Tour of Italy: Religious Horror

Den of Cin

Devin & James are back in the Den for more Italian scares! This time our focus is on RELIGIOUS HORROR, which has been possessing Italian horror since nearly the beginning of the genre during the sound era. We start with the immortal masterpiece, Mario Bava's BLACK SUNDAY (without which Tim Burton movies would have been very different). We then move on to our first legacy film of the series, DEMONS, the ultimate what-the-fuck popcorn demon movie by Lamberto Bava (Mario's son). Then we swing toward Michele Soavi's more artful (but still seriously gory and gross) THE CHURCH. And finally, what trip through the Gates of Hell would be complete without Lucio Fulci's classic THE BEYOND (which will burn your eyeballs out of your face, if the tarantulas don't get to them first)? Plus we get into honorable mentions for Lisa & The Devil, Demons 2, The Sect, and the other bloody entries in Fulci's GATES OF HELL trilogy. We've packed a lot into this pop culture sermon.