A super-crime power couple defends their love against the world...
We have a really fun one for you this week on Weirdhouse Cinema! Join us as we return to the phantasmagorical world of Mario Bava with the stylish, sexy 1968 crime thriller “Danger: Diabolik,” starring John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell. It's a movie full of outrageous action and outrageous style, all realized through the lens of a master director, accentuated by Ennio Morricone's terrific score.
The youthful rebellion energy of this film is strong. Certainly, there’s the hippie vibe of the late 60s, but also – at heart – we have a pair of young lovers -- our power couple -- for whom all this crime is mere foreplay, for whom money is a mere tool in their romance. It's the same money that serves as all-consuming and all-corrupting power of the elder authorities on both sides of the law that oppose them. Their enemies – now united and maybe not that dissimilar – come after their love, but they underestimate its power.
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