Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)
- Original title
- 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto
- Directed by
- Mario Bava
- Genre
- giallo
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 141 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of people gather on a remote island for a weekend getaway. A chemist among them has invented a valuable new process, and industrialists want to buy it. Then someone starts killing the guests one by one.
tensesuspensefulstylishmurderousisolatedclaustrophobicglamorousdarkly comic
What happens
Five Dolls for an August Moon (Italian: 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto) is a 1970 Italian giallo film directed by Mario Bava. It concerns a group of people who have gathered on a remote island for fun and relaxation. One of the guests is a chemist who has created a revolutionary new chemical process, and several of the attending industrialists are eager to buy it from him. Business problems become moot when someone begins killing off the attendees one by one. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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