Rabid Dogs (1974)
- Original title
- Cani arrabbiati
- Directed by
- Lamberto Bava, Mario Bava
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 289 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
Three payroll robbers take a hostage and force a worried father to drive them through a police chase. The whole story unfolds in real time as tensions rise inside the car.
tenseclaustrophobicreal-timegrittysuspensefulgrimanxious
What happens
Rabid Dogs (Italian: Cani arrabbiati) is an Italian film directed by Mario Bava, starring Riccardo Cucciolla, Don Backy, Lea Lander, Maurice Poli, George Eastman and Erika Dario. Taking place largely in real time, the film follows a trio of payroll robbers who kidnap a young woman and force a man with a sick child to be their getaway driver, all while trying to avoid being caught by the police. An adaptation of the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine short story "Man and Boy" by Michael J. Carroll, Rabid Dogs was a departure for Bava, as its emphasis on realism sets it apart stylistically from his colourful horror films. Following three weeks of principal photography, producer Roberto Loyola declared bankruptcy, resulting in the then-incomplete film being shelved. Rabid Dogs remained unseen for over two decades, but following an acquisition of the rights by Lander, it has since been released on home video in multiple versions, with various scenes being partially re-shot, added or removed for continuity. One of these versions, titled Kidnapped, was supervised by Bava's son Lamberto and his colleague Alfredo Leone. A Franco-Canadian remake of the same name, directed by Éric Hannezo, was released in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Seven Hours of Violence (1974)
Almost Human (1974)
Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)
Street Law (1974)
Five Women for the Killer (1974)
Due volti per vivere... uno per morire (1974)
The Killers Are Our Guests (1974)
Silence the Witness (1974)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.