaldi)
Luciano Catenacci as Burgomeister Karl (billed as Max Lawrence)
Piero Lulli as Inspector Kruger
Micaela Esdra as Nadienne
Franca Dominici as Martha
Giuseppe Addobbati as Innkeeper
Mirella Panfili as Irena Hollander
Valerio Valeri as Melissa Graps
Daphne picked this Bava classic and she loves Kill, Baby… Kill! right from the opening scene in which a distraught woman impales herself on wrought iron fence spikes. From the costumes to the atmospheric village, she’s all in. Chad was never drawn in by the title or the poster, but now that he’s seen Kill, Baby… Kill!, he thinks it’s a beautiful movie. It has that Bava look and feel with almost a Hammer, gothic sensibility. Jeff’s first thought is, “Not another Italian horror movie with a creepy kid,” but now, Kill, Baby… Kill! is one of his favorite horror movies. He loves everything about it – story, cinematography, acting, set design – and it’s scary as well.
In a strange marketing ploy, Kill, Baby… Kill! was given a new title, paired with two other films, and the resulting retitled trio was billed as “Orgy of the Living Dead.” As promised on the podcast, here is a link to the “Orgy of the Living Dead” Trailer.
The Classic Era Grue Crew strongly recommends Kill, Baby… Kill! At the time of this writing, the film is available to stream on the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Wicked Horror TV, Shudder, and Kanopy, and on physical media as a Kino Classics Blu-ray.
This is the ninth Mario Bava film covered by Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror Grue Crews. You can check them out here:
BLACK SUNDAY (1960) – Episode 40 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
BLACK SABBATH (1963) – Episode 108 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) – Episode 65 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965) – Episode 94 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era
A BAY OF BLOOD (1971) — Episode 78 — Decades Of Horror 1970s
BARON BLOOD (1972) – Episode 155 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
LISA AND THE DEVIL (1973) – Episode 117 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
SHOCK (1977) – Episode 133 – Decades Of Horror 1970s
Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by Whitney: The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (El esqueleto de la señora Morales, 1960).
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1968
Il marchio di Kriminal
Also Known As (AKA)
Spain Los cuatro budas de Kriminal
France Le Retour de Kriminal
Greece (transliterated) O dolofonos me tin kitrini maska
Germany Die Maske Kriminal
Uk Usa Mark of Kriminal
Directed by Fernando Cerchio
Nando Cicero … (uncredited)
Music by Manuel Parada & Piero Umiliani
Writing Credits
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero … (story) (as Eduardo M. Brochero)
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero … (screenplay) (as Eduardo M. Brochero)
Luciano Secchi … (comics)
Roberto Raviola … (comics)
Release Dates
Spain 24 June 1968 (Barcelona)
France 14 May 1969
Spain 26 October 1970 (Madrid)
Spain 1 May 1982 (Madrid) (re-release)
Cast (in credits order)
Glenn Saxson Glenn Saxson…
Kriminal
Helga Liné Helga Liné …
Mara Gitan
Andrea Bosic Andrea Bosic …
Inspector Patrick Milton
Armando Francioli Armando Francioli … Robson (as Frank Olivier)
Tomás Picó Tomás Picó …
Thomas Patterson
Evi Rigano Evi Rigano …
Janet
Anna Zinnemann Anna Zinnemann …
Gloria
Franca Dominici Franca Dominici …
Ethel Smith
Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso …
Von Beck (as Hugo Arden)
María Francés María Francés …
Bertha (as Maria Francee)
Gino Marturano Gino Marturano …
Captain
Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili …
Secretary of Von Beck
Félix Dafauce Félix Dafauce …
Mr. Brown
Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández … Funeral Director (as Alberto Fernandez)
Giancarlo Prete Giancarlo Prete
Saturno Cerra Saturno Cerra …
Dickson’s Assistant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Agustín Bescos Agustín Bescos …
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Juan Cazalilla Juan Cazalilla …
Atkins (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia …
(uncredited)
filming locations
Beirut, Lebanon
Madrid, Spain
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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1968
Il marchio di Kriminal
Also Known As (AKA)
Spain Los cuatro budas de Kriminal
France Le Retour de Kriminal
Greece (transliterated) O dolofonos me tin kitrini maska
Germany Die Maske Kriminal
Uk Usa Mark of Kriminal
Directed by Fernando Cerchio
Nando Cicero … (uncredited)
Music by Manuel Parada & Piero Umiliani
Writing Credits
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero … (story) (as Eduardo M. Brochero)
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero … (screenplay) (as Eduardo M. Brochero)
Luciano Secchi … (comics)
Roberto Raviola … (comics)
Release Dates
Spain 24 June 1968 (Barcelona)
France 14 May 1969
Spain 26 October 1970 (Madrid)
Spain 1 May 1982 (Madrid) (re-release)
Cast (in credits order)
Glenn Saxson Glenn Saxson…
Kriminal
Helga Liné Helga Liné …
Mara Gitan
Andrea Bosic Andrea Bosic …
Inspector Patrick Milton
Armando Francioli Armando Francioli … Robson (as Frank Olivier)
Tomás Picó Tomás Picó …
Thomas Patterson
Evi Rigano Evi Rigano …
Janet
Anna Zinnemann Anna Zinnemann …
Gloria
Franca Dominici Franca Dominici …
Ethel Smith
Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso …
Von Beck (as Hugo Arden)
María Francés María Francés …
Bertha (as Maria Francee)
Gino Marturano Gino Marturano …
Captain
Mirella Pamphili Mirella Pamphili …
Secretary of Von Beck
Félix Dafauce Félix Dafauce …
Mr. Brown
Alberto Fernández Alberto Fernández … Funeral Director (as Alberto Fernandez)
Giancarlo Prete Giancarlo Prete
Saturno Cerra Saturno Cerra …
Dickson’s Assistant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Agustín Bescos Agustín Bescos …
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Juan Cazalilla Juan Cazalilla …
Atkins (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia …
(uncredited)
filming locations
Beirut, Lebanon
Madrid, Spain
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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