

A Blade in the Dark
Don't Go Down the Stairs.
Bruno, an up and coming film composer, has been hired to write the score to a new horror movie. After moving into a secluded villa, life begins to imitate art as a vicious killer starts bumping off anyone and everyone who happens to pay him a visit.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- stalker
- murder
- killer
- tuscany, italy
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Italy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PhysicalDVD29 May 2001
- PhysicalBlu-ray26 Sept 2023
United KingdomGB
- Physical18DVD & Blu-ray24 Aug 2015
FranceFR
- Theatrical1621 Oct 1987
ItalyIT
- Theatrical6 Aug 1983
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A Blade in the Dark was released on 6 August 1983.
Audience reviews
2- W5/10
Wiccaburr
10/2/2020
Well that was one unexpected twist. Though the slow pace made it almost not worth watching. The effects were great but the story could've been shortened I feel but hey, this is a giallo movie after all. This movie will be good for those really into this style of films. I do enjoy the movie though. Just won't be watching it again anytime soon.
- W7/10
Wuchak
12/23/2024
**_Swimming Pool in Rome_** A young composer (Andrea Occhipinti) gets the opportunity to score an Italian horror film and so stays at a nice villa to do his work, but it’s hindered by visiting females and strange goings-on, including… murder by a utility knife. Helmed by the son of Mario Bava, "A Blade in the Dark" (1983) is a traditional slasher more so than a giallo. It borrows from “Psycho,” “Home for the Ho…
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