we don’t remember seeing the film’s key whipping scene. Fellow horror fans recognized Christopher Lee but couldn’t follow the story at all. Old.’ It showed up in B&W on Los Angeles’ KHJ Channel 9 somewhere around 1966. *Īs with a number of Bava films, before articles by Alain Silver and James Ursini, we knew The Whip and the Body only under the quizzical title What!, directed by one ‘John M. Host Joe Dante may have provided one or both prints for the screening his guests were the charming actress Harriet White Medin and newly-crowned king of fantasy-horror magazine publishing, Tim Lucas. That particular Saturday night double bill at the Director’s Guild also gave us our first look at Blood and Black Lace. We got our first good look at The Whip and the Body in a 1993 American Cinematheque screening series on the great Mario Bava. Produced by Federico Magnaghi (Tom Rhodes) Written Screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi (Julian Berry), Ugo Guerra (Robert Hugo), Luciano Martino (Martin Hardy) Original Music: Carlo Rustichelli (Jim Murphy) Starring: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli, Harriet White Medin, Gustavo De Nardo, Luciano Pigozzi, Jacques Herlin.Ĭinematography: Ubaldo Terzano (David Hamilton)Ĭostume Design: Anna Maria Palleri (Peg Fax) La frusta el il corpo Le corps et le fouet Der Dämon und die Jungfrau The Whip and the Flesh Night is the Phantom What!Street Date Ma/ Available from 88 Films / £24.99 Ernesto Gastaldi’s core Gothic has a decidedly adult foundation: sadomasochism is ‘all in the family.’ġ963 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 87 77 min. Following more from The Innocents than Hammer gore or Roger Corman Poe delirium, Bava brings forth some of his most sophisticated direction. Christopher Lee puts in a stellar appearance and the sleek & expressive Daliah Lavi brings a keen sensitivity to the ‘Barbara Steele’ role. Are doors finally opening for the remaining hold-outs in classic Eurohorror? All-Region fans can rejoice at the availability of Mario Bava’s La frusta e il corpo in a Blu-ray encoding that finally reflects il maestro’s fine color lighting design.
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