Best of Italian Horror

This is a brief history of the Italian Horror genre, including a list of films I would consider MANDATORY VIEWING…

(in progress)

The early days of Italian Horror started and ended in 1921 with IL MOSTRO DE FRANKENSTEIN, which was basically just an Italian take on the Frankenstein legend. Once the movie was completed, the crew and visionaries from IL MOSTRO DE FRANKENSTEIN moved to Germany in search of more lucrative offerings. Which they found quickly. The Italian/German crew from IL MOSTRO continued to make successful pictures in Germany for many years. But what was to be the beginning of a new Italian legacy faded out...