How about some back-to-back Bava? That makes 3 Mario Bava flicks this Horrorfest alone. That might be the most movies by one director in one Horrorfest ever, but I haven't been keeping track, so who knows.
Anyway, 1963's THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is more like the Bava I know and love. Instead of the gory mayhem we got with the last movie, this flick has beautiful black and white cinematography and makes great use of real locations in Rome. It's almost like Bava's take on Hitchcock.
Leticia Roman stars as a young American girl visiting Rome to see her Aunt. Unfortunately her Aunt dies, the girl's mugged on her way to the hospital and she witnesses a murder – all on her first night in town.
At first no one believes her about the murder – maybe she hallucinated after the stress filled events previous in the night. In any case, she quickly befriends her aunt's doctor (John Saxon of ENTER THE DRAGON fame!) who is happy to show her around town and her aunt's neighbor (Valentina Cortese) who lives right next to the scene of the murder.
Our heroine's a fan of detective novels, so she sets about trying to figure out the mystery of the murder herself. She's a plucky girl, as afraid as she is curious, resourceful as she is clumsy.
Even though this movie has some scary parts and some suspenseful ones, it also has plenty of humor and stays light hearted. Even if the murder plot takes back seat to some of the movie's other digressions, it's no big deal, because it's fun to see all the sights around Rome.
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