5 Dolls For an August Moon
by Mario Bava
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Actor: Edwige Fenech, Helena Ronee, Howard Ross, Ira von F?rstenberg, William BergerDirector: Mario Bava
Cinematographer: Antonio Rinaldi
Cinematographer: Mario Bava
Editor: Mario Bava
Producer: Luigi Alessi
Writer: Mario di Nardo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-05-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of 5 Dolls For an August Moon
DVD Review: .....and then there was Bava
Summary: 3 Stars
While this film has it's moments, and probably should be viewed by all Bava enthusiasts, I wouldn't recommend this as your Bava intro if you're a newcomer. It's got alot of the Bava trademarks and such, but most reviewers are correct when they say this is one of Bava's lesser films. Of course a lesser Bava film is infinitely better than a "good" Michael bay film anyday. This movie plays out like Bava's version of Clue. It's a bunch of folks holed up in a snazzy house on an island. One of these guests has developed a very important formula for industrial purposes(it's never clearly explained just what it is). A trio of high falootin rich guys are persistent in trying to get the inventor to sell it to them. He don't wanna sell! He wants to do it for the benefit of humanity and not personal profit. How noble. Soon, the guests start dropping off like flies and the question is, who's doing it? Is it because of this formula? Marital infidelity? Detroit? Is the professor as noble as he seems? Ya know, honestly you really don't care all that much. While the movie's never exactly boring, it's never that interesting either. Only a handful of characters stand out, and unless you've seen it many times, alot of the female characters seem interchangeable, and it's sometimes difficult to determine who was who and what their part in the whole thing was. On the positive side, it's got some groovy music, some succulent women and of course, those Bava visuals. Hardcore bava fans-see it for sure, everyone else-optional.DVD Review: Not very interesting.
Summary: 2 Stars
This early giallo from Italian master Mario Bava concerns a party of rich sophisticates who are gathered on holiday at a luxury island home. One of them is a scientist who has invented some highly useful scientific thing that could earn him a fortune. It turns out that the other men in the group want to offer this character large sums of money to cut them in on the discovery, but the scientist refuses, and soon afterwards the guests start turning up as corpses. With large money sums at stake and nobody trusting anyone, the holiday becomes a cat and mouse game as all the guests try and stay one step ahead of the murderer among them.
What we have here is really quite a mundane thriller in which we watch 8 or so unlikeable people argue and fight with each other, while trying to avoid becoming the next corpse, in the style of the old "Ten Little Indians" chestnut. As is the norm for an Italian thriller from this era (1970), the women are all impossibly gorgeous and the men are all kind of ugly and brutish, plus there's also a lot of great 1970's detail (I loved the revolving bed which really enlivened a couple of scenes!). Much screen time is allotted to filming the female cast members in various glamorous outfits and locations, and it has to be said that this pays off with some very lovely women filling the screen, including cult favourite Edwige Fenech. However, apart from the beautiful actresses and a certain amount of expectation youi may have for finding out who the killer is, there isn't really a lot else worth watching this for. The pace of the film seems devoid of any tension or excitment. The plot twists are more confusing than entertaining (you'll know what I mean when you reach the part where all the cast pass out on the sofa, then disappear, and then reappear again!), and you won't find any of the characters likeable or interesting enough to care whether they make it to the end alive or dead.
As a giallo or thriller, the film fails to engage. The murders are all off screen and only a freezer full of corpses provides any sense of chills. As a Bava film, it has to be considered a poor effort, but due to his considerable talents, this still means it's a better film than a lot of others out there. Still, after my introduction to Bava was via such masterpieces as "Blood and Black Lace", "Lisa and the Devil" and "A Bay of Blood", I was expecting something a bit more interesting than this. I would only recommend this if you have to see everything that this director has produced. Otherwise, stick with his other, more successful releases
DVD Review: Superior Mario Bava black comedy
Summary: 5 Stars
Ruthless businessmen compete for a professor's new formula on a remote island. Then, the bodies start piling up (literally). High-powered businessmen, beautiful women wearing 60s fashions, and 60s lounge music on the soundtrack all add up to an enjoyable black comedy in the Bava style. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something unexpected happens. Highly recommended - one of my favorite Bavas.DVD Review: I loved this movie... if even for the soundtrack.
Summary: 5 Stars
More like 5 hits of LSD for the best use of zooming and camera lenses in the history of talkies...
It's experimental nature coupled with a Who-Killed-Mr.-Body-esque feel and the unparalleled music accompanying the action make this movie an irkingly riviting and undeniably awesome. If you like good things, you'll like this flim.
DVD Review: Did I Miss Something? Cause I Was Really Disappointed!
Summary: 2 Stars
5 DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON is said to be Mario Bava's worst film & I couldn't agree more. It looked like Bava didn't care about this movie at all. Sure, it had style to spare cause it's by Bava, but for the most part, this movie is just plain boring. The only saving graces of this film is the colorful direction, beautiful women, & some sleek & stylish visuals. Unless you're a serious Bava fan, this movie may not be for you.
Description of 5 Dolls For an August Moon
George Stark, a wealthy industrialist and playboy, gathers a group of bourgeois friends at his isolated island beach house for the weekend. His guest of honor is Gerry Farrell, a brilliant chemist who has discovered a remarkable new formula. Farrell doesn't care to discuss business, but the businessmen in attendance are determined to talk money--in the millions. Each of them angers the others with secrets bids and back alley deals, spawning an atmosphere of distrust, exacerbated by the sexual intrigue in the air between the men and their various wives and mistresses. Suspicions begin to rise when the guests begin to turn up dead, one by one! Mario Bava strikes again--and again, and again--in this stylish and wicked whodunit, never before released in America!General DVDs
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