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Baron Olavo, The Horrible

1970·Movie
1h 2min
60
DecentGoodWatch score

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High energy, funny, emotionally cool.

Energy

Tense and scary

Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.

  • Tension7
  • Scare7
  • Violence6

Heart

Emotionally reserved

  • Melancholy6
  • Pathos5
  • Family Dynamics3

Humor

Plenty of dark humor and absurdist humor

  • Dark Humor8
  • Absurdist Humor7
  • Situational Comedy5

World

The mind and society

Lived-in and easy to get lost in.

  • Novelty9
  • World Immersion8
  • Ambiguity8

Craft

Standout direction and characters

  • Direction9
  • Character Depth8
  • Acting7

Style

Standout visual style, cinematography, and sound design

A distinctive visual signature.

  • Visual Stylization9
  • Cinematography8
  • Sound Centrality8

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Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Part of it is missing sound and final editing because the director was forced to leave Brazil. Horror and humor to deal with the subject of insanity: “In the end everyone leaves the house as though they were laboratory mice escaping, they invade the city and contaminate the world”. “If we talk about horror, this film deals with national horror, with Mojica Marins as an emblem. There might be a few touches of Corman and English horror, but it is another level of horror. What transformed the film was the location where we were shooting, the house of a 19th century painter, a receptacle of light. When I arrived and saw that house, that light, I said: ‘This is the film. This is the horror’. The meaning of the film, its appeal, derives from this laboratory of light” (J. Bressane). — Torino Film Festival
Brazilian Avant-GardePsychological HorrorDark ComedyExploration of InsanityExperimental CinemaVisually StrikingGrotesque AestheticUnsettling AtmosphereCult Classic

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Is Baron Olavo, The Horrible worth watching?

60
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 61/100 (IMDb 6.1). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

What is Baron Olavo, The Horrible rated?

ViolenceDisturbing imagery

Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.

How long is Baron Olavo, The Horrible?

1 h 2 min

Baron Olavo, The Horrible runs 1 h 2 min.

What language is Baron Olavo, The Horrible in?

Portuguese

It was made in Portuguese. Produced in Brazil.