A Blade in the Dark (1983)
I'm sure there was a lot of pressure on Lamberto Bava to be like his dad but, with his frequent collaborations with Dario Argento, he went in a quite different direction. The Church and Demons are his most popular, supernatural features that combine all of his influences, from Mario Bava to Lucio Fulce. Before those, however, his first couple of films fell clearly within the giallo realm. Bruno (Andrea Occhipinti) is a film composer working on the soundtrack to a horror film directed by Sandra (Anny Papa). She puts him up in a large rural villa to do his work, hoping that the atmosphere will influence him, while withholding the last few parts of her movie. The owner of the villa is a playboy named Tony (Michele Soavi) who has to spend most of his time away in Kuwait. Bruno soon gets to work and is interrupted by a woman named Katia (Valeria Cavelli), who is murdered a short time later by an unknown person. Bruno finds clues af...