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Shock is a film of genre Thriller directed by Mario Bava released in USA on 13 march 1979 with Daria Nicolodi

Shock (1977)

Shock
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Released in USA 13 march 1979
Length 1h35
Directed by ,    
Genres Thriller,    Horror
Rating62% 3.149913.149913.149913.149913.14991

Shock (original title: Schock; also released as Beyond the Door II) is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava. It was Bava's last theatrical feature before he died of a heart attack in 1980. The film stars Daria Nicolodi, John Steiner and David Colin, Jr.

Synopsis

Dora Baldini (Daria Nicolodi), her son Marco (David Colin Jr.) and her new husband Bruno Baldini (John Steiner) move into Dora's former home, from her first marriage, after Dora is released from a mental institution following the mysterious death of Dora's abusive first husband. With Bruno away as a commercial airline pilot, Dora is left alone with her son Marco and her shattered memory of the events of her husband's death, caused by extensive electroshock treatment she received while institutionalized. Her insanity grows when she believes that her son has become possessed by the ghost of his deceased father, leading to Dora learning the truth about her first husband's death: she murdered him after he forcibly injected her with heroin and LSD. When she contacted Bruno for help, he arranged for her dead husband's body to be dumped out in the ocean while arranging for Dora to be placed in an insane asylum, as the drugs injected into her caused her to have a nervous breakdown. Now killing her new husband, Dora is compelled by her husband's ghost (and her guilt) to commit suicide. The ending shows Marco, the sole survivor, having tea with his parents' ghosts (who are invisible).

Actors

Daria Nicolodi

(Dora Baldini)
John Steiner

(Bruno Baldini)
Ivan Rassimov

(Dr. Aldo Spidini)
Lamberto Bava

(Mover / Airplane Passenger)
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