Nine Bava classics, ready for your eyeballs this weekend.

Today is horror legend Mario Bava's birthday, and to celebrate, new horror streaming service Shudder is hosting a Bava-thon on Shudder TV starting tonight, with nine excellent titles to ring in the big guy's big day.

· Baron Blood (1972) · The Evil Eye (1963) · Lisa and the Devil (1973) · Kill Baby Kill (1966) · Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) · Black Sunday (1960) · Black Sabbath (1963) · Bay of Blood (1971) · The Whip and the Body (1963)

We have some exclusive gifs to debut, because what better way to celebrate Bava than with a bevy of gifs? (Well, Bava-thon is really the best way to celebrate our Italian master, but these gifs are a close second.)

Shudder lead curator/horror maestro Colin Geddes gave us his opinion of the best Bava:

My personal favourite is Baron Blood, but that’s just because I’m a sucker for old cobwebbed castles with torture chambers in the basement and sadistic ghouls that like to lurk about them.

I mean, who isn't?

You can start a two-week free trial of Shudder today; just head over to Shudder.com and check out their sexy wares. But Shudder TV, the service's 24/7 constant stream of horror and home to Bava-thon, is available for free to all users!