spaghetti westerns, action, and even softcore, but it is his horror
Bava worked in many popular genres, including viking films, peplum,
spaghetti westerns, action, and even softcore, but it is his horror
films and giallo mystery films which stand out and for which he is best
remembered. Recommended are Black Sunday (1960), The Whip and the Body
(1963), Blood and Black Lace (1964),
Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966),
A Bay of Blood (1971), and
Lisa and the Devil (1973).
Bava's son Lamberto served as his assistant on most of his films since
1965, and since 1980 has been a director himself. Lamberto Bava's films
include Macabre (1980), Demons (1985) and Body Puzzle (1992).