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paul_cornelius's review
1.0
A book that fails at just about every level, Haunted World does show some promise in its introduction. But the wheels soon come off. The writing throughout is constipated. The author meanders from one topic to another even within a sentence. And the main body of the book amounts to nothing more than an annotated filmography with lengthy plot summaries that rely on a string of adjectives. It was a chore to finish it, although I'm glad I did. Because towards the end, it does have a good interview with Barbara Steele. Alas the interviews with Bava himself that are reproduced are horrible: Bava clearly had a rehearsed routine for giving interviews and the ones contained in this book simply have him repeat himself over and over and over.
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