Following a trend in Italian cinema to make anthologies in order to keep costs low, Mario Bava directs three short stories of terror and the macabre, and I think the reduced running time of each story gives Bava the kind of space he needs to focus on what he likes best. He’s a style man first and foremost, and stretching that embrace of style across a plot that goes for 90 minutes is harder to do than with a story that only goes for 30 and is largely in one location. It allows for greater fo...