Collection of five films from Italian director Mario Bava. In ' Black Sunday' (1960), a Moldavian vampire is reawoken. In ' Black Sabbath' (1963), a beautiful woman is terrorized by a call from an ex-lover who has escaped from prison for the pleasure of killing her. ' The Girl Who Knew Too Much' (1963) shows the influence of an Italian breed of thriller known as the 'giallo'
- named after a series of mystery pulps with yellow ('giallo') jackets published in Italy by Mondadori, which were renowned for their lurid cover art & attention to violent detail. In ' Kill Baby Kill' (1966), the inhabitants of a modern day Carpathian village are terrified for their lives as a killer demon commits a series of ghastly murders. In ' Knives of the Avenger' (1966), a queen goes into hiding following the apparent death of her husb&. She soon finds herself in danger, but a mysterious stranger comes to her rescue.