Paganini Horror

Paganini Horror
Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed by	Luigi Cozzi
Produced by	Fabrizio De Angelis^[1]
Screenplay by	Luigi Cozzi Daria Nicolodi^[1]
Story by	Raimondo Del Balzo^[2]
Starring	Daria Nicolodi Donald Pleasence Jasmine Main^[2]
Music by	Vince Tempera^[1]
Cinematography	Franco Lecce^[2]
Production company	Fulvia Film^[2]
Distributed by	Fulvia Film^[2]
Country	Italy^[1]

Paganini Horror is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Luigi Cozzi.

Synopsis

A pop band and their producer decided to exploit an original score by Paganini to make a song and a video-clip, set in ancient home of the musician. As soon as the boys begin to play they awaken the spirit of the deceased composer, who, having made a pact with Satan.

Cast

Daria Nicolodi as Sylvia Hackett
Jasmine Maimone as Kate
Pascal Persiano as Daniel
Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Lavinia
Michel Klippstein as Elena
Pietro Genuardi as Mark Singer
Luana Ravegnini as Rita
Giada Cozzi as Sylvia (child)
Elena Pompei as Sylvia's mother
Donald Pleasence as Mr. Pickett

Release

Paganini Horror passed Italian censors on January 24, 1989.^[2]

Reception

From retrospective reviews, in his book Italian Horror Film Directors, Louis Paul noted that "nobody likes Paganini Horror, Cozzi included."^[3] In his book Horror and Science Fiction Film IV, Donald C Willis described the film as having "premises [that] are promisingly absurd, but much of the movie plays like a routine slasher story."^[4]

References

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 Paul 2005, p. 255.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paganini Horror (1989)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
↑ Paul 2005, p. 252.
↑ Willis 1997, p. 376.

Sources

Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.
Willis, Donald C. (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films IV. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3055-8.

External links

Paganini Horror at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Luigi Cozzi

The Tunnel Under the World (1969)
The Killer Must Kill Again (1975)
La portiera nuda (1976)
Take All of Me (1976)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1977)
Starcrash (1979)
Contamination (1980)
Hercules (1983)
The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
Turno di notte (1987)
Vampire in Venice (1988)
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
De Profundis (1989)
Paganini Horror (1989)

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