Year: 1974
Duration: 01:36:21
Directed by: Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava
Actors: Lea Lander, George Eastman and Riccardo Cucciolla
Language: 2 Audio Tracks (Track 1 Italian) (Track 2 English Commentary) (English Subtitles embedded)
Country: Italy
Also known as: Cani arrabbiati; Kidnapped; Les chiens enragés; Semáforo rojo; Semaforo rosso
Description: Cani Arrabiati/Rabid Dogs is a terrific crime drama from the usually horror film-minded Mario Bava. This movie shows why he has been admired by directors around the world for many before and after his death. It is well done because of it’s closed atmosphere that entrap the main characters of the story. Rabid Dogs gives an indication that he could succeed outside the horror genre. It’s different from his other films because he goes for realism instead of fanstasy.
A couple of things it does have in common with some of his other feature films is it deals with the themes of human nature, greed, and the sheding of the skin to reveal the true self of the person. This film is more closer to Dog Day Afternoon(1974), then Last House on the Left (1972) when it comes to story. Until recently, this film was lost to the public due to be unfinished for over twentie years. Rabid Dogs could be consider a companion piece to his film Bay of Blood (the first slasher flick) in that they share some of the same themes and philosophies. It would be one of the last films Mario Bava would direct(the next two would be Shock(1977), and a made for TV movie) before his death at age 66 in 1980.
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