I saw this a few years ago for the first time and couldn’t help think that it reminded me a lot of Gerry Anderson’s live action production values from around the same period, I wonder if they shared some of the same crew?
The Special features on the DVD/Blu Ray has an interview with a genuine Comic book artist who praises Bava for taking the comic book source and translating the cinematic elements ...flawlessly. I've been saying this for decades that 99% of movies adapted from comic books fail because they think the comic book itself is a storyboard..it's not. Bava knew this 50 years ago.
One of my favourite Italian 60s films! Love the fumetti, love the soundtrack, love Marisa Mell as Eva. And every time I watch the trailer I see Telly Savalas (who appeared as Blofeld in 1969's OHMSS) doing the voiceover! Was it him? I'm with you on this, Edgar... fabulous film!
The description above is actually for "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll," which has nothing in common with "Danger: Diabolik!" except for the capital letter D occurring twice in the title.
Similar in sensiblity to Joseph Losey's MODESTY BLAISE, released the year before, but a LOT more entertaining. Along with the BATMAN TV series, you can pretty much pinpoint when the stylized Comic Book Pop Art Camp Craze peaked.
Tim Burton clearly took a lot from this film for his Batman. The Batcave is clearly modeled after Diabolik's lair, and the shot looking up at the cathedral from the ground is very similar to the shot of Diabolik climbing the white tower. And Burton is an admitted Bava fan, and even if he never admitted it, it's obvious he's taken his influences from the Gothic horror maestro.
You're right....*Austin Powers* wasn't funny. If Myers had paid more attention to what I assume was his intended target...spy movies and "now" movies of the late 60's...instead of turning it into a lame fish-out-of-water story,he might've had something. Instead,we got a botched idea that two sequels made progressively worse. Roman Coppola,on the other hand,"got it"...with his movie *CQ* !
Surprise they don´t mention Diabolik is based on on of the most popular Italian Comic Book´s of all time. It is still being published.
I saw this a few years ago for the first time and couldn’t help think that it reminded me a lot of Gerry Anderson’s live action production values from around the same period, I wonder if they shared some of the same crew?
The Special features on the DVD/Blu Ray has an interview with a genuine Comic book artist who praises Bava for taking the comic book source and translating the cinematic elements ...flawlessly. I've been saying this for decades that 99% of movies adapted from comic books fail because they think the comic book itself is a storyboard..it's not. Bava knew this 50 years ago.
One of my favourite Italian 60s films! Love the fumetti, love the soundtrack, love Marisa Mell as Eva.
And every time I watch the trailer I see Telly Savalas (who appeared as Blofeld in 1969's OHMSS) doing the voiceover! Was it him?
I'm with you on this, Edgar... fabulous film!
The description above is actually for "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll," which has nothing in common with "Danger: Diabolik!" except for the capital letter D occurring twice in the title.
The bit that got me is when they said Edgar Wright directed Ali G In Da House.
Similar in sensiblity to Joseph Losey's MODESTY BLAISE, released the year before, but a LOT more entertaining. Along with the BATMAN TV series, you can pretty much pinpoint when the stylized Comic Book Pop Art Camp Craze peaked.
great movie
"Is that Stud coming?"
Tim Burton clearly took a lot from this film for his Batman. The Batcave is clearly modeled after Diabolik's lair, and the shot looking up at the cathedral from the ground is very similar to the shot of Diabolik climbing the white tower. And Burton is an admitted Bava fan, and even if he never admitted it, it's obvious he's taken his influences from the Gothic horror maestro.
You're right....*Austin Powers* wasn't funny. If Myers had paid more attention to what I assume was his intended target...spy movies and "now" movies of the late 60's...instead of turning it into a lame fish-out-of-water story,he might've had something. Instead,we got a botched idea that two sequels made progressively worse.
Roman Coppola,on the other hand,"got it"...with his movie *CQ* !
This was the last film shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000, FYI.
Last film of the Mike Era, that is.
The entire time watching this I'm thinking of The Beastie Boys then Ed mentions them at the end.
They show that on MST3K episode (season finale)
Does J.P. Law have any relation to Jude? I realized just now that they have a similar look.
Be Seeing you…
Campy and a little cheesy, but a good movie and period piece.
Yo, what’s up with the description? Is it a joke or a mistake?
It's for the wrong film. It's a description of "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll" (1957), starring John Agar and Gloria Talbott.
This is a great terrible movie.