A Walk in the Park

1999

1h 23m

Drama

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16 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

A chauffeur falls for a physically challenged physicist whose sarcastic wit is more than a match for his own.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

a story of collective guilt & implacable vindictiveness, as the past keeps returning to prey vampirically on the present - but also a story that travels through darkness to the dawn, ushering in a new epoch, exorcised of all diabolical vestiges.

Sep 18, 2017

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

The movie is an immersion as much as it is a narrative.

Jul 6, 2017

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

This conflict between modern medicine and superstition lends Kill, Baby...Kill! a moral volatility that's noticeably absent from other films in Bava's canon.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 16, 2003

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A master class in directorial prowess.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 22, 2021

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

A fascinating entry point into Bava's filmography, Kill, Baby... Kill! exudes all the visual thrills of the director at his extravagant, atmospheric best.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 10, 2019

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

An undeniably beautiful entry in [Bava's] canon, marking perhaps one of his most stunning visual achievements, turning classical horror into something akin to poetry.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 4, 2019

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As a typical Mario Bava film, it aged quite poorly and has a lot of plot holes; still, if what you are looking for is mood and atmosphere, this greatly influential ghost story has plenty of that to offer and looks awesome with its saturated colors, creepy sets and evocative compositions.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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A doctor is summoned to a small town to help a police inspector investigate the apparent suicide of a young woman. The town folk rush to bury the body before an autopsy can be performed and the burgomeister appears to be helpful, but actually does little to help. It seems the town is haunted by the vengeful spirit of a young girl that induces her victims to kill themselves. Mario Bava kind of closes off the 1960's cycle of Italian gothic horrors with this beautifully atmospheric ghost film. Lead actor Giacomo Rossi Stuart is kind of wooden and uninteresting, but he's hardly the focus of the movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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The title makes this film by Mario Bava sound more gruesome and violent than it really is (although Bava was capable of plenty of gore later on). Instead, this is a creepy ghost story set at the turn of the 20th century in a secluded European village. We follow a doctor who arrives at the request of the local police commissioner (also a newcomer to the village) as he discovers body after body, presumably murders but looking a lot like suicide. Bava uses his roving, tracking, camera to take us through the village and its locales, the old inn, the cemetery, the villa Graps - all are strangely lighted (especially in green) and filled with horror movie paraphernalia (local witches, evil-looking dolls, grisly sharp objects). The doctor tries to intervene to stop the villagers from giving into superstition and fear but even he eventually sees the source of the evil - the ghost of a young girl who died at age 7 and who is now wreaking her revenge. Very spooky (and the actual plot is even more complicated than you need to know - a clear influence on Argento). The Japanese view horror movies in the summer because the chills are supposed to cool you down - it didn't work for me, but this movie had the right feel (if not an enormous number of "shocks").

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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A chilling & atmospheric horror that focuses on two professionals who travel to a remote town that seriously has an unusual presence. One they starting digging they find there was a brutal death of a young girl & they believe her ghost returns to the kill those in the village. Quite patchy in parts & the English Dubbing may affect the original experience. Definitely creepy but could have been told better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Arguably Mario Bava's strongest horror film, Kill, Baby Kill follows a coroner who's called in to help investigate the mysterious death of a young woman in an isolated, superstitious village. The locals blame this killing (as well as a slew of similar ones) on the sadistic machinations of the ghost of a little girl; naturally, this turns out to be exactly what happened. Mario Bava chronicles this chiller with his trademark use of saturated colors, heavy shadows, and ample use of the fog machine. While not dissimilar to rest of his catalog, everything in Kill, Baby, Kill just clicks in a way that only happens when talent, hard work, and luck all happen to be in the right place at the right time. No exploration of Italian exploitation cinema would be complete without going over this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

A supernatural movie by Mario Bava. The plot feels a bit thrown together but the atmosphere is great.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Alan Berger

Director

Alan Berger

Mickey Schwinn

Megan Cavanagh

Nurse

Rachel Hunter

Sally's Sister

Ericka Klein

Sally Kelly

Bert Remsen

Ken Sherry

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Synopsis

A chauffeur falls for a physically challenged physicist whose sarcastic wit is more than a match for his own.

Director: Alan Berger
Screenwriter: Alan Berger, Susanne Olsen
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 23m

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