I need to be upfront about the fact that I became aware of Mario Bava just four years ago. In that time however, I have become a huge admirer and made it a personal goal to view as many films by this criminally underrated director as possible.
Unfortunately I had to watch Kill, Baby…Kill! online at Fangoria.tv. The release of the DVD from Dark Sky was pulled for some reason so I had to subject myself to the full screen Europix version. Naturally, I can’t wait to view this film in it original aspect ratio, but this version didn’t bother me too much. In fact, I was just glad to have finally seen it!
For me, watching a film by Mario Bava is like reliving Saturday afternoons as a kid. Bava’s direct approach to horror with the cobwebs, frightened villagers, decrepit castles and foggy graveyards harkens back to seeing Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in a classic gothic Hammer production. Kill, Baby..Kill! managed to successfully draw me into its haunted world just as Black Sunday and Black Sabbath had.
