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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780764008306
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0764008307
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: March 21, 2000
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 71119
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1977
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good/Bad, take it or leave it
Italian horror cinema, especially it's more exploitative stylings such as giallo, is so hit-and-miss. Some directors are great, others are terrible, even when they're contemporaries. Within oeuvres, some director's movies are quite effective, others are nearly useless (I'm glaring at you, Dario Argento). And, in some cases, even a single movie has its amazing parts and its terrible parts--yes, like Shock, Maestro Mario Bava's final directorial effort.
The concept itself is very good. ... Read More
Rating: - 2.85 STARS: Unfortunately limited by the script and too reliant on the ending to be as effective as it could be.
Mario Bava's "Shock" is an interesting, although somewhat flawed, attempt at a horror movie that, for the most part, effectively mixes mystery, psychological horror and the paranormal. However, Bava's reliance on the ending is a double-edged sword that proves to be the savior of this movie as well as its nemesis.
"Shock" is about a family that moves into a home with a dark secret. Dora, the main character, has a dark history with this home as her ex-husband apparently died there some years ... Read More
Rating: - Mixed bag
Shock is the very last feature film made by the legendary Mario Bava and honestly this is one of the most frustrating movies I have ever seen. There was so much potential for a truly great and scary movie, but somewhere along the lines it just doesn't seem to fully work. There isn't anything in particular that is bad about Shock, but it just never reaches the level of greatness it was so close to.
The screenplay was written by Francesco Barbieri, Lamberto Bava & Paolo Brigenti & Dardano ... Read More
Rating:  - Terror lives beyond the door.
Mario Bava is one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time, he has inspired other directors like Dario Argento and his stylish and creepy cinematic visions can be seen in alot of other Italian horror films so if your an Italian horror fan then you should definitely check out his films. Shock is one of the first Mario Bava films I've seen and I thought it was brilliant he is definitely an expert when it comes to scenes of heightened suspense and terror and thats why hes become a legendary filmmaker, ... Read More
Rating: - Shocking
This film has its moments that can be seriously disturbing. While a little drawn out, the ending truly is shocking. I can see echoes and influences of both Bava and Argento. I'd recommend this film highly to Argento completists and those who enjoy unusual horror films.
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