Macabre (1980)
A middle-aged woman, traumatized from the death of her adulterous lover, moves into a room at a New Orleans boarding house where the blind landlord becomes suspicious to her activities of continuing her affair with her dead lover. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Lamberto Bava
Written By: Pupi Avati, Antonio Avati
Starring: Roberto Posse, Bernice Stegers, Carolyn De Fonseca, Stanko Molnar, Ferdinando Orlandi, Veronica Zinny, Fernando Pannullo, Elisa Kadigia Bove
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror
AKAs: Frozen Terror, Macabro
Country: Italy
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Macabre belongs to 6 collections
1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 38 stars)
2. Psychotic women (public: moderated by mattburgess - 5 stars)
3. New Orleans (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
4. Blindness (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
5. Italian horror (public: moderated by mattburgess - 1 star)
6. Italian cult/genre/B-movies (private: edkrak - 4 stars)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Mar 27 | Gabriel_p | 70 42% |
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It's a bit slow in the middle but overall enjoyable and it really has some shocking scenes that you seldom see anymore. The twist is shown in the trailer which is *insane*, why would you do that? The daughter is way too evil with no real explanation.
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| Sep 29, 2020 |  |
PianoSama | 60 12% |
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It does get points for the bits of intriguing stuff going on, but the so-called twist is made rather obvious way too early & the dynamic between the mother & daughter blatantly just doesn't make sense. The plot feels really stretched thin, too, & that makes things drag quite a bit for most of the runtime. The opening is silly & is never explained well enough, & no character is really sympathetic or interesting enough to care for. There are flashes of Bava Jr.'s talent, but not quite enough.
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| Mar 19, 2018 |  |
terrymac | 65 47% |
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There aren’t particularly sympathetic female characters in this. An odd and creepy effort, made with some care and talent, a decent score, and featuring some surprising and enjoyably unpleasantly moments. The cast is good, although the Louisiana-flavoured dubbing on the version I saw was pretty naff. One of Lamberto Bava’s better efforts; it feels like a modern take on one of the gothic chillers his father might have made. Worth a look.
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| Nov 15, 2016 |  |
driscarpin | 81 68% |
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Estava perfeito até o segundo final.
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| Feb 08, 2013 |  |
mavrodief | 70 66% |
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Bava jr. gives us a head...
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| Apr 16, 2009 | moviesinhell | 75 54% |
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Inspired, according to the opening credits, by "true incidents that took place in New Orleans a few years ago". While not as riveting as Pupi Avati's _Revenge of the Dead_, this certainly ranks among the best frozen-head-in-a-fridge necro chillers I've seen.
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| Feb 03, 2009 |  |
Stain | 20 19% |
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Stupid
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| Average Percentile 43.54% from 55 Ratings |  |