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With the heyday of giallo productions coming to a close in the late 1970s, filmmakers were still hunting for blood in the subgenre during the early 1980s. For Lamberto Bava, the chance to once again toy with death and suspense arrived in 1983's "A Blade in the Dark," which is a thriller contained to a single location, forcing the production to generate some excitement while staying close to familiar surroundings. "A Blade in the Dark" isn't a striking chiller from Bava, who's stuck trying to find ways to surprise viewers with writing that's less committed to the cause, inspiring lengthy scenes of property tours where screen stillness is mistaken for nail-biting exploration. Despite some troublesome inertia, Bava manages to score some decent unease with acts of violence, getting a little bloody with horrible things happening to innocent people, and the whodunit has some snap to it, but only when there's interest in pursuing tension. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

 

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