The Grue-Crew (Jeff, Gregory, and Bill) gather to discuss Mario Bava's film RABID DOGS (1974, CANI ARRABBIATI). The movie, filmed under its original title "L'uomo e il bambino", was shelved before it was finished when the financers died leaving it buried under bankruptcy for decades. From there, its strange road to a DVD release and a subsequent reedit by Bava's son Lamberto Bava continued. Bill, being a massive Bava fan, leads Jeff and Gregory to discuss this strange inclusion in a master director's filmography. Enjoy!

RABID DOGS (1974, CANI ARRABBIATI)
Episode 277 - Decades of Horror 1970s

Quote: "You'd be surprised how long people keep fighting after they've been stabbed. That goes for adults and... for kids too. Especially for kids, in fact. Kids are very resistant. They've got nice thick blood. Want to see?" - Blade

Synopsis: Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.

Director: Mario Bava
Writer: Alessandro Parenzo
Selected Cast:
Riccardo Cucciolla as Riccardo
Don Backy as Bisturi/Blade (credited as Aldo Caponi)
Lea Lander as Maria
Maurice Poli as Dottore/Doc
George Eastman as Trentadue/32 (credited as Luigi Montefiori)
Erika Dario as Marisa
Marisa Fabbri as Maria Sbravati

Gruesome Magazine's Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next '70s episode, chosen by Bill is The Devil's Wedding Night (1973).

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