{"id":28367,"date":"2025-07-11T17:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=28367"},"modified":"2025-07-26T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T16:21:10","slug":"les-demons-de-la-nuit-de-mario-bava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2025\/07\/11\/les-demons-de-la-nuit-de-mario-bava\/","title":{"rendered":"Les D\u00e9mons de la nuit de Mario Bava"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sept ans apr\u00e8s le suicide de son mari, Dora revient vivre dans leur maison avec leur fils Marco et son nouveau compagnon. Mais le comportement de l&rsquo;enfant change peu \u00e0 peu et il devient mena\u00e7ant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Les D\u00e9mons de la nuit<\/em> (<em>Shock<\/em>, 1977), dernier long m\u00e9trage de Mario Bava r\u00e9alis\u00e9 pour le cin\u00e9ma, est un beau film de vieillesse, proposant une modernisation des th\u00e8mes fantastiques et des effets visuels chers au cin\u00e9aste, avec l\u2019irruption d\u2019une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 malsaine et probl\u00e9matique (la drogue, le suicide, le divorce), d\u2019une esth\u00e9tique plus concr\u00e8te et triviale, \u00e0 commencer par le choix d\u2019une r\u00e9sidence \u00e0 l\u2019architecture moderne. On pourrait y voir l\u2019apport de son fils Lamberto, sans doute soucieux d\u2019associer son p\u00e8re, consid\u00e9r\u00e9 par beaucoup \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque comme une relique du pass\u00e9, \u00e0 une forme d\u2019horreur plus contemporaine. On ressent l\u2019influence de <em>L\u2019Exorciste <\/em>de William Friedkin (l\u2019enfant poss\u00e9d\u00e9), et surtout de Stephen King, dans le traitement du th\u00e8me de la maison hant\u00e9, avec la rencontre entre des \u00e9v\u00e9nements paranormaux, la folie et les accidents domestiques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Malgr\u00e9 ses adaptations aux demandes du public, on retrouve intact l\u2019art de Bava et ses obsessions de cin\u00e9aste\u00a0: les rapports entre les morts et les vivants, les fant\u00f4mes per\u00e7us comme des cr\u00e9ations de l\u2019esprit, la confusion entre les humains et les objets inanim\u00e9s ou leurs simulacres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ce rapport au non-humain est confirm\u00e9 par Lamberto Bava, qui a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 au sujet des D\u00e9mons de la nuit : \u00ab l\u2019id\u00e9e des <em>D\u00e9mons de la nuit<\/em> est n\u00e9e en partie d\u2019une r\u00e9flexion de mon p\u00e8re qui, quand il avait des probl\u00e8mes avec des com\u00e9diens, disait \u00ab Ah, si on pouvait faire un film sans acteurs, avec uniquement des objets ! \u00bb. J\u2019ai donc \u00e9crit avec Dardano Sacchetti une premi\u00e8re version du sc\u00e9nario, o\u00f9 l\u2019\u00e9pouvante \u00e9tait davantage bas\u00e9e sur les objets et les d\u00e9cors que sur les personnages. \u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revoir aujourd\u2019hui <em>Les D\u00e9mons de la nuit<\/em> dans une belle version en haute d\u00e9finition permet de v\u00e9rifier l\u2019importance de cette \u0153uvre testamentaire dans la filmographie de Mario Bava. C\u2019est une conclusion assez id\u00e9ale, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e en \u00e9troite collaboration avec Lamberto. La pr\u00e9sence de Daria Nicolodi, dans l\u2019un de ses meilleurs r\u00f4les, vient \u00e9galement souligner un rapprochement entre le ma\u00eetre et son brillant disciple Dario Argento, qui venait de signer deux ans plus t\u00f4t <em>Les Frissons de l\u2019angoisse<\/em> avec la m\u00eame actrice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c9dit\u00e9 chez Sidonis\/Calysta en combo DVD\/BR \u2013 j\u2019ai particip\u00e9 aux suppl\u00e9ments avec une intervention film\u00e9e.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy-175x280.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy-481x768.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy-768x1226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/gsgfbknw8aeefiy-580x926.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept ans apr\u00e8s le suicide de son mari, Dora revient vivre dans leur maison avec leur fils Marco et son\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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