Satan's Baby Doll
Satan's Baby Doll (Italian: La bimba di Satana) is a 1983 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bianchi.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Mario Bianchi |
| Produced by | Gabriele Crisanti[1] |
| Screenplay by | Piero Regnoli[1] |
| Story by | Gabriele Crisanti[1] |
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| Music by | Nino Catanese[1] |
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| Edited by | Cesare Bianchini[1] |
Production company | Filmarte[1] |
| Distributed by | Film 2 |
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Running time | 74 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
Plot
The daughter (Jacqueline Dupré) and wheelchair-bound brother of a dead aristocrat are placed in the care of an evil nun in a remote Spanish castle. The daughter embarks on a rampage of lust and murder after becoming possessed by the spirit of her dead mother.
Cast
- Jaqueline Dupré as Miria Aguilar
- Mariangela Giordan as Sol
- Aldo Sanbrell as Antonio Aguilar
- Joe Davers as Isidro
- Giancarlo Del Duca as Dr. Juan Suarez
- Alfonso Gaita as Ignazio Aguilar
- Marina Hedmann as Maria Aguilar
Production
For Satan's Baby Doll, Gabriele Crisanti and screenwriter Piero Regnoli opted to remake the film Malabimba – The Malicious Whore, which included casting Mariangela Giordano in basically the same role as she had.[1] Giordano spoke negatively on the role, stating that remaking Malabimba was "a stupid move. I felt used, abused and exploited."[1] It was the last film Giordano made with Crisanti, ending both their professional relationship and their personal one.[1] Unlike Cristanti's earlier films which were hybrids of sex and horror, the target for Satan's Baby Doll was for a hardcore pornography audience.[3] This included casting Italy's best known pornographic actress of the period Marina Hedman and Alfonso Gaita who was a regular in Italian hardcore pornography films of the period.[3] Jacqueline Dupré was a stagename of an actress who Mario Bianchi stated he couldn't remember her real name, but recalled that she lived in Ostia and that this was seemingly her only film.[4]
Filming began on August 17, 1981.[5] Aldo Sambrell was even involved in a unsimulated sex scene with Marina Hedman, which he later recalled as follows: "Whe had to shoot a love scene, Marina and I... Well, I was lying on the bed, waiting for her, and when she showed up we started making out; after a while I realized the she was doing it for real and I had to stop her..." Sambrell to contact Crisanti to state he could not work under these conditions.[3] Sambrell was replaced by Gaita for the explicit shots.[3]
Release
Satan's Baby Doll was submitted to the Italian rating board in June 1982 in a softcore version which had a running time of a little over 73 minutes.[5] The film was first released in Spain on 25 February 1983 in a softcore version titled La hija de Satanas.[1][5] The Spanish version was seen by 20,230 spectators and grossed a 2019 equivalent of 30,200 Euro.[6] It was distributed theatrically in Italy by Film 2 on 29 July 1983.[1] Although Bianchi and Cristanti had denied a hardcore version of the film had existed, a hardcore version of the film premiered on a German DVD in 2007.[5] The hardcore version runs at 88 minutes.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- Curti 2019, p. 111.
- Johnson, David. "Satan's Baby Doll". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Curti 2019, p. 112.
- Ippoliti, Stefano; Norcini, Matteo (Summer 2004). "Mario Bianchi. Il mio cinema pizza e fichi". Cine 70 e dintorni. No. 5. p. 28.
- Curti 2019, p. 113.
- Curti 2019, p. 114.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 1476672431.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)