Which films have influenced Quentin Tarantino? Currently on Amazon Prime, you can stream the horror film The Three Faces of Fear, which the director has mentioned several times as an important influence.
As Quentin Tarantino prepares to shoot what could be his final feature film, The Movie Critic, we delve into the filmmaker’s career. What films have made Tarantino the director he is today? The Three Faces of Fear is very high on his list of favourite films.
Tarantino is never at a loss to take a detour into film history. Whether it’s during a red carpet interview, an appearance on a late night show or in the wake of his own book release, Tarantino shares his love for cinema where he can. For film fans, there are always plenty of recommendations.
Horror highlight on Amazon Prime: Quentin Tarantino on The Three Faces of Fear
Talking to SiriusXM some time ago, the director raved about Mario Bava’s horror film The Three Faces of Fear, which was released in 1964 and is known internationally as Black Sabbath. Tarantino discovered the film during a late-night TV broadcast. Since then, he has been fascinated by the operatic production.
Here you can watch the trailer for The Three Faces of Fear:
Tarantino even mentions Bava in the same breath as another directing legend: Sergio Leone, who directed the Italo western Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod.
“Sergio Leone and Mario Bava made me think about shots and compositions. I recognised a cinematic style, a signature and a quality that went beyond the question of whether the film was good or bad. Even when I saw a Bava film that I didn’t like, I still recognised the same operatic quality. “
Specially exciting: The Three Faces of Fear is an episodic film composed of three horror stories. First, a young woman is terrorised by a telephone, later a vampire speaks out and then we dive into the realm of the dead in the course of a séance.
Tarantino’s films also often have an episodic character. This approach can already be seen in his early works Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. It is most evident in Death Proof and Inglourious Basterds, which can be very clearly divided into two and five large chapters respectively.
