Baiser macabre

Original title: Macabro

1980
16
1h 29m

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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 co... Read allA 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.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.

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5.8/10

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Trivia
The film was inspired by an actual crime that occurred in New Orleans, which is why the film was shot there.

Goofs
When Jane returns after a year, it seems everything is as she left it: Bed unmade, flower arrangements in place, now withered, even the refrigerator full of fresh food, but it should be rotten and rank after all that time.

Quotes
Opening Title Card: Inspired by a series of actual events that took place in New Orleans a few years ago...

Alternate versions
The Anchor Bay release titled "Macabre" is the complete, uncut version.

Connections
Featured in 100 Years of Horror: 100 Years of Horror: Gory Gimmicks (1996)

Soundtracks
Jane in Love
Performed by Norberto Gil Ventura

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5/10

Restrained...oddly enough

Macabre a.k.a. Frozen Terror is the debut feature from Lamberto Bava, the son of famed horror director Mario Bava. Fans may recognize the name from his later collaborations with Dario Argento, Demons and Demons 2. Unlike those two films, which relish in their over the top grue and violence at hyper kinetic speed, Macabre is a slow build film that tends to lean more towards the slow build school of creating suspense. The story is simple and actually based around a true story from New Orleans in the 70s. A woman is in a car accident with her adulterous lover and the lover is decapitated. One year later, the woman is released from the mental asylum and returns to the apartment where her and her lover would rendezvous. Not a lot happens until the final third of the film, but it goes by quick enough and there is the air of dread that Bava creates quite effectively. When the reveal is made, its not much of a shock but the film is handled well enough that that fact can be overlooked. What truly brings the film down however, is some horrid dialogue and some equally atrocious acting by the young girl who plays the woman's daughter. All in all, considering the subject of the film, it is a quite restrained effort and a notable debut.