Doesnt matter, i guessif youre a gialli fan, you will watch this one anyway. As the film opens, everything is in place for the arrival of evil incarnate. Aldo lados remarkable film is an atmospheric delight that boasts an incredible score from the. Watch barbara bach exclusive videos, interviews, video clips and more at. Set in a prague depicted as remarkably depraved, the film also stars the great ingrid thulin. The czech setting gothic, renaissance and baroque architecture play a major part in informing the mood, genre and visual ambience, making short night of the glass dolls more of a bleak giallo than the lurid pulp of argento, dallamano or lenzi.
The haunted dolls house is a short ghost story by the british author m. Disc two is a dvd in either edition and contains two additional bonuses. Short night of the glass dolls dvd zavvi australia. It was republished in 1925 as part of the anthology a warning to the curious and other ghost stories. The lado interview is worth watching, as is the film in some respects, but i recommend short night of glass dolls instead of this one. Short night of glass dolls is an 1971 italian giallo film. Id seen some in the past but with many being released for the first time on. People around gregory wind up dead at the hands of unseen killers who are offing them for unknown reasons, until the final sequence when the abstract elements of the film become whole. Pages in category giallo films the following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. Distinguished only by the presence of ingrid thulin and a belowpar morricone score, the best i can say of short night of glass dolls is that, like many another giallo the perfume of.
It stars jean sorel as an american reporter, trapped inside his apparently dead body, but still trying to decipher the disappearance of his beautiful girlfriend barbara bach. No list of creepy dolls would be complete without chucky. Short night of glass dolls, barbara bach in much peril way before being a bond girl, and marrying ringo starr, barbara bach european babe born in queens, ny graced some weird italian horror films. Next is a 23minute featurette with editor mario morra called cutting glass dolls, in which he goes over doing mondo films for jacopetti and prosperi and handling the challenging editing of this film, which involved significant time jumping and some rapidfire montages.
Short night of glass dolls 1971 directed by aldo lado. Vedere short night of glass dolls film gratis in italiano. An interview with aldo lado, amongst the dvd extras, reveals that the aim was to release it as short night of the butterfly, which makes far more sense, given the use of butterflies as a. Apr 11, 2018 here are just a few of the creepiest, spinetingliest stories that you can read online right now, from your very own phone, computer, or haunted looking glass. Short night of glass dolls is a slow nightmare of dissonant, youthful energy being orgiastically consumed by state power. Naked barbara bach in short night of glass dolls foreign films order by phone 18003364627. Short night of glass dolls is italian director aldo lados most atmospheric and unusual film. The classic italian giallo short night of glass dolls 1971 gets a fantastic hd restoration thanks to the new bluray edition from twilight time. With ian patrick williams, carolyn purdygordon, carrie lorraine, guy rolfe. May 21, 2020 the film hits the trifecta of short form horrorcomedy. Set in venice, the film is strikingly beautiful and the villain is quite differently in this one to be frighteningly effective, aided immensely by ennio morricones score.
Short night of glass dolls bluray the italian collection. You can put it into the giallo genre coz the flair is there. A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls. With ingrid thulin, jean sorel, mario adorf, barbara bach.
The story concerns an antiques dealer named dillet who acquires a beautiful antique dolls house for a relatively low price. Short night of the glass dollsdvd the grindhouse cinema. Like johnny got his gun, the film is narrated by someone who can only live in his head. Aug 14, 2016 88 films italian collection uk blu ray. Short night of the glass dolls is a slow burn excercise in deceptive dread that doesnt. Mario bava went on to direct many of the genres best films including the horror classics. Smith very entertaining giallo mystery from director aldo lado employees a unique flashback structure that cleverly keeps the plot spinning toward its shocking climax. Bavas follow up to that film was a giallo called blood and black lace 1964 which set the standard that every other giallo film would attempt to follow in years to come. Short night of glass dolls, barbara bach in much peril. Buy short night of glass dolls dvd manufactured on demand, ntsc format at. The short night of the glass dolls 1971 stream and. Perhaps one of the most overlooked of the seventies giallo gems is director aldo lados first film, short night of the glass dolls. Dario argentos phenomena 1985, the cat o nine tails 1971, the ring 2002, one missed call 2008, deep red 1975.
Short night of glass dolls was the directorial debut of aldo lado, and i love the way he chose to shoot this movie. Giallo short night of glass dolls 1971 movie typography. Regarder short night of glass dolls streaming francais. Short night of glass dolls a surprising choice for tt. An interview with aldo lado, amongst the dvd extras, reveals that the aim was to release it as short night of the butterfly, which makes far more sense, given the use of butterflies as a motif within the film. Id seen some in the past but with many being released for the first time on bluray ive been able to catch many that id missed. It is the directorial debut of aldo lado and stars ingrid thulin, jean sorel and barbara bach. It sounds like this is full of spoilers, but in fact i havent spoiled anything at all. It unfolds like a downbeat psychedelic spy novel, with all the flowers not gone but crushed underfoot.
Complete collection bluray disc, 20, 2disc set new sealed see more like this h i s q p o n z x s o o 9 r e d g t d o hellions devils dolls over your dead body bluray lot with slipcover. Reporter gregory moore jean sorel lies in a hospital bed, where he is believed to be dead, but he can see and hear everything. Beyond the darkness film beyond the door 1974 film beyond the door iii. I suppose the film is a giallo, but it comes off more as a political thriller than a murder mystery. Ennio morricone short night of glass dolls original. The horror elements in aldo lados giallo murder mystery are fiercely strong, not from an onscreen onslaught of blood and guts, but from the tension of the situations gregory and those around him find themselves in.
His earlier effort, short night of glass dolls is curiously unusual too, with jean sorel, ingrid thulin and barbara bach. Rich with foreboding and symbolism, short night of glass dolls is far more concerned with savaging political reality than the voyeurism and bloodsoaked deaths that are traditionally associated with gialli. Short night of glass dolls nude scenes naked pics and. The short night of the glass dolls official trailer. Short night of the glass dollsdvd from the grindhouse cinema database complete without chucky. An american journalist temporarily stationed in central europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared. October horror movie challenge day 26 short night of. Lados first film features such odd touches as the bizarrely sadistic sequence involving a scientist whos. Short night of the glass dolls was previously available in ugly fullscreen dupes or blurry widescreen bootlegs. Movie typography from the giallo short night of glass dolls 1971, directed by aldo lado, starring jean sorel, ingrid thulin, barbara bach. Short night of glass dolls 1971, however, is set in prague, which adds to its strange, foreboding atmosphereand also supplies plenty of eastern european hotties to eyeball.
Sep 12, 2016 short night of glass dolls, barbara bach in much peril way before being a bond girl, and marrying ringo starr, barbara bach european babe born in queens, ny graced some weird italian horror films. Short night of the glass dolls is something more like a psychothriller the mystery way. The premises here is great, gregory moore awakens in morgue to find that his body is completely froze but his mind is completely alive, he watches as the doctors and friends come to examine him. But if tt wants a great commentary track they should reach out to kat ellinger and samm deighan of diabolique magazine. Ingrid thulin, piero vida, daniele dublino, aldo lado.
Anchor bays disc is easily the best this film has ever looked. No discussion of short night of glass dolls would be complete without a mention of its enigmatic title. A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly. In both texture and thematics, short night of glass dolls feels like it has either absorbed elements from or evolved parallel to the czech new wave. Its funny, its gory and its not even seven minutes. The acting performances are at least ten times better than usual in italian horror productions, with marisa mell danger. Oct 26, 20 no discussion of short night of glass dolls would be complete without a mention of its enigmatic title. Its telling that mira gifts gregory a case of mounted butterflies that have no instinct to fly and merely flutter about on the ground. When the body of american journalist gregory moore jean sorel, perversion story is discovered in the beautiful mala strana area of prague, the body is.
Most examples of the horrormystery genre known as giallo take place in italy. Aug 01, 2017 oddities like perfume of a lady in black 1974, death laid an egg 1968 and this title here, short night of glass dolls 1971. Smiths rating of the film short night of glass dolls christopher r. Released 1971, the short night of the glass dolls stars ingridthulin, marioadorf, jeansorel, barbarabach the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Short night of glass dolls bluray ingrid thulin dvdbeaver. A typical giallo tends to be very stylish, often they. A giallo revision of the 70s paranoid thriller, set after the collapse of prague spring. Short night of glass dolls manufactured on demand, ntsc. Best movies like short night of glass dolls bestsimilar. Short night of glass dolls dvd, 2008 for sale online ebay.
Beginning in the 1950s, the walt disney company began producing madefortelevision films in their longrunning anthology series disneyland later to be popularly known as the wonderful world of color and the wonderful world of disney. Im ashamed that the only aldo lado film ive seen is night train murders. Short night of glass dolls nude scenes 6 images and 2 videos including appearances from barbara bach ingrid thulin. The egyptian dvd by twilight time limited edition of 3 000. Short night of glass dolls bluray release date november 21. October horror movie challenge day 26 short night of glass. Locked inside a glass case for safekeeping, suzie isnt exactly the cuddliest of. The devils nightmare short night of the glass dolls dvd top 25 bestselling dvd. As our scarecrow video comrade matt lynch has observed, the giallostaple sinister sex cult here is a standin for not just good old ingrained fascism andor sexual paranoia but specifically postprague spring communism. The corpse of reporter gregory moore jean sorel is found in a prague.
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